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    May 17, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. 'Green' gas plans offer climate-friendly home heating

    “Would you like to buy a carbon offset with your purchase today?”
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    “Would you like to buy a carbon offset with your purchase today?” That’s a question you hear more often when you rent a car or buy groceries at MOM’S Organic Markets. Now, you also have that option when you buy natural gas to...

    Tags: Energy Saving, Natural Gas, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Petroleum Industry, Energy

    2. May 15, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  2. AccuWeather predicts another active hurricane season for U.S. shores

    AccuWeather.com is predicting another active Atlantic hurricane season, particularly for the U.S. coastline.
    AccuWeather.com is predicting another active Atlantic hurricane season, particularly for the U.S. coastline. While the Pennsylvania-based meteorology company is calling for fewer storms in all, with 16 tropical storms versus 19 in 2012, AccuWeather's...

    Tags: National Weather Service, Tropical Storms, Weather Reports, Hurricanes, Hurricane Katrina (2005)

    3. May 2, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  3. No sign of El Nino, La Nina forecast for longest stretch since 2004

    It has been a year since the climate pattern known as La Nina ended, the longest period of so-called "neutral" conditions since 2004. And there is no sign of the phenomenon, or its counterpart El Nino, through summer, climate forecasters say.
    It has been a year since the climate pattern known as La Nina ended, the longest period of so-called "neutral" conditions since 2004. And there is no sign of the phenomenon, or its counterpart El Nino, through summer, climate forecasters say. La Nina,...

    Tags: Weather Reports, Pacific Ocean

    4. Apr 11, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  4. Sandy retired from list of hurricane names; replaced with Sara

    Sandy is the 77th name to be retired from the World Meteorological Organization's Atlantic hurricane season lists, joining memorable storms to hit Maryland like Irene, Isabel, Gloria and Agnes.
    Sandy is the 77th name to be retired from the World Meteorological Organization's Atlantic hurricane season lists, joining memorable storms to hit Maryland like Irene, Isabel, Gloria and Agnes. Sara will replace it on a list that will next come into use...

    Tags: Tropical Storms, Hurricanes, Natural Disasters, Weather Science, Tropical Weather

    5. Apr 5, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  5. National Hurricane Center tweaks warning policy after Sandy confusion

    The National Hurricane Center will in the future maintain any necessary hurricane watches or warnings even if a storm is no longer technically a hurricane, as in the case of Superstorm Sandy.
    The National Hurricane Center will in the future maintain any necessary hurricane watches or warnings even if a storm is no longer technically a hurricane, as in the case of Superstorm Sandy. Center officials made the changes permanent Friday in light...

    Tags: Tropical Storms, Weather Reports, Hurricanes, Natural Disasters, Weather Warnings

    6. Apr 2, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  6. As coastal sea levels rise, Congress sticks its head in the sand

    Thanks for your article on climate change and rising sea levels ("Survey shows Americans wary of sea level rising," March 29.) Global warming is driving major change in sea levels.
    Thanks for your article on climate change and rising sea levels ("Survey shows Americans wary of sea level rising," March 29.) Global warming is driving major change in sea levels. In 2001, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the world's...

    Tags: U.S. Congress, Oceans, Bodies of Water, Conservation, Global Change

    7. Apr 1, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  7. Could chilly Chesapeake spell slow crab season?

    Crabbing season officially begins in Maryland today, but the Chesapeake Bay's blue crabs apparently haven't gotten the word.
    Crabbing season officially begins in Maryland today, but the Chesapeake Bay's blue crabs apparently haven't gotten the word. My colleague Richard Gorelick reports that watermen, seafood dealers, restaurateurs and state natural resource officials all...

    Tags: Natural Resource Industry, Conservation, Seafood, Weather Reports, Natural Resources

    8. Mar 24, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  8. Baltimore area readies for messy commute Monday morning

    Winter is not quite ready to leave Baltimore.
    Winter is not quite ready to leave Baltimore. Weather forecasters called for a wintry mix of rain and snow to start falling late Sunday and into Monday that was likely to complicate morning commutes. The forecast is for "a slushy inch" of accumulation...

    Tags: Baltimore Weather, National Weather Service, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Oceans, Bodies of Water

    9. Mar 21, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  9. Warm spring expected for region, but cold holding on

    It's been colder than is normal for this time of year in Maryland, but things are eventually going to warm up.
    It's been colder than is normal for this time of year in Maryland, but things are eventually going to warm up. As spring, which officially began Wednesday, gets further underway, Maryland will see a change from cooler-than-normal temperatures to warmer-...

    Tags: National Weather Service

    10. Mar 18, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  10. Coastal quandary: rebuild or retreat?

    Foremost on my mind as the days lengthen is where I might get my ocean "fix" once summer arrives. Sometimes I crave the New Jersey shore where I vacationed as a kid, other times the Maryland beaches since I lived there during summers in college.
    Foremost on my mind as the days lengthen is where I might get my ocean "fix" once summer arrives. Sometimes I crave the New Jersey shore where I vacationed as a kid, other times the Maryland beaches since I lived there during summers in college. This...

    Tags: Chris Christie, Executive Branch, Government, FEMA, Andrew Cuomo

    11. Mar 14, 2013 |Story| Patuxent Homestead

  11. Howard County freshmen weather 'extreme' learning conditions

    Weather can change in the blink of an eye, sometimes for the better and sometimes for the worse. When it’s for the worse, the weather can have severe repercussions, and more than 100 Howard County ninth-graders learned about how to predict, prepare for and recover from an extreme weather event Wednesday, March 13 at the Howard County Conservancy in Woodstock.
    Weather can change in the blink of an eye, sometimes for the better and sometimes for the worse. When it’s for the worse, the weather can have severe repercussions, and more than 100 Howard County ninth-graders learned about how to predict,...

    Tags: Teaching and Learning, Manufacturing and Engineering, Hot Dogs, Aerospace Manufacturing, Howard County

    12. Mar 14, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  12. Winter was 20th mildest for U.S., 15th warmest for Md.

    The average temperature across the country was almost 2 degrees above normal this meteorological winter, ranking as 20th-mildest in the past 118 years, according to climatologists. In Maryland, the winter was even more of an aberration, ranking 15th-mildest.
    The average temperature across the country was almost 2 degrees above normal this meteorological winter, ranking as 20th-mildest in the past 118 years, according to climatologists. In Maryland, the winter was even more of an aberration, ranking 15th-...

    Tags: BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Weather Statistics

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