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Maryland's farm oversight called weak
As large-scale poultry farmers are required to do, Alan Hudson of Berlin filed a plan last year with Maryland environmental regulators spelling out how he intended to prevent manure from his flocks from fouling the Chesapeake Bay.
Hudson had hired a...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Trials, Conservation, Perdue Farms, Justice System
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Baltimore firm aims to turn food waste into green business
Many people see Thanksgiving leftovers as too much of a good thing and toss them out. Vinnie Bevivino wants those uneaten castoffs and more — he sees a chance to make some green with them while going green. Bevivino, 31, is the owner of...
Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Clipper Mill, Environmental Politics, Carroll County (Maryland), Restaurants
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Is organic really worth it?
Each week a nutritionist from the University of Maryland Medical Center provides a guest post. This week, Shanti Lewis, RD, CNSD, CSP, weighs in on organic food.
Should you choose the organic strawberries versus conventional ones? Both are bright and...Tags: Nutrition, Consumer Goods Industries, Dining and Drinking, Washington, DC, Chemical Industry
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Editorial: Government regulation too much, too little
When the subject of government regulation comes up in political discussions, it generally takes one of two forms. Either a particular regulation is pointless, cumbersome and expensive to comply with so it is an example of why government regulations are...Tags: Litigation and Regulation, Chemical Industry
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Time is running out for winter lawn fertilization
Is it too late to put fertilizer on my lawn? All fertilizing must be done before November 15th by law. Tall fescue, a cool season grass most appropriate for Maryland, grows rapidly in the fall. Fertilizing at that time encourages good root growth,...
Tags: Chemical Industry
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Arsenic-contaminated soil to be removed from Whiteford chemical plant site
Construction equipment is in place at 2425 Whiteford Road in Whiteford and it appears the long-awaited clean up of arsenic-contaminated soil from a 26-acre parcel at that address is poised to begin any day, according to the Maryland Department of...
Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Politics, Seaboard Corporation, Chemical Industry, Lakes and Ponds
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Two unheralded heroes of the bay
I got a nice award recently — for environmental leadership, the inscription read — really, for just doing work I was paid for and that I often confused with fun. I've always been a little uncomfortable with awards. I got in trouble as...
Tags: Conservation, Environmental Pollution, Agriculture, Awards and Prizes, Agricultural Research and Technology
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Fish kills fade, troublesome algae remain
The fish kills that have plagued Baltimore's Inner Harbor and nearby creeks over the past two weeks may have eased with the dip in temperatures, but scientists caution that's not the last we've seen of potentially toxic and even deadly algae blooms in...
Tags: Conservation, Fishing, Inner Harbor, Denton, Environmental Pollution
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Sooner is better for seeding lawns
How early in fall can I plant grass seed? I hear fall is the best season. The ideal planting window for cool-season fescue begins, surprisingly, in mid-August. Temperatures begin to temper then, yet the soil is warm and fosters quick germination of the...Tags: Conservation, Chemical Industry, Ecosystems
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Poultry pollution suit goes to trial
A dispute that started three years ago when environmentalists accused an Eastern Shore chicken farm and one of the nation's largest poultry companies of polluting a stream that ultimately flows to the Chesapeake Bay comes to a head Tuesday in a...
Tags: Trials, Judges, Justice System, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Politics
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Editorial: Living downstream
A political truism in Maryland is that everyone is in favor of cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay. Anyone who has lived in the Free State for more than a few years has at least a passing familiarity with stories of the Chesapeake's seemingly limitless bounty...Tags: Waste, Seafood, Sailing, Chemical Industry, Harford County
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