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Nuclear power is not the answer to our energy needs
Dan Ervin's commentary on lifting restrictions on U.S. companies supplying nuclear power equipment abroad is completely misleading ("A nuclear opportunity," May 6). Nuclear energy is not, as Mr. Ervin says, pollutant free or carbon free. Government...
Tags: Nuclear Power, Environmental Pollution, Energy Resources
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Joppa, Joppatowne residents happy with waste transfer deal
As the Joppa-Joppatowne Community Council meeting began Monday evening, everyone was in good spirits, and with good reason. "Before we get started, there is something that I would like to say so everybody knows. We're not getting the waste transfer...
Tags: Baltimore County, Harford County, White Marsh
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Harford's Craig announces new waste disposal deal with Baltimore County
Joppa area residents will not have to deal with what some feared would be the headache of having a waste transfer station practically in their backyards, thanks to an agreement between Baltimore and Harford counties to transport solid waste to White Marsh...
Tags: Local Government, Walmart, Havre de Grace, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Waste Management and Pollution Control
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Stormwater fee set low in Harford the best of a bad situation [Editorial]
For decades in Maryland many things have been done in the name of saving the Chesapeake Bay, but the degree to which tangible progress has been made is something of a disappointment. To be sure, there have been some successes. The mid-1980s ban on...Tags: Harford County
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Harford residential hazardous waste disposal day coming May 4
Coming early next month will be a chance for Harford County residents to get rid of certain hazardous household products that they may not have figured out how to get rid of safely. On Saturday, May 4, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Local Emergency Planning... -
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: Martin O'Malley, Lawyers, Agriculture, Queen Anne's County, Energy Saving
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Nuclear power is far from safe or carbon-free
I became frightened when I read the commentary by Norman Meadow ("Nuclear blows away wind," Feb. 1). I wanted to say so much, but my thoughts were running way beyond the commentary. Just one example: The reactor at Chernobyl still contains enough...
Tags: Heavy Engineering, Lung Cancer, Nuclear Power, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Plant Openings
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Plowing old ground
As "tractorcade" protests go, the demonstration of farmers and farm vehicles in Annapolis on Tuesday morning was a modest affair with a handful of old-fashioned tractors and some equally well-worn grievances. The timetable may have been a little off, too,...
Tags: Martin O'Malley, Agriculture, Environmental Pollution, Ken Ulman, Annapolis
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The danger of relying on nuclear power plants
Norman Meadow's commentary promoting nuclear power over wind energy as a solution to climate change leaves out serious unsolved problems that wind does not present ("Nuclear blows away wind," Feb. 1). Huge piles of highly radioactive waste are sitting...
Tags: Alternative Energy, Nuclear Power, Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Renewable Energy
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Harford Executive David Craig's 2013 State of the County Address
The following is the complete text of Harford County Executive David Craig's 2013 State of the County Address delivered at the Harford County Council legislative session on Tuesday, Feb. 5: "Where there is no vision, the people perish", so it is...Tags: House Building, Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (tv program), AAA, Health Treatments, Waste Management and Pollution Control
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Aberdeen wise to keep ahead of the curve on sewage treatment issues [Editorial]
It's a matter no one gives a, well let's say hoot, about until there's a problem. When there is a problem with it, everyone affected will be angry enough to call city hall and give the poor soul who answers a blast of, let's just call it hot air. The...Tags: Plant Openings, Water Supply
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Baltimore County curbside collection of Christmas trees now under way
Baltimore County residents who want to recycle their Christmas trees should put them out for collection at the front curb from Jan. 14 to Jan. 19. Trees should have no decorations, tinsel, bags or tree stands of any kind. Those who wish to drop off...
Tags: Holidays, Waste Management Incorporated, Waste Management and Pollution Control, Religious Festivals
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Jan 24, 2013
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Jan 15, 2013
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