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Anti-fracking legislation is not premature
Commentator Harry Alford's claim that focusing on fracking legislation in Maryland constitutes a waste of time and effort suggests a shocking ignorance of what is happening in other states ("Anti-fracking legislation is premature," March 7). Maryland's...
Tags: Alternative Energy, Heart Disease, Energy Resources, Petroleum Industry, Health and Safety at Work
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Chesapeake Bay advocate Larry Simns dies
Larry Simns, who founded and led the Maryland Watermen's Association for four decades and was a key influence on efforts to reduce pollution in the Chesapeake Bay, died Thursday. He was 75. Mr. Simns, who grew up in the Eastern Shore fishing village of...
Tags: Foods and Beverages, Aquaculture, Seafood, Oysters, Executive Branch
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What Steel City can teach Charm City
I never thought I'd hear a Baltimorean say such a thing. Last week, while reporting on the Rawlings-Blake administration's 10-year financial plan, I spoke with the mayor's press secretary, Ian Brennan. We covered a lot of ground in our hourlong phone...
Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Air Pollution, G20, Edward G. Rendell, Steel City
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Unusual foam - detergent waste or farmland deposit - appears in Winters Run
As taken from the pages of The Aegis dated Thursday, March 14, 1963: Heavy foam appeared on top of the waters of Winter's Run 50 years ago this week. The foam was checked by the state Water Pollution Control Commission and it was believed the foam was...Tags: Prisons, Gregory Peck, Burt Lancaster, Aberdeen, Entertainment Events
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Hopkins provides extra leave days to Keswick employees
Employees who were barred from their offices on the Johns Hopkins at Keswick campus because of water contamination have been granted additional paid leave days, human resources officials said Friday. Employees in the campus' south building, which was...
Tags: Health Insurance, Health and Safety at School, Flu, Water Pollution, Conservation
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Testimony ends in zoning case for apartments planned near Bel Air
Nine hours of testimony, spread over three weeks, wrapped up Wednesday evening in a long-running Harford County zoning appeals case for a 198-unit apartment complex planned in the Bel Air South area. "Thanks to everyone for coming out and struggling...
Tags: Apartments, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Timonium, Walmart, Brian Young
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APG explains no-action plan for radiation site in Edgewood Area
During a mandatory public hearing Thursday night that drew little community interest, Aberdeen Proving Ground officials explained their proposal not to do any remedial action in an area where 17 small radioactive devices were found between 2009 and 2011....
Tags: Environmental Politics, U.S. Army, Aberdeen Proving Ground, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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O'Malley is waging war on rural Maryland
I am writing in response to The Sun's editorial regarding septic tank limits, "Plowing old ground" (Feb. 15). I have introduced legislation to repeal the Sustainable Growth and Agricultural Preservation Act of 2012, the law requiring counties to adopt a...
Tags: Laws, Lawyers, Queen Anne's County, Martin O'Malley, Energy Saving
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In Carroll, Outdoor School's 'cultural tradition' may face budget reality
Sixth-graders from West Middle School in Carroll County scoured the Bear Branch stream one recent morning in search of aquatic life in the dead of winter. Nathan Grella said the contents of his bucket did not appear promising. "We just got leaves and...
Tags: Students, Health and Safety at School, Conservation, Mount Airy, Government Debt
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Baltimore County proposes scale for state-mandated stormwater fee
Baltimore County homeowners would pay a fee between $18 and $36 a year for stormwater management under a plan to meet new state requirements designed to reduce pollution in the Chesapeake Bay. Legislation to impose the fee was introduced Monday, with a...
Tags: Harford County, Tom Quirk, Real Estate, Baltimore County, Howard County
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Council tackles county's liquid assets in pair of environmental bills
Environmental matters dominated the attention of the Anne Arundel County Council this week, as members voted to add restrictions on development in the county's so-called "critical area" near tidal waters of the Chesapeake Bay and hosted a spirited...Tags: Martin O'Malley, Elections, Hanover (Anne Arundel, Maryland), Annapolis, Glen Burnie
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Army says no risks from radioactive material found at APG's Edgewood area
The Army will hold a public information meeting in Edgewood next week to go over its findings in connection with a former salvage site on Aberdeen Proving Ground, where a small amount of radioactive material was found beginning in 2009. The material...
Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Research, U.S. Army, World War I (1914-1918), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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