On Sunday, Oct. 23, roughly 30 people came out to the Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge to help with shore clean up.

Maryland's Energy Administration has $13 million available for the construction of "green" buildings, as part of the EmPOWER Maryland Energy Efficiency Act.

Have you always wanted to ghost hunt?? Now is your chance to learn how and help the Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center. Join the Scientific Investigators of Ghosts and Spirits (SIGNS) at CBEC for an overnight camping experience that includes paranormal teachings, stories, investigating and fun.

The air we breathe, the water we depend on and land where we live is still out there and still needs protecting. With so much going on every day it sometimes seems as if the environment no longer needs our attention but that couldn't be further from the truth. Why? We need to care about our environment because it's the basis of our economy and our enjoyment of life.

Maryland has a long-held reputation as a regional and national leader in environmental protection. But in some areas, especially enforcement, that reputation warrants scrutiny, says a briefing paper released Oct. 21  by the Center for Progressive Reform (CPR).

The Maryland Department of the Environment and the Office of the Attorney General this month entered into an agreement with the new owner of the Sparrows Point steel mill to resolve alleged violations of the state’s air pollution control laws at the facility’s blast furnace.

A $100,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will help protect children in the City of Baltimore from environmental health hazards such as lead, mold, pesticides and carbon monoxide.

On October 9, 2011, the Accokeek Foundation honored Dr. Wilton C. Corkern, Jr., with its National Conservation Leadership Award, in recognition of more than two decades of service to advance stewardship and conservation, especially land preservation and sustainable agriculture.

The award was presented at the foundation's annual Leadership Salute, an outdoor event in Piscataway Park which raised nearly $55,000 for the Accokeek Foundation's programs, including a $20,000 grant awarded by the Wallace Genetic Foundation in honor of Corkern.

Corkern, who recently retired from the Accokeek Foundation, became president and CEO in 1990. He established the foundation's modern organic Ecosystem Farm with its innovative new farmer training program. He also helped to organize and launch the Friends of the Potomac and to secure designation of the Potomac as one of the first "American Heritage Rivers." Under his leadership, the foundation reinvigorated its land conservation program, constructed a "green" Education Center, developed stewardship demonstration areas, and launched the foundation's Piscataway Cultural Landscape Initiative, an effort to transform the concept of "indigenous cultural landscape" into a concrete interpretive experience of Piscataway culture and
history.

Corkern previously worked at the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area, the George Washington University, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. He has served on numerous boards and commissions, and currently serves as chair of the steering committee of the Washington AIDS Partnership, as a board member of  the Washington Regional
Association of Grantmakers, and as a trustee of the Corina Higginson Trust, a Washington, DC, philanthropy. He was recently appointed by the secretary of the Interior to the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail Advisory Council. He is a member of the Cosmos Club. Corkern received his PhD in American Civilization from George Washington University.

The event was sponsored by generous donors. Leadership Salute contributions help to ensure high-quality, affordable educational and recreational opportunities for the local community.

A new database of hundreds of campus solar photovoltaic installations created by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) has revealed that installed solar capacity has grown 450 percent over the last three years in the higher education sector.