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Letter: More green energy needed to replace fossil fuels
Kudos to your informative article on Green Energy at the River Hill pool. This innovative use, well explained in your article, will help everyone understand how renewable green energy (solar in this case) can help the community reduce its use of fossil...Tags: Ecosystems, Waste Management and Pollution Control, Conservation, Energy
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Sunday, March 18 Environmental education A youth-focused Earth Forum will be held from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church of Howard County, 9325 Presbyterian Circle in Columbia. The forum is to draw attention to the ways local...Tags: Passover, University of Maryland, College Park, Howard Community College, Christianity, Judaism
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Fruit growers fret over early spring
Just as they do every April, the fruit orchards at Larriland Farm have donned their spring finery.
The plum trees at the pick-your-own place in western Howard County sport brilliant white blossoms, while the peach trees are decked out in bright pink....Tags: Science, Biology, Garrett County, University of Maryland, College Park, Weather Reports
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Md. can fight climate change here and now
The Sun's excellent editorial on climate change and its dangers ("Warming: Storm damage ahead," March 14) was so wide-ranging and "national" that it rather skimmed over what Marylanders are aiming for right now in the way of "just… reducing harmful...Tags: Ecosystems, Conservation
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Speaking of things I have no control over
My wife loves what the guys on the defunct Don and Mike Show used to refer to as cable radio, that being what everyone else refers to as satellite radio. Cable radio, however, was a slight to the whole satellite radio industry that I found amusing. To...Tags: Satellite Technology, Global Warming, Havre de Grace, Radio, Punk (genre)
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Studies find warming doubles MD coastal flooding risks
New research indicates that rising sea level from climate change will roughly double the risks of storm-related flooding in coastal communities in Maryland and nationwide.
Scientists with Climate Central, an independent nonprofit journalism and...Tags: Dundalk, Bodies of Water, Annapolis, Water, Oceans
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Warming: Storm damage ahead
Hurricane season may still be months away, but the threat of flooding is already on the rise in Maryland, as documented by the latest reports on climate change released this week. Rising sea levels have raised the risk of coastal flooding, particularly...Tags: Ocean Tides, Bodies of Water, Natural Disasters, Global Warming, Insurance
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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: Renewable Energy, Global Warming, Alternative Energy, Wind Power, Health Insurance Cost
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Week of environmental activities focus on 'Planet Carroll'
Planet Carroll, a group composed of students, educators and activists, will host a series of events the week of April 16-21 centered around Earth Day. The activities, "Planet Carroll: Our Environmental Future?," have been organized by students and...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Lobbying, Natural Resources, Colleges and Universities, Earth Day
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Bill would limit public information requests of professors
In Virginia, the attorney general, skeptical of global warming, tried to use his subpoena powers to build a fraud case against a climatology professor. In Wisconsin, Republican Party officials sought the emails of a history professor, trying to...Tags: University of Maryland, College Park, Colleges and Universities, Montgomery County (Maryland), Global Warming, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Can a gas tax increase save the bay?
Has Gov.Martin O'Malley's broad array of tax increase proposals got you bummed out? Cheer up, there's a bright spot.
If Mr. O'Malley succeeds in his plan to impose Maryland's 6 percent sales tax on the purchase of gasoline, he will not only boost...Tags: Global Warming, Public Transportation, Democratic Party, Parties and Movements, Republican Party
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On climate change, Santorum doesn't know what he is talking about
As a scientist, I am outraged at Rick Santorum's statement denying the validity of the dangers posed to the planet from climate change and global warming. What credentials does he have to make any statement about this highly complex scientific subject?...Tags: Science, Ecosystems, NASA, Conservation
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