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Delay sought for trash-burning power plant in Fairfield
A New York-based company that had announced more than a year ago it was ready to start building a disputed trash-burning power plant in south Baltimore is now seeking a waiver of a state-imposed deadline to begin work on the $1 billion project within...Tags: Energy Saving, Plant Openings, Environmental Pollution, Energy, Regional Authority
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Maryland power plant closing to avoid pollution rules
An aging, little-used power plant in Williamsport is slated to be closed later this year rather than meet new federal air-pollution limits, its owner announced Thursday, in what could be a spate of such shutdowns resulting from the controversial Obama...Tags: Plant Openings, Coal, Environmental Pollution, Companies and Corporations, Environmental Pollution
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Panel chaired by Harris boots filmmaker at hearing
Oscar-nominated director Josh Fox was arrested on Wednesday at a public hearing chaired by Maryland Rep. Andy Harris, a Capitol Police spokeswoman confirmed. Fox, whose 2010 documentary “Gasland” raised environmental concerns about the...Tags: Environmental Politics, Movies, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Documentary (genre), Science
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MD sees Bay cleanup costing $7.5 billion by 2017
Maryland officials have filled in the blanks on their draft Chesapeake Bay cleanup plan, and attached an eye-popping pricetag - $7.5 billion over the next five years, and nearly double that by 2025.
The cost estimates aren't a total shock, as state...Tags: Environmental Politics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Agricultural Research and Technology, Environmental Pollution, Baltimore County
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Bay group says cleanup to create more than 230,000 jobs
— Federal regulations intended to clean the Chesapeake Bay will create hundreds of thousands of jobs in construction and monitoring, according to a report to be released Tuesday by a leading environmental group.
Spending on sewage and storm-water...Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Republican Party, Environmental Pollution, Parties and Movements, U.S. Senate
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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: Energy Saving, Plant Openings, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, William Donald Schaefer, Realty
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CDC scientist urges more study of shale gas drilling
A top federal scientist says more research is needed into possible health and environmental effects from shale gas drilling.
Dr. Christopher Portier, director of the National Center for Environmental Health, said in an email to the Associated Press...Tags: Environmental Politics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Petroleum Industry, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Groups find some localities lag in Bay cleanup plans
A coalition of environmental groups has handed out mixed grades for the Chesapeake Bay cleanup plans every county in Maryland prepared late last year.
The plans, submitted to the state Department of the Environment, are part of a detailed statewide bay...Tags: Environmental Politics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Pollution
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Setting the record straight on Ron Paul
In response to the recent letter written by Elizabeth Fixsen ("Paul is anti-war — but otherwise extremist," Jan. 5), I suggest that Ms. Fixsen check her facts. She states that Ron Paul is anti-abortion. The fact is Mr. Paul, a physician, does not...Tags: Environmental Politics, Immigration, Catonsville, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Abortion Issue
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Report urges more manure-to-energy efforts
Maryland and other Chesapeake Bay states struggling to clean up the degraded estuary should do more to encourage projects that convert farm animal manure to energy, a new report says. The report released Thursday by the Chesapeake Bay Commission, a tri-...Tags: Environmental Politics, Princess Anne, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Conservation, Conservation
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S. Epatha Merkerson hosts TV One series on missing Black Americans
The Baltimore SunTV One will launch a series tonight that addresses the issue of missing Black Americans. S. Epatha Merkerson, Emmy-Award-winner and longtime member of the NBC's "Law & Order" cast, will host the 10-part reality series from the Silver-Spring-based cable...Tags: FBI, Television, Missing Persons, Media Industry, Awards and Prizes
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Howard moves to stem erosion, pollution in Ellicott City waterway
When it rains, not only does storm water flow downstream, but so do the banks of small streams emptying into Red Hill Branch, bringing other pollutants with the eroding soil. In a move to stem environmental problems and add wildlife habitat, Howard County...Tags: Bodies of Water, Lakes and Ponds, Environmental Politics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Howard County
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