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West Nile spraying proceeds in Baltimore County, Arundel
After a "rain delay" Tuesday, pesticide spraying is set to begin in the first of two Baltimore County neighborhoods where health officials say they've identified two new cases of West Nile virus. The Maryland Department of Agriculture is to spray parts...
Tags: Pets, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Pikesville, Baltimore County, Aquaculture
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Fracking gets an unfair rap
Del. Heather Mizeur claims that hydraulic fracturing contaminates water supplies and causes earthquakes ("No studies? No fracking," Sept. 13). Both of these claims are false. In more than 60 years of its use, there are zero confirmed cases of water...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Natural Disasters, U.S. Geological Survey, Energy Resources, Barack Obama
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'Silent Spring' echo still eloquent
Mitt Romney wants to open up more federal lands and waters to drilling for oil and natural gas. His party is pushing, in the name of freedom and economic opportunity, to roll back a variety of environmental protections. Republicans, including U.S. Sen....Tags: Pat Roberts, Breast Cancer, Time (magazine), Johns Hopkins University, Environmental Cleanup
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Mosquito spraying in Baltimore County postponed
Spraying to control mosquitoes in Baltimore County's Pikesville neighborhoods has been postponed until next week, health officials said. The state Department of Agriculture will spray Sept. 24 and Oct. 1 in parts of Pikesville. Spraying in Catonsville...
Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Pikesville, West Nile Virus, Flu, Catonsville
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Mosquito sprayings in Catonsville, Pikesville seek to reduce West Nile risk
Baltimore County is conducting mosquito sprayings this week in Catonsville and next week in Pikesville in the wake of two human cases of West Nile Virus being discovered in the county. Weather permitting, sprayings are scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 19,...Tags: Towson, Pikesville, Diseases and Illnesses, Catonsville, Symptoms
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Fracking requires more scrutiny
Hooray for Del. Heather Mizeur for staring down oil companies over fracking in Maryland ("No studies? No fracking," Sept. 13). Delegate Mizeur is demanding solid, scientific studies of all the risks of fracking before allowing it here. The oil industry...Tags: Dick Cheney, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Water Supply, Halliburton Company, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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Baltimore County sprays for mosquitoes
Pikesville and Catonsville are the next area locations to be sprayed for mosquitoes in response to cases of West Nile Virus, Baltimore County Department of Health officials said Friday. The Maryland Department of Agriculture will spray parts of...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Baltimore County, Pikesville, West Nile Virus, Flu
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Romney opposes EPA standards for fuel-efficient cars and light trucks
Your editorial on the Environmental Protection Agency's new fuel efficiency standards was right on point ("EPA gets it right," Aug. 29). It lets us know where a Romney administration's priorities really would be on fuel standards. Hopefully, anyone who...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Fuel-efficient Vehicles
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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...
Tags: Environmental Pollution, Standards, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Air Pollution, Mitt Romney
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State levies fines against private, public entities for pollution violations
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 Pollution, Punishment, Maryland Transit Administration, Elkton, Patapsco
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Maryland reports first West Nile virus death
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: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Medical Procedures and Tests, Baltimore County, West Nile Virus, Symptoms
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Common ground for bishops, Obama
More than a few Catholic bishops spent this election feverishly warning their flock that voting for Barack Obama put their souls at risk and posed a grave threat to religious liberty. Now that the president has been re-elected with a majority of...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Health Treatments, Freedom of Religion, Vatican City, Abortion Issue
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