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County Council bill seeks to clarify PUD hearings, agency review
A measure being considered by the County Council proposes to clarify aspects of planned unit developments in the county, but at a work session on Tuesday, May 29, at least one council member expressed concern that it might go too far. Councilman Ken...Tags: David Marks, Randallstown, Kenneth N. Oliver, Environmental Politics
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Battles loom as Baltimore Co. changes zoning map
David Boyd has seen the county's rezoning routine hit home before. He didn't like it the first time and he doesn't like it now. Boyd, who's steaming mad about a local preservationist group's latest attempt to limit what he can do with his 16 acres of...Tags: Todd Huff, Conservation, Baltimore County, Reisterstown Road, Energy Resources
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To save the bay, Maryland needs to get tough on polluters
Contractors and developers are getting away with harming the Chesapeake Bay, its tributaries and other waterways because Maryland can't find enough lawyers to enforce environmental protection laws ("State trying to cope with backlog of pollution violation...Tags: Lawyers, Environmental Pollution, Judges, Justice System, Environmental Politics
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City, counties foresee costly bay cleanup tab
Maryland's counties and cities say they will need to spend billions of dollars to take the extra steps needed to restore the Chesapeake Bay to health by 2020, the deadline the state gave them for action.
In cash-strapped Baltimore, for example, officials...Tags: Local Government, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County, Environmental Pollution, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Forest advocates bemoan loss to development in Catonsville
The wooded property on Hilltop Road had always seemed like part of Patapsco Valley State Park, what with its untouched acres of forest bumping up against the thousands of acres of park land that cluster around the slithering path of the Patapsco River....Tags: Conservation, Local Government, Gardens and Parks, Marketing, Baltimore County
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A downtown building not built
For a city whose last Fortune 500 company was about to be acquired by an out-of-town corporation, there was not just consolation but actual excitement over one of the deal sweeteners: Chicago-based Exelon Corp. promised to build a new downtown office...Tags: Downtown Partnership of Baltimore, Exelon Corp., William Donald Schaefer, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Companies and Corporations
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Fracking should frighten us, despite the industry platitudes that paper over its dangers
Commentator Bishop Harry R. Jackson Jr.'s arguments in favor of shale oil drilling are deeply flawed ("Fracking: Don't let fear hold us back," Oct. 12). After a summer of record flooding, we are entitled to a healthy fear of what gets flushed from old...Tags: Health Insurance Cost, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Petroleum Industry, Environmental Politics, Energy
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Army wants to add another hazardous waste facility in Edgewood to federal air emissions permit
The Army's Edgewood Chemical Biological Center at Aberdeen Proving Ground is requesting a federal permit for a munitions assessment and processing facility that is expected to handle a number of deadly chemical agents, including Sarin, a nerve agent...Tags: Iraq, World War I (1914-1918), Subway Transportation, Mustard, Transportation
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At Loch Raven, dispute over mountain biking reaches a (trail) head
As rain poured through the canopy above and puddled in divots of mud underneath his brown, laced-up boots, State Sen. Jim Brochin paused on an unsanctioned mountain bike trail in the woods surrounding Loch Raven Reservoir on Friday, Oct. 14, and raised...Tags: Baltimore County, Water, Carl Stokes, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, File Sharing
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How to fight the nitrogen threat
As a scientist, it's the questions that keep me up at night.
When chemical nitrogen fertilizer is applied to crops, what happens to the nitrogen that isn't absorbed? When nitrogen is emitted to the atmosphere from fossil fuel combustion, where does it...Tags: Wildlife, Colleges and Universities, Chemicals, Air Pollution, Weather Reports
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O'Malley septic plan is crucial for the Chesapeake Bay
Imagine if one of our major automakers proposed a model line of gas-wasting, air-fouling vehicles that used 60-year-old technology. Unthinkable, of course. Yet it's little different than what homebuilders and developers propose when they plan most new...Tags: Bodies of Water, Regional Authority, Waste, Executive Branch, Water
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Army wants to change permit for hazardous waste facility
Residents are invited to attend a public hearing on the Army's request to add a hazardous waste facility already on Aberdeen Proving Ground to its environmental permits. The Army advertised a hearing at 6 p.m. on Sept. 14 at the Edgewood Library, at...Tags: Hazardous Materials, Environmental Pollution, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Army, Aberdeen Proving Ground
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