Volume I, Number 2

April - May 2005

eMDE is a quarterly publication of the Maryland Department of the Environment. It covers articles on current environmental issues and events in the state.eMDE is a monthly publication of the Maryland Department of the Environment. It covers articles on current environmental issues and events in the state. Additional monthly features include: MDE public meetings and hearings schedule, enforcement and compliance notes, and permitting activity.​ 

Secretary, Attorney General Educate Children on Environmental Crimes

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Maryland Department of the Environment Secretary Kendl P. Philbrick and Maryland Attorney General J. Joseph Curran, Jr. enlisted future generations in the on-going fight against environmental crimes when they visited Sudbrook Magnet Middle School in Baltimore County and St. Jane deChantal School in Montgomery County April 13 to mark National Environmental Crimes Awareness Week.

Maryland's top officials in law enforcement and the environment will be continuing their battle against environmental crime taught classes of students about the importance of reporting environmental crimes With mock environmental crimes scene staged by the Maryland Department of the Environment. Students worked in groups to "process the scene" and look for clues that help them try to "solve" the crime while learning how criminal investigators and emergency responders work together to fight environmental crimes. The "scene" was designed to represent a typical hazardous waste dumping site that criminal investigators and emergency responders regularly handle.

Secretary Philbrick and the Attorney General led the sessions and then spoke with the children about types of environmental crimes and what damage they cause to communities and the environment. The sixth and seventh graders have been preparing for this special class by studying and researching environmental issues.

National Environmental Crimes Week is held each year to remind the public about the serious threat to our environment from environmental criminal activity; increase their awareness of the signs of environmental criminal activity and encourage the prompt reporting of environmental crimes to the proper authorities.

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