Christine Condon

Christine Condon is a former environment reporter for The Baltimore Sun.

Drone images taken by Spotlight on Maryland on Tuesday, July 8, 2025, of US Wind, Inc.'s proposed wind turbine steel construction site, showing a similar plot to those seen in Google Earth images from 2017. (FOX45 News)

Maryland fires back against EPA claims about its offshore wind permit

July 20, 2025 at 2:29 p.m.

The Maryland Department of the Environment defended its air permit for the US Wind offshore project near Ocean City, rejecting an EPA request to reissue it and insisting appeals must...

Maryland has not completed a recommended risk assessment of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. (Kevin Richardson/Staff)

After last Bay cleanup plan fell short, new proposal aims to be flexible, data-driven

July 8, 2025 at 6:38 p.m.

Officials have released a draft Chesapeake Bay cleanup plan with revised goals, staggered deadlines and some gaps left open pending updated pollution data, aiming for a more realistic and science-based...

Signage outside the Edgewood Recreation Center direct voters to the early voting polling place for Maryland's Primary Election in 2024. (Staff File)

After rumblings, Maryland referendum campaigns fall short

June 5, 2025 at 9:21 p.m.

The lack of submissions means Maryland will go another year without a statewide referendum on the ballot. The last one was in 2012.

Oysters waiting to be planted in the Patapsco River near Fort Carroll, in one of the first plantings there since the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. (Photo by Christine Condon/ Maryland Matters)

For the first time since the Key Bridge collapse, oysters are being planted nearby

May 24, 2025 at 9:53 a.m.

Last year, with maritime traffic limited in the Patapsco River channel during the typical planting season, oysters grown in and around the Baltimore Harbor that would have gone to Fort...

Secretary of the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services Vincent Schiraldi answers questions at a Judicial Proceedings Committee briefing on the Department of Juvenile Services Evaluation by the Department of Legislative Services Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability.

Convicted criminal worked with children at Maryland facility, audit finds

May 7, 2025 at 3:57 p.m.

A state contractor for the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services worked directly with children despite a 2021 assault conviction, according to a recent audit.

To mark Americorps’ annual 9/11 National Day of Service and Remembrance locally, workers with Americorps teamed up with Civic Works and other volunteers, including a group from the Christian Temple in Catonsville, to clean up Mothers' Garden in Clifton Park in 2024. (Staff File)

Hundreds of Maryland AmeriCorps workers displaced amid federal cuts

May 2, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

The Trump administration’s dismantling of the federal AmeriCorps program will be felt in Maryland state parks, classrooms, nonprofits and food pantries, state officials said during a Wednesday news conference. About...

A Volkswagen ID.4 electric vehicle (EV) charges via a CCS DC fast charger from Electrify America at a shopping mall parking lot in Torrance, California, on February 23, 2024. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

Maryland begins first-ever inspection program for EV chargers

May 1, 2025 at 4:34 p.m.

The inspection program comes as the electric vehicle industry faces an uncertain future, with the Trump administration reneging on support for EVs and rescinding funding.

Craig Trainor, the US Department of Educations' acting assistant secretary for civil rights said in a letter to publica schools that DEI programs "frequently preference certain racial groups" and "stigmatize students who belong to particular racial groups based on crude racial stereotypes." (Tierney L. Cross/Getty Images/TNS)

Federal judge in Maryland to rule on Trump administration’s DEI letter for schools

April 21, 2025 at 5:52 a.m.

The Department of Education argued that its recent “Dear Colleague” letter criticizing diversity, equity and inclusion practices was merely a reminder.

Protesters interrupt a slideshow presentation by representatives from Public Service Enterprise Group during a public information meeting regarding the Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project at Carroll County Ag Center on Wednesday.

Maryland Matters: Piedmont power line company heads to court, as landowners refuse access for surveys

April 17, 2025 at 4:26 p.m.

In a 53-page filing with the U.S. District Court for Maryland — at least 14 pages of which is a listing of defendants — the New Jersey-based company is seeking...

Contractors complete work on a transmission line in a 2024 file photo from Puerto Rico. (Photo by Dave Palmer/U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)

Study says Marylanders could save hundreds on electric bills if grid undergoes reform

April 16, 2025 at 4:25 p.m.

The report, released Tuesday by a national environmental nonprofit, predicts that Maryland households could see an average of $546 in annual savings on their electric bills from 2025 to 2040,...

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