Military bringing 'boon' and bust to Md.

June 10, 2005

ON JUNE 3, on its front page, this paper - along with most others in the region - carried news that went to the heart of why we're not making good environmental progress.

Recent columns

• New law a baby step

  April 16, 2004

  HOW TO PUT in perspective the environmental accomplishments of the General Assembly session that ended Monday?

• Environment loses with Ehrlich

  February 7, 2003

  BREAKING NEWS, exclusively from On the Bay:

• Judging the candidates

  October 18, 2002

  This is the second column on how gubernatorial candidates Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. and Kathleen Kennedy Townsend measure up on the environment.

• Measuring candidates' stands on Chesapeake

  October 11, 2002

  THIS IS THE FIRST of two columns on Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. and Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, and how Maryland's environment might fare if they were governor.

• Bay checklist for candidates

  August 30, 2002

  HOW WELL will Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. and Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, the leading candidates for governor, do at protecting the Chesapeake Bay?

• Learning to minimize risks

  September 21, 2001

  ON AN SSIGNMENT in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, I recently visited the tallest tree ever documented east of the Rockies. It was a magnificent old white pine that stood 207 feet tall.