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Potomac named America's most endangered river
The Potomac River, which flows between Maryland and Virginia, was named the nation's "most endangered" waterway today by a Washington-based environmental group. American Rivers put the Potomac atop its annual list of endangered rivers. Though cleaner...
Tags: Bodies of Water, Rivers, Energy Resources, Chesapeake Bay, Layoffs and Downsizing
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'Mahogany tide' of algae turning harbor murky
Record-high water temperatures and a March sewage leak are contributing to a large algae bloom in the Baltimore harbor, bringing what is known as a "mahogany tide" of reddish-brown algae to the Middle Branch of the Patapsco River.
The bloom is somewhat...Tags: Cherry Hill, Conservation, Baltimore County, Water, Tropical Storm Lee (2011)
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Study: Pollution trading could trim bay cleanup costs
Steep projected costs for cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay could be trimmed by billions of dollars, a new study suggests, by allowing polluters to buy "credits" for less-expensive reductions made by others.
The study, presented Thursday to the Chesapeake...Tags: Waste, Environmental Pollution, Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Annapolis
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Assembly approves stormwater pollution mandate
In a move aimed at helping Chesapeake Bay restoration efforts, the General Assembly adopted a bill late last night mandating that Maryland's largest localities, including Baltimore city and its suburbs, levy fees on their residents to pay for...Tags: Local Government, Environmental Pollution, E.J. Pipkin, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Politics
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Harbor pollution going public, real-time
Boaters, anglers and anyone bold enough to swim in Baltimore's troubled harbor will soon be able to get timely information about whether they're risking an upset stomach or infection from splashing in water fouled with sewage leaks and other pollution....Tags: Jones Falls, Fort McHenry, Fells Point, Baltimore County, Sailing
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Pipeline provision in tax cut deal threatens Maryland coastline
By attaching provisions in favor of a gigantic tar sands oil pipeline to the payroll tax cut legislation, Congress seems intent on putting Maryland's coasts in peril. The Keystone XL pipeline, which is proposed to run from Alberta in Canada to Texas,...Tags: Bodies of Water, Conservation, U.S. Navy, Oceans, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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Plan aims to make harbor swimmable by 2020
Seeking to end a long history of abuse and neglect of Baltimore's waters, an ambitious new plan calls for a concerted public and private campaign to curb sewage leaks and littering and make the harbor swimmable by decade's end.
The "Healthy Harbor"...Tags: Jones Falls, Fells Point, Baltimore County, Inner Harbor, Environmental Pollution
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Sewage leaks foul Baltimore streams, harbor
Heavy rains routinely trigger big sewage overflows in Baltimore, but there is growing evidence that chronic leaks from the region's aging, cracked sewer lines are a bigger threat to public health.
Though storm-fed spills can be dramatic, Baltimore's'...Tags: Golf, Jones Falls, Wildlife, Local Government, Water
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D.C.'s Keystone Kops
The famously inept Keystone Kops from the silent-movie era have relocated inside the Washington Beltway, performing the same kinds of inexplicable actions that were their trademark in the 1920s. President Barack Obama has refused to approve the Keystone...Tags: Natural Resources, Natural Gas, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Electricity Production and Distribution
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What's Obama's No. 1 priority? Not jobs.
"In the Treasury we do not speak of tons of silver. Our unit is the troy ounce."
That was the response from some bureaucrat when Leslie Groves, the man who oversaw the Manhattan Project, sought thousands of tons of silver to be turned into electrical...Tags: Oil Spills, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Manhattan (New York City), China, Global Change
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Marcellus shale: What took millions of years to create merits a few years of study
The reaction from the petroleum industry to the notion that Maryland ought to look before it leaps into natural gas drilling was swift and predictable: Maryland is in danger of falling behind the pace set by other states in tapping the lucrative Marcellus...Tags: Lawyers, Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Tom Corbett, Environmental Pollution
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Home builder to pay pollution fine
The Ryland Group, one of the nation's largest home builders, has agreed to pay $625,000 in penalties for storm-water pollution violations at construction sites in 14 states, including Maryland. The settlement, announced by the U.S. Justice Department and...Tags: House Building, Ryland Group Incorporated, Environmental Pollution, Hovnanian Enterprises Incorporated, U.S. Department of Justice
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