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    Aug 29, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. EPA gets it right

    With gas prices hovering around $4 a gallon this summer, everyone who drives can appreciate the beauty of vehicles designed to go twice as far on a tank of fuel than today's models — including the people who build cars. Some ideas simply make too much sense to stir much controversy.
    With gas prices hovering around $4 a gallon this summer, everyone who drives can appreciate the beauty of vehicles designed to go twice as far on a tank of fuel than today's models — including the people who build cars. Some ideas simply make too...

    Tags: Environmental Politics, Vehicles, Global Change, Passenger Cars, Environmental Pollution

    2. Aug 30, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  2. State levies fines against private, public entities for pollution violations

    Environmental laws do get enforced, however slowly at times.&nbsp; The <a href="http://www.mde.state.md.us">Maryland Department of the Environment</a> announced Wednesday it had taken action against about 18 individuals, companies and local governments for alleged violations of the state's laws governing lead paint and air and water pollution.
    Environmental laws do get enforced, however slowly at times.  The Maryland Department of the Environment announced Wednesday it had taken action against about 18 individuals, companies and local governments for alleged violations of the state's laws...

    Tags: Environmental Politics, Environmental Pollution, Companies and Corporations, Maryland Transit Administration, Patapsco

    3. Aug 30, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  3. Maryland reports first West Nile virus death

    Maryland health officials are reporting the state's first death from the West Nile virus.
    Maryland health officials are reporting the state's first death from the West Nile virus. State health department spokeswoman Dori Henry said Thursday that the department is not releasing any details on the death. Maryland has had 13 cases of West...

    Tags: Environmental Politics, Wildlife, Headaches, Symptoms, Viral Diseases and Infections

    4. Aug 28, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  4. Chesapeake Bay cleanup gets $9 million in grants

    The Chesapeake Bay cleanup got a shot in the arm today (Tuesday, 8/28), as federal and nonprofit officials announced grants totaling $9.2 million for planting trees, restoring wetlands, installing rain gardens and other projects across the watershed.
    The Chesapeake Bay cleanup got a shot in the arm today (Tuesday, 8/28), as federal and nonprofit officials announced grants totaling $9.2 million for planting trees, restoring wetlands, installing rain gardens and other projects across the watershed. The...

    Tags: Environmental Politics, Maryland Transit Administration, Baltimore County, Maryland Science Center, Inner Harbor

    5. Aug 28, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  5. Pine Picasso: Chain saw carver transforms wood into art

    Evelyn Mogren lets the chips fall where they may nearly every day.
    Evelyn Mogren lets the chips fall where they may nearly every day. After pull-starting her gas-powered chain saw, she deftly applies the tip to a parrot’s wing, a fox’s tail or a rabbit’s fur coat, and their hides and claws begin...

    Tags: Environmental Politics, Arts, Physiology, Carroll County (Maryland), Youth Organizations

    6. Aug 23, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  6. Victory for smog

    It's been a crummy summer for breathing in Maryland. August has seen five Code Orange days, where ozone has been so bad that the air poses a health risk for sensitive individuals, including children, the elderly and the infirm. But that's a big improvement over June and July, when Maryland had a total of 17 Code Orange days and four days of Code Red, when people are warned to stay indoors. In June, Maryland experienced its most polluted air in five years.
    It's been a crummy summer for breathing in Maryland. August has seen five Code Orange days, where ozone has been so bad that the air poses a health risk for sensitive individuals, including children, the elderly and the infirm. But that's a big...

    Tags: Environmental Politics, Environmental Pollution, Metal and Mineral, Mining, George W. Bush

    7. Aug 23, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  7. Coal terminal operator pays pollution fine

    A Baltimore coal terminal operator has agreed to pay a $34,600 penalty and settle pollution violations alleged by the Environmental Protection Agency. Federal regulators contend that CNX Marine Terminals at 3800 Newgate Ave. near the northern entrance to...

    Tags: Environmental Politics, Environmental Pollution, Patapsco, Coal

    8. Aug 20, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  8. EPA is making enemies upstream

    At a recent supper party in the foothills West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle, a fisherman had just returned from Kent Narrows with a bushel of Maryland Blue Crabs.
    At a recent supper party in the foothills West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle, a fisherman had just returned from Kent Narrows with a bushel of Maryland Blue Crabs. The crabs, rest their souls, made wonderful emissaries. The light conversation that...

    Tags: Allegany County, Salisbury (Wicomico, Maryland)

    9. Aug 19, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  9. Repairing aquaculture's Achilles' heel

    As fish farming grows to feed a world hungry for protein, there's a hitch &mdash; the seas are being scoured of the little wild fish to feed the big captive ones destined for the dinner table.
    As fish farming grows to feed a world hungry for protein, there's a hitch — the seas are being scoured of the little wild fish to feed the big captive ones destined for the dinner table. Researchers in Baltimore think they may have hit upon a...

    Tags: Seafood and Fishing Industry, Environmental Politics, University System of Maryland, Genetic Engineering, Johns Hopkins University

    10. Aug 21, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  10. EPA rule on air pollution struck down

    A federal appeals court swept aside a key pillar of Maryland's plan to reduce soot and smog on Tuesday when it struck down a federal rule aimed at limiting air pollution crossing from one state to another.
    A federal appeals court swept aside a key pillar of Maryland's plan to reduce soot and smog on Tuesday when it struck down a federal rule aimed at limiting air pollution crossing from one state to another. Maryland has moved aggressively to cut emissions...

    Tags: Environmental Politics, Trials, Heart Attack, Environmental Pollution, Justice System

    11. Aug 22, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  11. Caring for the environment is politically out of fashion

    Weeks after the weird June 29 windstorm that swept the Mid-Atlantic, I can't shake the feeling of being in an episode of "The Twilight Zone," the 1960s TV series that warned of living selfishly. A dash of Rod Serling spiking a large dollop of Catholic guilt.
    Weeks after the weird June 29 windstorm that swept the Mid-Atlantic, I can't shake the feeling of being in an episode of "The Twilight Zone," the 1960s TV series that warned of living selfishly. A dash of Rod Serling spiking a large dollop of Catholic...

    Tags: Environmental Politics, Rod Serling, Environmental Pollution, Bodies of Water, Conservation

    12. Jun 9, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  12. Q&A with fly-fishing expert Lefty Kreh

    Lefty Kreh is to fly-fishing what James Naismith was to basketball and, perhaps, what Elvis was to rock 'n' roll.
    Lefty Kreh is to fly-fishing what James Naismith was to basketball and, perhaps, what Elvis was to rock 'n' roll. Not only is the now 87-year-old Kreh credited with helping invent the sport in the late 1940s, he later popularized it by writing more...

    Tags: Natural Resources, Newspaper and Magazine, Natural Resource Industry, Conservation, Drugs and Medicines

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