energy resources

A fire that has destroyed about half a million dollars worth of hay continues to burn at a state park in Elkton, officials said.

Gas falls below $3 a gallon in Carroll; seasonal and global economic changes the cause.

George Mason poll finds strong support among Marylanders for renewable energy, with a solid majority backing government mandates to increase it.

Heather Mizeur and other members of the fracking commission say no "best practices" will make us safe.

Companies must disclose the public health, environmental impact of fracking

Energy production has emerged as arguably the primary growth engine for America's economy, but Maryland has barely participated.

Janice Easter has been attracting birds of all types to her Fallston yard for years, but this summer, she saw one she's not sure she'll ever see again – an albino hummingbird.

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources Fisheries Service recently certified a new freshwater-division white perch record and an Atlantic division cobia record.

To frack or 'unfrack?'

The benefits of fracking are too few and the hardships too great to allow it

The medical and scientific community was relieved when Gov. Martin O'Malley imposed a moratorium on fracking in 2011. He said that the state would only move forward with fracking if it "can be accomplished without unacceptable risks of adverse impacts to public health, safety, the environment and natural resources." And now that the public health study he commissioned returned results showing fracking falls far short of this admirable standard, he needs to stick to his word, listen to the

An overwhelming majority of Marylanders are worried about pollution in the Chesapeake Bay, a new Goucher College poll finds, and most are concerned enough about the bay's slumping crabs to back a moratorium on crabbing.

Latest report on fracking risks downplays potential environmental damage but state officials should remain cautious

Raymond Chow, Mt. Hebron High School Marching Unit Boosters publicity chairman, has great news to share. Last month, the MHHS Marching Unit participated in the Miss America Parade in Atlantic City.

Gov. Martin O'Malley received an award for his environmental leadership from a University of Maryland center, but drew protesters over his support for a liquefied natural gas plant in Calvert County.

The energy company Dominion said Tuesday that it is exploring developing an alternate evacuation route for some residential neighbors of its proposed Cove Point liquefied natural gas plant, prompting opponents to question anew assertions by the company and federal regulators that the facility poses no significant safety or environmental risks.

The energy company Dominion said Tuesday that it is exploring developing an alternate evacuation route for some residential neighbors of its proposed Cove Point liquefied natural gas plant, prompting opponents to question anew assertions by the company and federal regulators that the facility poses no significant safety or environmental risks.

Gov. Martin O'Malley's silence on the Cove Point LNG plan is shameful.

Republican Larry Hogan says the main thing needed to clean up the Chesapeake Bay is to get other states to stop sending sediment pollution down the Susquehanna River. Democrat Anthony Brown and most scientists say the problem is more complicated than that.

The next two years will be game-changing for climate change policies in Maryland and around the world. Now is the time for those Marylanders who want action to make their voices heard by calling, visiting or writing their state legislators and Congress members.

Doug Burian, the music director at Glenelg United Methodist Church, invites the community to attend a free concert on Sunday, Oct. 5, at 4 p.m., featuring world-renowned trumpet player Vince DiMartino.

Students from the Carroll County area were among Virginia Tech students honored at the university's spring commencement ceremony in Lane Stadium.

Offshore drilling debate heats up

Jones Falls, whose watershed is home to about 200,000 people and spans some 40 square miles from Garrison to the Inner Harbor, is set to begin a series of restoration and maintenance projects to improve recreational conditions and overall stream health.

Even as conservationists and government officials celebrated Friday the rebound of the endangered Delmarva fox squirrel, they acknowledged that more animals and plants are slipping toward oblivion in Maryland.

For six straight hours for four straight afternoons during one of the largest ship-hosting events in Baltimore history, all water traffic within a long rectangle of space smack in the middle of the Inner Harbor is being completely restricted by a cadre of law enforcement agencies.

Harford People's Counsel urges Board of Appeals to reverse decision granting a special exception for Harford County Airport expansion

Maryland is in the running for a data storage center with its own sizable power plant, a project planned for the University of Delaware until officials there spiked it amid an uproar over its scale and effect on the community.

Natural Resources Police

Maryland is failing to deal squarely with the problem of carbon emissions from electricity production. Given growing public concern about climate change, a fundamental change in our energy policy should be to reduce the burning of fossil fuels and pursue the development of emission-free nuclear power.

Proposed Dominion LNG plant threatens Lusby community

Harford County planning officials have asked officials with the Love Fellowship Christian Center Inc. of Bel Air to revise their plans to build a church in Abingdon to ensure there is enough space between the church property and existing residential and school property.

A University of Maryland study warns that without adequate safeguards there could be harmful health impacts for residents, workers and communities in western Maryland from drilling for natural gas using hydraulic fracturing.

A new power plant at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center just got a big boost, with the help of a BGE program.

Officials with the Army's Test and Evaluation Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground and energy supplier Constellation Retail recently signed three-year agreement to explore alternative energy sources for the Harford County Army post as leaders across the military and federal government look for ways to reduce the amount of energy used at their facilities.

If we play this right, the next time there's a problem with not enough energy being produced overseas, it won't be a problem locally, thanks to things like solar panels on rooftops.

A Calvert County circuit judge has overturned the Southern Maryland county's decision to exempt the proposed Cove Point liquefied natural gas export facility from local zoning regulations.

Most Maryland boaters are satisfied with existing access but want improvements.

The Obama administration is going against Maryland's will in pursuing seismic testing.

An industry group defends the safety of seismic exploration off the Atlantic coast.

Eight Democratic members of Maryland's congressional delegation wrote President Obama Monday urging him to reconsider his administration's plan to allow seismic testing for oil and gas off the Mid-Atlantic coast.

A striped bass poaching case that began in February 2011 with a discovery of mysterious, illegally set nets full of tens of thousands of pounds of striped bass off of Kent Island is finally coming to a close.

Tough sanctions against Russia to punish its meddling in Ukraine show that the U.S. and its European allies can present a united front

Why are we exporting natural gas?