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    Apr 1, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. The high cost of tailpipe emissions

    It isn't hard to recognize an example of false economy in the average household budget. The vegetable gardener who spends $500 on supplies to produce $12 in produce, the inexpensive home repair that falls apart in a month or the avid shopper who saves $5 online but pays an extra $20 in shipping and handling.
    It isn't hard to recognize an example of false economy in the average household budget. The vegetable gardener who spends $500 on supplies to produce $12 in produce, the inexpensive home repair that falls apart in a month or the avid shopper who saves...

    Tags: Global Warming, Barack Obama, Consumers, Gina McCarthy, Environmental Pollution

    2. May 5, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  2. State biotech firms hope Congress will act

    A proposal to speed the approval of new prescription drugs has patient advocates and biotech firms — including many based in Maryland — hoping that Congress will deliver a rare dose of bipartisanship this year.
    A proposal to speed the approval of new prescription drugs has patient advocates and biotech firms — including many based in Maryland — hoping that Congress will deliver a rare dose of bipartisanship this year. Lawmakers are proposing a 6...

    Tags: Biotechnology Industry, Instrument Engineering, Science, Barbara A. Mikulski, Gaithersburg (Montgomery, Maryland)

    3. Jun 16, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  3. Maryland biofuel fraud case rattles industry

    The case that has rattled the nation's renewable fuels industry began with some flashy cars. As Rodney R. Hailey accumulated a string of vehicles, including a Rolls-Royce, two Bentleys and a Lamborghini, the Perry Hall man's neighbors became suspicious....

    Tags: Corporate Crime, Prosecution, Fraud, Environmental Politics, Renewable Energy

    4. May 1, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  4. Health centers win funding to expand services

    Maryland is slated to receive almost $15 million in the next round of funding from the federal health care reform law to upgrade and expand community health centers, mostly in the Baltimore area.
    Maryland is slated to receive almost $15 million in the next round of funding from the federal health care reform law to upgrade and expand community health centers, mostly in the Baltimore area. Health centers are a main provider of primary care...

    Tags: John Sarbanes, Anthony G. Brown, Personal Income, Finance, Government Health Care

    5. Feb 16, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  5. Baltimore biodiesel fraud cases draws congressional interest

    A federal investigation of fraud in the renewable fuels industry in Baltimore and Texas has drawn congressional interest, with Republican leaders of a House panel expressing concern that the Environmental Protection Agency's handling of the cases could...

    Tags: Corporate Crime, Fraud, Environmental Politics, Renewable Energy, Perry Hall

    6. Jun 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. BioWatch faces congressional hearing this week

    WASHINGTON — A decade ago, then-Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge oversaw the start of BioWatch, the nationwide system designed to detect airborne releases of anthrax or other biological weapons.
    WASHINGTON — A decade ago, then-Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge oversaw the start of BioWatch, the nationwide system designed to detect airborne releases of anthrax or other biological weapons. In his 2003 State of the Union address,...

    Tags: U.S. Army, Medical Research, National Security, Science, FBI

    7. Jun 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Obama, Chinese president wrap up a sometimes contentious summit

    RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — President Obama and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, wrapped up a summit at this sweltering California desert resort Saturday after nearly eight hours of talks over two days and a candle-lit dinner aimed at shaping what both leaders called a "new model" of future relations.
    RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — President Obama and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, wrapped up a summit at this sweltering California desert resort Saturday after nearly eight hours of talks over two days and a candle-lit dinner aimed at shaping what...

    Tags: Barack Obama, China, Beijing (China), Communist Party of China, Theft

    8. Jun 7, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  8. Michigan Democrat Dingell surpasses record for longest tenure in Congress

    McClatchy Washington Bureau
    WASHINGTON The day that John Dingell first stepped onto the floor of the House of Representatives, he faced a very different America. A woman named Rosa Parks had just been arrested, the name Emmett Till was in the news and a movie star named James Dean...

    Tags: Wildlife, U.S. Congress, Emmett Till, Health Insurance, John F. Kennedy

    9. May 22, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  9. FEATURE-'Irrational' hackers are growing U.S. security fear

    Reuters
    * Aging control systems vulnerable to attack-experts * Infrastructure malfunctions loom as hackers probe networks * U.S. power grid target of daily cyber attacks By Jim Finkle May 22 (Reuters) - Cybersecurity researcher HD Moore discovered he could...

    Tags: Siemens, General Electric Company, National Security, Timothy McVeigh, Henry A Waxman

    10. May 16, 2013 |Story| Coastline Pilot

  10. Out of the Blue: Speak up against San Onofre

    Amid a spate of promising economic news, home values are climbing. Now for the bad news. For the first time in human history, the concentration of climate-warming carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is nearing the milestone level of 400 parts per million....

    Tags: Nuclear Power, The New York Times, Southern California Edison Company, Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Genetic Engineering

    11. May 8, 2013 |Story| WSBT-TV

  11. Upton urges Palisades to stay closed for now

    Stay offline until a permanent fix is found.
    Stay offline until a permanent fix is found. That's the advice Michigan Congressman Fred Upton has for a troubled southwest Michigan nuclear power plant. Last weekend, a leak at the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant In Van Buren County sent radioactive...

    Tags: Entergy Corporation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Nuclear Power, Manufacturing and Engineering, Defense Equipment

    12. Apr 30, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Climate change causes prostitution? Rep. Barbara Lee explains

    Climate change is causing glaciers to melt, heat waves to become more intense, species to become extinct and low-lying island nations like Tuvalu to disappear altogether. To <a href="http://climate.nasa.gov/effects">this list of calamities</a>, U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee has added another: Climate change could force more women to become prostitutes.
    Climate change is causing glaciers to melt, heat waves to become more intense, species to become extinct and low-lying island nations like Tuvalu to disappear altogether. To this list of calamities, U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee has added another: Climate...

    Tags: Democratic Party, Jackie Speier, Betty McCollum, Henry C. Johnson Jr., U.S. Congress

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