Baltimore

==Environment==
Baltimore's Inner Harbor, known for its skyline waterscape and its tourist-friendly areas, was horribly polluted. The waterway was often filled with garbage after heavy rainstorms, failing its 2014 water quality report card. The Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore took steps to remediate the waterways, in hopes that the harbor would be fishable and swimmable once again.

===Trash interceptors===
{{Main|Trash interceptor#Baltimore's Mr. Trash Wheel}}
[[File:Mr. Trash Wheel--Baltimore MD.jpg|thumb|The "Mr. Trash Wheel" [[trash interceptor]] at the mouth of the Jones Falls River in Baltimore's [[Inner Harbor]]]]
Baltimore has four water wheel trash interceptors for removing garbage in area waterways. One is at the mouth of [[Jones Falls]] in Baltimore's Inner Harbor, dubbed "Mr. Trash Wheel".<ref name="ew20151217">{{cite web|last=Chow|first=Lorraine|date=December 17, 2015|title=Solar-Powered Water Wheel Removes 350 Tons of Trash From Baltimore Harbor|url=http://ecowatch.com/2015/12/17/solar-powered-water-wheel/|access-date=January 24, 2016|website=EcoWatch}}</ref> Another, "Professor Trash Wheel" was added at Harris Creek in the [[Canton, Baltimore|Canton]] neighborhood in 2016,<ref>{{cite web|title=Canton Water Wheel|url=http://www.cantonwaterwheel.com/|access-date=January 24, 2016|archive-date=January 31, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131045239/http://www.cantonwaterwheel.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-ci-professor-trash-wheel-20161204-story.html
|title=Professor Trash Wheel makes its debut in Canton|last=McDaniels|first=Andrea|date=December 4, 2016|work=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|access-date=June 5, 2018}}</ref> with "Captain Trash Wheel" following at Mason Creek in 2018<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.wbaltv.com/article/you-can-reinvent-the-wheel-baltimore-welcomes-captain-trash-wheel/21086797|title=You can reinvent the wheel: Baltimore welcomes Captain Trash Wheel|last=Robinson|first=Lisa|date=June 5, 2018|work=[[WBAL-TV]]|access-date=June 5, 2018}}</ref> and "Gwynnda, the Good Wheel of the West" at the mouth of the [[Gwynns Falls]] in 2021.<ref>
{{cite news|url=https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2021/03/11/meet-baltimores-fourth-trash-wheel-gwynnda-the-good-wheel-of-the-west/|title=Meet Baltimore's Fourth Trash Wheel: Gwynnda The Good Wheel Of The West
|date=March 11, 2021|access-date=March 11, 2021}}</ref> A February 2015 agreement with a local waste-to-energy plant is believed to make Baltimore the first city to use reclaimed waterway debris to generate electricity.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.baltimoremagazine.net/2015/2/11/inner-harbors-amazing-trash-wheel-just-got-more-amazing |title=Inner Harbor's Amazing Trash Wheel Just Got Better |newspaper=Baltimore |date=February 11, 2015 |access-date=December 22, 2015 }}</ref>

===Other water pollution control===
In August 2010, the National Aquarium assembled, planted, and launched a [[floating island|floating wetland island]] designed by Biohabitats in Baltimore's Inner Harbor.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aqua.org/care/conservation-initiatives/floating-wetland-island |title=Floating Wetland Island |publisher=National Aquarium |access-date=February 6, 2016 }}</ref> Hundreds of years ago, Baltimore's harbor shoreline would have been lined with tidal [[wetland]]s. Floating wetlands provide many environmental benefits to water quality and habitat enhancement, which is why the Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore has included them in their Healthy Harbor Initiative pilot projects.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spinsheet.com/the-floating-wetlands-of-baltimores-inner-harbor/ |title=The Floating Wetlands of Baltimore's Inner Harbor |date=March 13, 2015 |last=Kellett |first=Pamela Tenner |publisher=SpinSheet |access-date=February 6, 2016 }}</ref> Biohabitats also developed a concept to transform a dilapidated wharf into a living pier that cleans Harbor water, provides habitat and is an aesthetic attraction. Currently under design, the top of the pier will become a [[Constructed wetland|constructed tidal wetland]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.biohabitats.com/projects/baltimore-healthy-harbor/ |title=Baltimore Healthy Harbor Initiative Pilot Projects |publisher=Biohabitats |access-date=February 6, 2016 }}</ref>

Other projects to improve water quality include the Blue Alleys project, expanded street sweeping, and stream restoration.<ref name="ew20151217" />

=== Air quality and pollution ===
Since 1985 the [[Wheelabrator Incinerator|Wheelabrator incinerator]], formerly known as the Baltimore Refuse Energy Systems Co., has operated as a [[Waste-to-energy plant|waste-to-energy]] incinerator. The incinerator is a significant source of air pollution to nearby neighborhoods. Several environmental groups, such as the [[Environmental Integrity Project]], and the [[Chesapeake Climate Action Network]], have been successful in advocating for reinforced pollution monitoring. According to Shashawnda Campbell, the incinerator is "the city's single largest standing source of air pollution".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Weisbrod |first=Katelyn |date=2021-02-19 |title=Baltimore Continues Incinerating Trash, Despite Opposition from its New Mayor and City Council |url=https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19022021/baltimore-continues-incinerating-trash-despite-opposition-from-its-new-mayor-and-city-council/ |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=Inside Climate News |language=en-US}}</ref>
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