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O'Malley proposes funding fracking study
Gov. Martin O'Malley has proposed funding the state's study of "fracking" for natural gas, ending a two-year legislative standoff over getting the industry to pay for it. O'Malley included $1.5 million in his fiscal 2014 budget "to provide citizens,...
Tags: Energy Resources, Martin O'Malley, Montgomery County (Maryland), Energy Saving, Petroleum Industry
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Lawmakers press for disaster aid for Garrett Co.
Members of Maryland's congressional delegation asked the Obama administration Thursday to reconsider its decision to deny federal disaster aid to Garrett County residents walloped by an October snowstorm. In a letter to Federal Emergency Management...Tags: Somerset County (Maryland), Martin O'Malley, Meteorological Disasters, Montgomery County (Maryland), Craig Fugate
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Violent weather system could spawn blizzard in Western Md., damaging winds in Baltimore
A strong low-pressure system causing blizzards across the Midwest is forecast to bring potential white-out conditions in Western Maryland and damaging winds across the Baltimore area Friday and Saturday.
Heavy snow combined with strong winds could create...Tags: Weather Warnings, Baltimore Weather, Allegany County, Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., Southern U.S. Storms (2011)
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Ski resorts see promising winter season
The wicked warm spell that bedeviled the region's ski areas last year has been broken. Snow guns, ably assisted by Wednesday's surprise storm, are turning the brownscape of late fall into the dazzling white of winter.
"That storm gave us a big kick. We'...Tags: New Year's Day, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Cross Country Skiing, Baltimore Hotels, Holidays
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Western Md. bracing for blizzard; frigid winds to reach Baltimore
Western Maryland is under a winter storm watch going into the weekend, with the possibility of white-out conditions and more than 6 inches of snow. That precipitation isn't expected to reach Baltimore -- but a blast of frigid wind is. A winter storm...
Tags: Weather Reports, Baltimore Weather, Allegany County, Snow Storms, Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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High wind watch issued across Central Maryland; BGE warns of outages
Central Maryland is under a high wind watch starting Saturday morning, with gusts expected to reach 60 mph during the day. The forecast prompted utility Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. to warn of possible power outages. Rain is forecast to usher in the...
Tags: Weather Reports, Allegany County, Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., St. Mary's County, Snow Storms
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O'Malley panel urges 'fracking' safeguards
An advisory commission studying whether shale gas extraction should proceed in Maryland called Monday for new legislation to deal with potential abuses in leasing and drilling for the fuel, but environmentalists said so many questions remain about the...Tags: Martin O'Malley, Montgomery County (Maryland), Environmental Pollution, Petroleum Industry, Annapolis
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Christmas tree that escaped Sandy's wrath arrives in Baltimore
Welcoming guests to a Baltimore hotel this holiday season will be a Sandy refugee — a tall, graceful Christmas tree that escaped the massive storm's high winds and unexpected snow. The 22-foot-high Douglas fir arrived at the Royal Sonesta Harbor...
Tags: Farms, Baltimore Hotels, Holidays, Pleasant Valley, Inner Harbor
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Passing snowfall drops up to 3 inches; a dusting for Baltimore
Winter lovers enjoyed a light snowfall in the Baltimore region Saturday without many of the usual headaches, as the snow passed after several hours with few traffic concerns. But State Highway Administration officials urged motorists to continue to be...Tags: Weather Warnings, Baltimore Weather, New Year's Day, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Brooklyn Park
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Six decades later, sons seek answers on death of Detrick scientist
First, the Army told Frank Olson's sons that the Fort Detrick scientist's death in a fall from a 13th-floor window of a New York hotel had been an accident. Then a presidential commission revealed that the CIA had given an unwitting Olson LSD as part of...
Tags: U.S. Army, Manhattan (New York City), Gerald Ford, National Government, Guinea
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Environmental activists rally for fracking conference
Environmental activists met Saturday at the University of Baltimore to organize a push for a legislative ban on the natural gas drilling technique known as hydraulic fracturing — or fracking — casting the issue as a fight pitting the little...
Tags: University of Baltimore, Activism, Energy Resources, Martin O'Malley, Montgomery County (Maryland)
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Crisfield rallies for community Thanksgiving dinner
Superstorm Sandy has left the small town of Crisfield reeling from floods that destroyed homes and power outages that persist three weeks after the deluge. But the storm hasn't dampened the community spirit in this Eastern Shore enclave. Scores of...
Tags: Tangier (Accomack, Virginia), Somerset County (Maryland), Business, Snow Storms, Natural Disasters
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