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Mid-Atlantic wind transmission line clears hurdle
WASHINGTON (AP) — A huge power transmission line for wind farms planned off the East Coast has cleared a regulatory hurdle, although construction is still years away. The project, known as the Atlantic Wind Connection, would enable up to 7,000...Tags: U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, DC, Renewable Energy, Wind Power, Google Inc.
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BWI powers up, saves money with new solar panels
Solar power will never replace jet power at BWI Marshall Airport, but officials believe the clean energy generated by newly installed roof panels atop the daily parking garage could boost the airport's image and bottom line.
The solar panels are part...Tags: Energy Saving, Water Supply, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy, Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport
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Emails show O'Malley's close ties to Perdue lawyer
A series of emails between Gov. Martin O'Malley and Perdue's corporate lawyer shows what an environmental group calls a "cozy relationship" between the two law school classmates as Maryland's chief executive weighs farm pollution regulations of concern to...Tags: Livestock Farming, Hospitals and Clinics, Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Democratic Governors Association
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Emails show close ties between O'Malley, Perdue lawyer
A series of emails between Gov. Martin O'Malley and Perdue's corporate lawyer shows what an environmental group calls a "cozy relationship" between the two law school classmates as Maryland's chief executive weighs farm pollution regulations of concern to...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Livestock Farming, Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Democratic Governors Association
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Solar energy will help power Back River treatment plant
An array of solar panels, spreading across nearly five acres at the Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant in Essex, could deliver significant energy savings and will pay for itself within a decade, officials said Tuesday.
The 4,200 American-made panels,...Tags: Energy Saving, Johnson Controls Incorporated, Local Government, Alternative Energy, Plant Openings
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Roland Park Country School highlights its partial conversion to solar energy
In an effort to "shine a light on solar energy," Roland Park Country School staged a "Solarbration" on April 22 to pay tribute to Earth Day and the school's own stewardship of the environment. "We celebrated our partial conversion to solar energy and the...Tags: Alternative Energy, Gardens and Parks, Renewable Energy, Global Warming, Tourism and Leisure
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Delivering the future with graphene
Behind locked doors in a nondescript Jessup industrial park, workers using secret techniques conjure a material that has promises to supercharge many 21st-century technologies.
Called graphene, it's a fine, fluffy black powder that could soon become part...Tags: Electronics, University of Maryland, College Park, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Princeton University, Companies and Corporations
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House panel approves offshore wind farm bill
A key part of Gov. Martin O'Malley's environmental agenda cleared an important hurdle Monday as his bill seeking to foster development of an offshore wind farm near Ocean City won approval from a House committee. The Economic Matters Committee voted 13-9...Tags: Conservation, Executive Branch, Wind Power, Dorchester County, Republican Party
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A better wind bill
For all its risks and potential costs, Gov. Martin O'Malley's unsuccessful 2011 bill to facilitate the construction of offshore wind turbines near Ocean City would have benefited the state — and its electricity customers — through predictable,...
Tags: Metal and Mineral, Natural Gas, Executive Branch, Wind Power, Energy Resources
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Wind bill potentially more costly than reported
Have any of your reporters or editorial writers actually read the offshore wind bill ("A better wind bill," April 2)? I don't think so, or perhaps they simply don't understand it. Every article or opinion piece I've read, whether in support or opposed,...Tags: Civil and Public Service, Weather Reports, Executive Branch, Renewable Energy, Government
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As gasoline prices rise, Obama takes aim at alternative-energy critics
With rising oil prices creating a drag on the economy and his re-election effort, President Barack Obama mocked Republican critics of his alternative-energy policy Thursday, comparing them to the "cynics and naysayers" who didn't believe the Earth was...Tags: Wildlife, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, AAA, Benjamin L. Cardin
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Wind power: Renewable, job-creating, less polluting
Many recent op-eds in The Sun have discussed Gov.Martin O'Malley's wind bill. To those concerned about the cost of wind energy, I would observe that doing nothing might prove even more expensive in the long run. While installing the wind turbines may...Tags: Energy Saving, Conservation, Global Change, Wind Power, Health Insurance Cost
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