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Maryland is requiring CSX to install a large windscreen at its Curtis Bay terminal to reduce coal dust emissions, but ...
The Maryland Department of the Environment issued a new operating permit for the CSX Transportation coal facility in Curtis ...
Bulldozer operations at a coal terminal at the Port of Baltimore are closely tied to spikes in air pollution in the nearby Curtis Bay neighborhood, according to a new community-driven study led by ...
The railroad had complained about the cost of an earlier version of the permit, which called for fully enclosing the coal pile to protect the community from blowing dust ...
Since the CSX explosion back in 2021, the Curtis Bay community has been expressing concerns for their air quality and pushing ...
"Curtis Bay residents have reported for years that they observe black dust that accumulates at their homes and in the community, and they attribute this to coal dust," Christopher D. Heaney ...
Johns Hopkins researchers find particulate matter and black carbon levels were highest when there was bulldozer activity and wind blowing from the coal transfer station towards homes.
New research suggests that two Baltimore incinerators are causing nearly $100 million in health damages every year, according ...
Bulldozer activity involving coal at an open-air facility at the Port of Baltimore is closely linked to air pollutants in the adjacent neighborhood of Curtis Bay, according to a community-driven study ...
A Johns Hopkins study found that operations at the CSX coal terminal in Baltimore increase air pollution in Curtis Bay, as residents have noted more particulate matter during specific activities.