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An alarming spike in the number of fatalities over the past three years on Maryland waterways has prompted Gov. Martin O'Malley and the Natural Resources Police to encourage boaters and swimmers to take part in Operation Dry Water this weekend. - A new study finds residential wells more likely to be contaminated when near drilling for natural gas using hydraulic fracturing. Researchers led by Duke University's Robert Jackson report that although the vast majority of wells checked in northeastern Pennsylvania and southeastern New York had methane in them, those within one kilometer of gas drilling sites had six times more of the gas, on average, than residential wells farther away.
- William Jabine II, a former Evening Sun reporter who later became spokesman for the old State Roads Commission and the Department of Natural Resources, died Wednesday of pneumonia at Catonsville Commons Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was 90.
- A developer is seeking Harford County approval to subdivide a rural Fallston lot, part of a larger collection of lots off Route 152 (Fallston Road) already approved for housing.
- Developers are seeking Harford County approval to turn a boarded-up former service station, a rare empty space in Bel Air's bustling Route 1 commercial corridor, into a dental office.
- Fire and hazmat crews were called to Havre de Grace Monday morning for a report of a "petroleum product in a stream."
- Emergency crews recovered the body of a 26-year-old kayaker on Sunday morning, who had been reported missing a day earlier.
- Latest climate change analysis offers a ray of hope but not if reducing greenhouse gas emissions is not made a higher priority
- Mark E. Stoeckle, CEO of Adams Express Co. and Petroleum & Resources Corp., answers questions from The Baltimore Sun.
- In terms of cost and safety, nuclear power can't hold a candle to renewable energy sources
- Saturday's planting of 30 bushels of infant oysters was the first Marylanders Grow Oysters effort in the Patapsco River.
- Biodiesel is good for the environment and no threat to livestock farmers
- A 12-year-old girl suffered multiple injuries Saturday afternoon when she fell from the King & Queen Seat in Rocks State Park in northern Harford County, several emergency information sources reported.
- The boat burst into flames around noon Monday as passengers were trying to restart a stalled motor.
- Renewables cannot solve our energy needs; to seriously address climate change, nuclear energy must be in the conversation
- About 20 people made passionate pleas Tuesday for and against a proposed parallel Columbia Gas Transmission pipeline which would go through a number of agricultural and residential properties and nature areas in Baltimore and Harford counties.
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- A"green" natural gas plan gives Marylanders the option of paying a little more to shrink their carbon footprint while heating their homes.
- Nuclear power is not the answer to our energy needs
- What good is cheap energy if its extraction ends up costing us more?
- With the U.S. atomic industry stalled, the government should ease the way for companies to do business abroad
- BGE says energy prices will rise $6 a month for the typical residential electricity customer who doesn't use an outside power supplier, the first jump in energy prices in four years.
- The supersized, reputedly shy Delmarva Peninsula fox squirrel is now considered fully recovered, according to federal wildlife officials.
- Six people were rescued from the Chesapeake Bay Saturday when their boat capsized two miles south of Point Lookout in St. Mary's County.
- With a new survey finding the Chesapeake Bay's crab population at its lowest level in five years and reproducing poorly, Maryland officials announced Friday they would move to tighten catch limits on the region's iconic crustacean. The annual winter survey of Maryland and Virginia waters tallied 300 million crabs, down nearly two-thirds from the number seen the year before, the Department of Natural Resources reported.
- Gov. Martin O'Malley picked Annapolis veteran John R. Griffin to oversee the waning years of his administration, appointing as chief of staff Wednesday a man who has worked under four governors and earned respect in the environmental community for his candor.
- Gov. Martin O'Malley picked Annapolis veteran John R. Griffin to oversee the waning years of his administration, appointing as chief of staff Wednesday a man who has worked under four governors and earned respect in the environmental community for his candor.
- Seismic testing for oil and gas off Maryland and other Atlantic coast states could cause widespread harm to whales, dolphins, sea turtles and fish, as well as to fishing and tourism, the environmental group Oceana warned Tuesday.
- Maryland Natural Resources Police is investigating an extensive amount of paint that was spilled around the area of Kilgore Falls, spokesman Sgt. Brian Albert said Thursday.
- Firefighters from several volunteer companies in Harford and Baltimore counties battled a words fire in Fallston Tuesday afternoon. On Friday evening, another woods fire in Joppatowne required several area fire companies to control.
- The Chesapeake Bay's waters have been a bit chillier than normal in recent days, which could make blue crabs that much slower to stir from their winter slumber. But bay water temperatures have been about normal overall, scientists say. It's too soon to predict, they add, if cool spring weather will impact harvest later in the year, when most Marylanders are looking for their favorite seafood.
- Cold Chesapeake Bay waters will slow this year's Maryland blue crab harvest, experts agree, but after that, nobody knows
