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EDF reaches settlement over proposed Constellation merger
Exelon Corp. and Constellation Energy Group have won over French utility EDF, which agreed to drop its opposition to the proposed merger between the two energy giants after reaching a settlement, the companies announced Tuesday. While EDF's staunch...Tags: Finance, Government, Morningstar Incorporated, Joint Ventures, Executive Branch
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No more Fukushimas
The earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan one year ago today precipitated the most serious nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. A worst-case scenario contemplated the voluntary evacuation of Tokyo, as the Japanese Atomic Energy Commission feared a...Tags: Naoto Kan, Natural Disasters, Waste, York County (Virginia), York County (Pennsylvania)
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Wind energy is clean, but wind energy systems are not
Last year, Gov.Martin O'Malley proposed to build 500 megawatts of offshore wind. The debate centered around how much this would really cost, and the proposal died. This year, the proposal is to spend a fixed amount of money by capping the amount by...Tags: Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy, Wind Power, Barack Obama, Hybrid Vehicles
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Labor wants guaranteed role in wind-power plan
Organized labor wants a guaranteed role in the offshore wind project Gov. Martin O'Malley is expected to propose — and the unions want it in writing. The demand by construction unions is the latest hurdle for O'Malley's effort to spur the...Tags: Thomas M Middleton, Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy, Wind Power, Alternative Energy
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If Iran gets the bomb, another Holocaust is on the way
An article in The Sun says that Iran has announced that it has produced a nuclear fuel rod and has test-fired a missile ("Iran says it has produced its first nuclear fuel rod," Jan. 2). Since the world hasn't yet seen fit to stop these maniacs, we might...Tags: Iran, Massacres
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Critics of Constellation merger call for bigger consumer benefit
Critics of the Constellation Energy Group-Exelon Corp. merger called Monday for doubling the rate credit for utility customers to $200, even as the companies offered other concessions, including building a new downtown Baltimore headquarters.
The...Tags: Government, Renewable Energy, Alternative Energy, Restructuring and Recapitalization, Poverty
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Maryland records 25 boating fatalities, most since 1992
In the most deadly year for Maryland boaters since 1992, Kevin Gladhill knows how close he and his fishing buddies came to being statistics on a blustery day last February. "The probability of survival that day was between slim and none. We got slim,"...Tags: Aberdeen Proving Ground, Calvert County, Lobbying, Natural Resource Industry, Natural Resources
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Natural gas exports eyed through Calvert County
— It's quiet these days at Dominion's liquefied natural gas terminal in the Chesapeake Bay. Only five tankers docked last year at the pier a mile off the Calvert County shoreline, and not much traffic is expected this year, either.
But thanks in...Tags: Trade Agreements, Calvert County, Trade Policy, Petroleum Industry, Economic Organization
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A 'virtual power plant' in your home: conservation
I leave the water running while I do the dishes, drive a half-ton truck that gets 10 miles to the gallon and, in the energy hog display that my husband finds most annoying, I move from room to room without turning off lights behind me.
OK, so I also don'...Tags: Disasters, Maryland, Coal, Germany, Natural Disasters
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Earthquake in Virginia rattles Baltimore and the East Coast
A frightening earthquake jolted Baltimore and much of the East Coast on Tuesday, shaking buildings and rattling nerves. Thousands of people streamed from offices and homes into the afternoon sunshine, stunned by a phenomenon more commonly associated...Tags: Hunt Valley, Calvert County, Natural Disasters, Energy Resources, Annapolis
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Constellation and EDF: A marriage gone south
Two years ago, Constellation Energy Group and its French nuclear partner EDF were BFFs. Today, with EDF seeking to torpedo the Baltimore company's plan to sell itself to Chicago-based Exelon Corp., the relationship between the former "best friends...Tags: Restructuring and Recapitalization, Mayo A. Shattuck III, Manufacturing and Engineering, Plant Openings, Lawyers
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Celebrated nuclear ship rests in Baltimore
Tucked behind a ruined grain elevator at a pier along an industrial stretch of Baltimore's waterfront lies a still-gleaming white vessel that was once one of the nation's proudest maritime achievements — the only nuclear cargo and passenger ship...Tags: Dwight D. Eisenhower, Cruises, Labor Disputes, Manufacturing and Engineering, Vietnam War (1955-1975)
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