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State workers ready to untangle Memorial Day traffic snarls
On Memorial Day weekends, Kim Yates and Albert Kullman measure success by speed. Yates steers her bright yellow tow truck toward trouble, with the goal of getting disabled vehicles out of the roadway or back in business before traffic has time to clog....
Tags: Holiday Vacations, Fort McHenry, Holidays, Automotive Equipment, Traffic
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'Green' gas plan offers climate-friendly home heating
Guest blogger(An earlier version of this post included incorrect information about Maryland Gas & Electric, its pricing and whether it offers a "green" gas plan involving carbon offsets. The Sun regrets the errors.) ---------------- (Another in an occasional...Tags: Prices, Gold Standard Incorporated, Energy Saving, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
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Range, Bryan Voltaggio's latest, is seriously good
Range, Bryan Voltaggio's fourth restaurant, is a triumph of style in harmony with substance. Dinner at Range, which will last for hours but feel like minutes, is wall-to-wall pleasure, from the first hand-crafted cocktail to the last bonbon from the in-...
Tags: Bryan Voltaggio, Restaurants, Dining and Drinking, Pasta, Foods and Beverages
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A nuclear opportunity
Companies supplying components for the nuclear power industry are located throughout the United States, including a number in Maryland. These manufacturing firms have developed businesses providing components and equipment required for the maintenance and...
Tags: U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, International Trade, Energy Resources, Globalization
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Fracking is not the answer for U.S. economy
Apparently, columnist Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. doesn't understand the difference between manufacturing and mining or mineral extraction ("New day for U.S. manufacturing," May 5). While manufacturing is sustainable as long as there is a demand for the...Tags: Global Warming, Natural Resources, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Environmental Pollution, Mining
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Bush deserves the criticism he's getting
When I read Stanley J. Glinka's recent letter defending the presidency of George W. Bush I wanted to laugh, but it was 6 a.m. and I did not want to wake up my still sleeping wife ("Stop blaming Bush," May 1). Now I know how people like Michele...
Tags: Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Mortgages, Federal Reserve, Sarah Palin
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Fracking's risks greatly overstated
In a recent letter to the editor ("Fracking is not the answer for U.S. economy," May 7), David Wagenheim relies on outdated and previously debunked talking points in an attempt to convince readers that hydraulic fracturing harms groundwater,...
Tags: Lisa P. Jackson, Environmental Politics, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Catonsville
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BGE says energy prices on the rise for electricity customers
Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. said Thursday that energy prices will rise $6 a month for the typical residential electricity customer who doesn't use an outside power supplier, the first jump in energy prices in four years. That rise in costs, running...
Tags: Commodity Markets, Prices, Market and Exchange, Parkville, Energy Resources
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A&P hopes to open grocery store in new Bel Air shopping center
As taken from the pages of The Aegis dated Thursday, April 18, 1963: The A&P Company signed a long-term lease for its new location in the soon-to-be developed Bel Air Plaza. The Plaza was to be built on the former Durham farm, opposite the Bel Air race...Tags: Tuberculosis, Radio, Energy Resources, Radio Industry, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland)
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Atlantic whales, dolphins at risk from seismic testing, group warns
Seismic testing for oil and gas off Maryland and other Atlantic coast states could cause widespread harm to whales, dolphins, sea turtles and fish, as well as to fishing and tourism, an environmental group warned Tuesday. Oceana said the federal...
Tags: Wildlife, Interior Policy, Endangered Species, Energy Resources, Conservation
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Gasoline prices manipulated by speculators, not supply and demand
A recent article ("Pumping Up the Price" Feb. 26) on gasoline prices should make it clear to readers that the price of gasoline is no longer the result of inefficient fuel use or too much demand. Unfortunately the focus of the article was evidently on the...
Tags: Gasoline Industry, Market and Exchange
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More cold weather means higher energy bills, BGE warns
There were more cold days in this winter than last, so Central Maryland residents should expect to receive higher energy bills, Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. said Friday. "Although BGE's commodity prices have remained stable … extreme weather...
Tags: Baltimore Gas and Electric Co.
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