Christine Condon

Baltimore

Environmental Journalist at Maryland Matters

Journalist at Maryland Matters covering the environment. Former Baltimore Sun reporter, and proud Sun Guild member.

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Despite efforts by lawmakers, energy bills are going up again. Here’s why.

1 day ago | southernmarylandchronicle.com | Christine Condon |David Higgins

Discussions about rising energy costs may have dominated this past Maryland General Assembly session. But even higher bills are on the way. Beginning June 1, elevated rates took effect for utilities across Maryland, from Baltimore Gas & Electric to Delmarva Power and Pepco. The reasons go back to economics class: low supply and high demand. But who is to blame depends on who you ask.
Sunday marks start of new laws, end of rush to courthouse for child sex abuse victims

1 week ago | marylandmatters.org | Bryan P. Sears |Christine Condon |Danielle J. Brown |William Ford

When you wake up Sunday, it will be harder to collect damages from the state for child sexual abuse and easier to find relief at a pick-your-own farm, new rules will start the long process of slowing utility rate increases and a new law will again delay the start of a paid family and medical leave programAnd chromite will be the official state mineral, a fact you can toast with the new official state cocktail, the orange crush.
Blue crab population hits second-lowest level since 1990 in the Chesapeake Bay

1 week ago | wtop.com | Christine Condon

This article was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Blue crab abundance in the Chesapeake Bay this year was at its second-lowest level since winter dredge surveys began in 1990, according to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. But the department is holding strong on the current harvest regulations, said Mandy Bromilow, blue crab program manager at the department.
For the first time since the Key Bridge collapse, oysters are being planted nearby

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Christine Condon

Frits de Goede, operations manager at Ports America Chesapeake, dumps oysters overboard to plant them in the Patapsco River, one of the first Chesapeake Bay Foundation plantings since the collapse of the Key Bridge. (Photo by Christine Condon/ Maryland Matters)Ben Carver, a boat captain for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, assumed the worst.
Blue crab population hits second-lowest level since 1990 in the Chesapeake Bay

2 weeks ago | southernmarylandchronicle.com | Christine Condon |David Higgins

Blue crab abundance in the Chesapeake Bay this year was at its second-lowest level since winter dredge surveys began in 1990, according to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. But the department is holding strong on the current harvest regulations, said Mandy Bromilow, blue crab program manager at the department. “We’re still OK,” Bromilow said.
Blue crab population hits second-lowest level since 1990 in the Chesapeake Bay

2 weeks ago | marylandmatters.org | Christine Condon

4:49 News Story Environment Maryland holding pat on harvest regulations: ‘We’re still OK’ Blue crab abundance in the Chesapeake Bay this year was at its second-lowest level since winter dredge surveys began in 1990, according to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. But the department is holding strong on the current harvest regulations, said Mandy Bromilow, blue crab program manager at the department. “We’re still OK,” Bromilow said.
Blue crab population hits second-lowest level since 1990 in the Chesapeake Bay

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Christine Condon

Blue crabs await measurement during the 2024 winter dredge survey. (Photo by Joe Zimmermann/Maryland Department of Natural Resources)Blue crab abundance in the Chesapeake Bay this year was at its second-lowest level since winter dredge surveys began in 1990, according to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. But the department is holding strong on the current harvest regulations, said Mandy Bromilow, blue crab program manager at the department.
Moore signs two energy bills as June rate hikes loom

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Christine Condon

Gov. Wes Moore (D) signed 181 bills into law Tuesday, including two that one supporter called “the most substantive energy affordability package that Maryland has seen in several decades.” It came just days before steep rate hikes are set to take effect. (Photo by Bryan P. Sears/Maryland Matters.)Days after vetoing an energy-focused bill backed by General Assembly leadership, Gov. Wes Moore (D) signed two others into law Tuesday.
Piedmont power line company fights for land access in federal court

2 weeks ago | fredericknewspost.com | Christine Condon

The contentious debate over a 67-mile power transmission line proposed for Central Maryland reached a Baltimore courtroom on Monday, with three hours of arguments on eminent domain. PSEG, the New Jersey-based power company building the line, sued more than 100 landowners along the proposed route of the Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project, who it said were refusing access to company representatives for environmental surveys. kAm%96 4@>A2?J 2D<65 &]$] s:DEC:4E yF586 p52> p36=D@? E@ :DDF6 2?
Piedmont power line company fights for land access in Baltimore court

2 weeks ago | marylandmatters.org | Christine Condon

The contentious debate over a 67-mile power transmission line proposed for Central Maryland reached a Baltimore courtroom on Monday, with three hours of arguments on eminent domain. PSEG, the New Jersey-based power company building the line, sued more than 100 landowners along the proposed route of the Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project, who it said were refusing access to company representatives for environmental surveys.

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