David Fahrenthold
Metro/Maryland Desk
Articles by David Fahrenthold
Deluge Washes Away Area's Drought (May 13, 2008)
More Than 20 Killed as Storms Race Across U.S. (May 12, 2008)
Dominion Pursues 18 Percent Rate Hike (May 7, 2008)
Crab-Catch Limits Prompt States to Seek Disaster Aid (May 3, 2008)
Region's Air Still a Problem, Study Finds (May 1, 2008)
An Unusual Prosecution of a Way of Life (April 27, 2008)
Green for a Day, but Then Comes Tomorrow (April 22, 2008)
Stripping Mountains to Power D.C. (April 20, 2008)
On Real Estate, New Eagle Pair Not Too Picky (April 17, 2008)
Alarm Over Blue Crab Decline (April 16, 2008)
Maryland Proposes Restrictions on Blue Crab Catch (April 10, 2008)
EPA Told to Set Timeline for Cutting Nitrogen Pollution (March 26, 2008)
In Polluted Tributary, A Struggle To Survive (March 20, 2008)
Book Aids Campaign To Protect Ospreys (March 20, 2008)
Deadline to Clean Chesapeake By 2010 Probably Won't Be Met (March 19, 2008)
Man-Made Chemicals May Put Strain on Fish (March 18, 2008)
Owner of Power Plants to Pay Fine, Reduce Soot (March 13, 2008)
Bacterium Gets Wheels Turning on Ethanol Fuel (March 10, 2008)
Treeless Towns Leave Residents Exposed (March 9, 2008)
Fur Flies at Beauty Pageant (But It's Not What You Think) (March 1, 2008)
Waterfront Homeowners Living on the Edge (February 22, 2008)
For Fragile Md. Isle, Help From Holiday Past (February 19, 2008)
Development Cited in River Damage (February 14, 2008)
Court Rejects Emission 'Trades' (February 9, 2008)
'Human Activity' Blamed for Fish Ills (February 8, 2008)
Md. Crab Harvest Dropped in 2007 (February 5, 2008)
D.C. Region Finds Much To Bemoan or Cheer in Plan (February 5, 2008)
Threat of Power Shortages Generating New Urgency (February 3, 2008)
Value of U.S. House's Carbon Offsets Is Murky (January 28, 2008)
O'Malley Attacks EPA Greenhouse Gas Decision (January 25, 2008)
Attorney General Finds Ability To Clean Up Bay Is Limited (January 20, 2008)
Mining Giant to Pay $20 Million EPA Fine (January 18, 2008)
To Save Oysters, a Culture May Have to Die (January 16, 2008)
Crab Restoration Project Loses Funding (January 8, 2008)
Couple Walk Away From the Fright of Their Lives (January 6, 2008)
Watermen Behind Razor Wire (December 30, 2007)
Cleanup Estimate For Bay Lacking (December 24, 2007)
State Will Challenge The EPA's Rejection Of Calif. Standards (December 21, 2007)
Report Details River Damage From Suburban Runoff (December 20, 2007)
Governments Are Urged to Build Greener (December 13, 2007)
In Twilight of His Career, Warner Now an Environmental Maverick (December 7, 2007)
Draft Report Suggests Cutting Emissions by 90% by 2050 (December 5, 2007)
Pollution Rising In Tributaries of Bay, Data Show (December 5, 2007)
Wide-Open, Um, Plastic Spaces in Md. (November 23, 2007)
Despite Rescue Effort, Bay Crabs at an Ebb (November 17, 2007)
Potomac Recovery Deemed At Risk (November 13, 2007)
What's Lurking in The Dark? (November 13, 2007)
Local Pollution Counters Region's Reputation as Eco-Leader (October 31, 2007)
Across a Great Divide (October 26, 2007)
Bush Pushes for Protection of Fish, Habitat of Migratory Birds (October 21, 2007)
Va. Tech, Investor Aim To Cut Area Energy Use (October 16, 2007)
Harbor Sludge Might Hold Means to Clean The Anacostia River (October 15, 2007)
Honoring Those Who Died to Save Others (October 8, 2007)
Rousing the Ghosts Of Appalachia (October 3, 2007)
D.C. Area Outpaces Nations in Pollution (September 30, 2007)
Kaine, O'Malley Urge U.S. Action on Global Warming (September 27, 2007)
Tip o' the Cap to RFK (September 24, 2007)
Environmental Report Identifies Danger in Biofuels (September 20, 2007)
Climate Change Brings Risk of More Extinctions (September 17, 2007)
Power Plant Still Battling to Stay Open (September 13, 2007)
For the Chesapeake, Inconvenient Truths (September 13, 2007)
Report: Growth Hurting Restoration Efforts (September 13, 2007)
For the Chesapeake, Inconvenient Truths (September 9, 2007)
Studies Detail Likely Risk to Polar Bears (September 8, 2007)
Cultivating a Crop of Hope (September 6, 2007)
For Chesapeake, a Few Inconvenient Truths (September 6, 2007)
Md. Gasoline That Leaked Into D.C. Set For Cleanup (August 31, 2007)
Salt in the Wounds (August 27, 2007)
A House Made of What? (August 20, 2007)
Cost of Saving the Climate Meets Real-World Hurdles (August 16, 2007)
2 Md. Beaches Rated Among Most Polluted in U.S. (August 8, 2007)
Anacostia's Geese May Face Death Sentence (July 26, 2007)
Stolen Device Contains Radioactive Material (July 25, 2007)
House May Double Funds for Cleanup (July 21, 2007)
Warming Poses Threats To Chesapeake, Group Says (July 20, 2007)
Asian Crab Discovery Is Called Worrisome (July 19, 2007)
'Green' Fuel May Damage The Bay (July 17, 2007)
On the Potomac, Swimming in Risk (July 14, 2007)
Between the Grains (July 10, 2007)
Where Silence, And Backswing, Is Golden (July 8, 2007)
Potomac Fever (July 8, 2007)
Fans Come Early To See Tiger Putt Or Just Walk By (July 6, 2007)
GETTING THERE (July 5, 2007)
U.S. Declares Bald Eagles No Longer Threatened (June 29, 2007)
Eagles' Comeback on Brink of Being Official (June 28, 2007)
Polishing the Pearl of the Chesapeake (June 21, 2007)
A Mystery of Fish Mortality (June 20, 2007)
As Sea Level Rises, Disaster Predicted for Va. Wetlands (June 7, 2007)
'Disturb' Is Given Broader Definition (June 2, 2007)
Despite Efforts, Clean Air Elusive (June 2, 2007)
Constellation to Pay $100,000, Install Soot-Reducing Pollution Controls (May 26, 2007)
Preliminary Approval for Wind Farm (May 23, 2007)
Bill to Honor Rachel Carson on Hold (May 23, 2007)
Ash Infestation Leads to Warning About Firewood (May 22, 2007)
Finding All Creatures Great and (Very) Small (May 19, 2007)
An Environmental Icon's Unseen Fortitude (May 18, 2007)
Wal-Mart And Target Plans Get Boxed Out (May 10, 2007)
Del. Delays Decision On Windmills (May 9, 2007)
Delaware Energy Debate Could Turn on the Wind (May 7, 2007)
U.S. Reveals Its Plan for Drilling Off State's Shores (May 1, 2007)
Conservationists Detail Initiative To Restore a Pair of Urban Oases (April 29, 2007)
U.S. Proposal Would Allow Oil Drilling Off Virginia (April 28, 2007)
Unexpected Urbanites: Cacophonous Coyotes (April 16, 2007)
Increased Greenhouse Emissions Decried (April 13, 2007)
Opening Day at RFK Brings Smiles, Gripes (April 3, 2007)
Rock Creek Fish Head Home Again (March 31, 2007)
Legislation Would Boost Federal Cleanup Funds (March 30, 2007)
Report Says South River Is in Bad Shape (March 29, 2007)
Eco-Friendly Era Has Arrived in Md. (March 28, 2007)
Dropping the Puck -- Slowly (March 25, 2007)
Gore Challenges Congress on Climate (March 22, 2007)
Activists Feel Warming on Climate Change (March 21, 2007)
Warming Imperils Md. Species (March 19, 2007)
Global Warming Rally Set for Capitol (March 19, 2007)
Neighbors Reject Plan For Sligo Golf Course (March 15, 2007)
Montgomery Ride On Bus Hits Metrobus (March 13, 2007)
Burglars Get Six Months In Theft of VA Laptop (March 10, 2007)
Area Gets a Coating But Dodges Trouble (March 8, 2007)
'Mother' of Environmentalism Celebrated (March 7, 2007)
Living Lightly on the Grid (March 6, 2007)
Eagles' Big Moment, Diverted by a Definition (February 26, 2007)
Far From the Prairie, Professor Makes Waves (February 24, 2007)
Natural Causes Blamed for Fish Kill in Lower Potomac (February 23, 2007)
Five Area Levees Need Repairs, Corps Says (February 22, 2007)
5 Levees Deemed 'Unacceptable' (February 22, 2007)
The Lasting Clash Over Two Island Homes (February 22, 2007)
D.C. Region Still Solidly In Winter's Frozen Grip (February 16, 2007)
Rising Bay Puts Cemeteries at Risk (February 13, 2007)
The Deadlines That Failed (February 13, 2007)
What Would It Take to Clean Up The Bay by 2010? (January 29, 2007)
Appeal of Pollution Limits Rejected (January 17, 2007)
They Paved Paradise and Killed the Fish (January 11, 2007)
Polluted Waters Stain D.C.'s Shining Vision (January 9, 2007)
A Revitalized Chesapeake May Be Decades Away (January 5, 2007)
Washington Warming to Southern Plants (December 20, 2006)
EPA Pushes New Rules For Sewage Treatment (December 19, 2006)
A Gnawing Problem On Assateague Island (December 16, 2006)
A Dead Indian Language Is Brought Back to Life (December 12, 2006)
Capt. Smith's Bay Path, as He Saw It (December 7, 2006)
U.S. Criminal Charges Filed Against Scientist (December 5, 2006)
Inquiry Turns To Humans On Pollutant, Hormone Tie (December 4, 2006)
Va. Decides to Deny Rappahannock Harvest (November 29, 2006)
Dredging For Answers In Murky Waters (November 19, 2006)
Water Quality Better but Still in Jeopardy (November 14, 2006)
A Mine's Still-Toxic Legacy (November 3, 2006)
At Gallaudet, Peace (October 31, 2006)
Gallaudet Board Ousts Fernandes (October 30, 2006)
A Political Natural, Railing Against Politics (October 24, 2006)
2 Men Arrested On a Ledge at NOAA Building (October 24, 2006)
Mass-Producing Nemo: U-Md. Clownfish Quest (October 15, 2006)
Mass-Producing Nemo: A Peek At U-Md.'s Clownfish Technique (October 12, 2006)
Sprawl Bruises Hope for Patuxent (October 12, 2006)
Watershed Forest Said to Recede (October 12, 2006)
Sprawl Bruises Hope for the Patuxent (October 12, 2006)
Gallaudet Students Talk With Officials, Continue Protest (October 8, 2006)
Development Consuming Forest Land In Bay Area (October 5, 2006)
House Panel Prods EPA to Speed Probe of Pollutants, Abnormal Fish (October 5, 2006)
Snakeheads Appear at Home in the Potomac (October 2, 2006)
Wildlife Waste Is Major Water Polluter, Studies Say (September 29, 2006)
Number of Smoggy Days Falls, Study Says (September 28, 2006)
Bay Program Ready to Study Less, Work More (September 26, 2006)
Shopping Center Plan For Waysons Draws Fire (September 21, 2006)
Climatologist Draws Heat From Critics (September 17, 2006)
Male Bass Across Region Found to Be Bearing Eggs (September 6, 2006)
Dead Fish Found in Rock Creek (September 1, 2006)
Telling of Life Story Enlivens Mfume's Campaign (August 27, 2006)
Month's Scant Rainfall Straining Waterways, Crops, Gardens (August 26, 2006)
Environmentalists Protest Silt Buildup (August 25, 2006)
Activists to Sue if Va. Plant Does Not Cut Pollution (August 12, 2006)
An Ancient Art Meets Modern Advertising (August 10, 2006)
Discovery of Second Invasive Mitten Crab Raises Worries (August 8, 2006)
Steele Fleshes Out His Positions on the Iraq War, Immigration and Other Issues (August 8, 2006)
Sudsy Foam in the James River Not Seen as a Sign of Cleanliness (August 6, 2006)
Wife of Convicted GOP Official Hired by Chafee Campaign (August 6, 2006)
Record Demand Strains Grid (August 3, 2006)
Could It Be Any Hotter? (August 1, 2006)