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- Amtrak ridership is at record highs but the nation's rail system is facing gridlock unless action is taken soon
- Harford County's incoming county executive is taking a wait-and-see stance on forming a countywide quasi-governmental water and sewer authority, which would own and run all the municipal and county water and sewer systems.
- Controversial Canadian pipeline projects fails by one vote but won't go away any time soon
- Presentation and Q-and-A on upcoming Main Street Revitalization Project and water main replacement
- Federal regulators have largely ignored Conowingo Dam's environmental problems. Now it falls to Maryland to make Exelon clean up its act.
- Larry Hogan needs to reverse O'Malley's onerous new farm rules.
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- Baltimore's public works director insists: there is no plan or desire to privatize water.
- Defense Department objects to Eastern Shore wind project, saying its nearly 600-foot high turbines would interfere with stealth radar tested at Naval Air Station Patuxent River.
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- The average monthly bill for Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. customers getting both services would jump by about $4 under a settlement the utility provider reached this month with state regulatory staff and other stakeholders.
- The University of Maryland has been awarded a $238,055 federal grant to study the factors behind the intersex fish found in various places in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, Sens. Benjamin L. Cardin and Barbara A. Mikulski announced Tuesday.
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- The marvels of wireless technology are finally catching up with homeowners¿ dreams of a wire-free abode. But the systems controlled by apps and monitored services go beyond the humble wish for a TV with a single remote or a lamp that comes on when you clap.
- 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.
- Mobern Lighting, a 70-year-old Howard County lighting company, moved from North Laurel into a new 80,000 square-foot facility in Jessup Friday.
- The Halloween season is upon us and there are plenty of opportunities in the Baltimore area to get scarred by the time-honored tradition of the haunted attraction.
- Energy company has been responsible citizen and merger with Pepco Holdings should be good for Maryland
- Howard County executive candidates Allan Kittleman and Courtney Watson have released a new round of platforms, one on aging and the other on the environment.
- A thriving downtown and family-friendly community tucked in the mountains
- The challenge was to design a garden that evoked the familiar phrase ¿Color my world.¿ It sounds simple ¿ gardens are nothing if not colorful. Carroll Landscaping owner Robert Jones and his designer, Beth Burnham, of Baltimore County chose the color green. Then they turned the challenge inside out.
- More than 150 years ago, famed philosopher Henry David Thoreau published his iconic book ¿Walden,¿ which chronicled his two years living as one with nature in a cabin set on Walden Pond in Massachusetts. Today, some travelers who seek a Walden-esque experience still want 21st-century amenities and perks. At Blue Moon Rising, a new eco-friendly vacation village nestled in the mountains of Western Maryland, they¿ll find the best of both worlds.
- When homeowners Judy and Craig purchased 57 acres in Deale, Anne Arundel County, on which to build their dream home, they weren¿t building just a shelter from the elements or a place to keep their belongings. They were creating an environment that would be the foundation for a lifestyle.
- A 20-group coalition on Thursday called on state regulators to reject a proposed merger between Chicago energy giant Exelon Corp. and Pepco Holdings Inc., citing the company's track record on the environment and fears the deal would give it too much power in the state.
- When renewable energy tax credits, rebates and grants have refueled a serious interest in the underground energy source, this heat pump that uses water instead of air has taken a foothold in Howard County as a result of its long-term financial benefits, even after the demise of a local tax incentive.
- 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.
- Town receives plaque, grant money for energy saving projects
- 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.
- Responding to a proposal that will build solar panels at Patuxent Greens Golf Club, a handful of residents from nearby neighborhoods came to Laurel city hall Monday evening to testify against the proposed zoning change that, if passed by vote of the city council, would make the project possible.
- Climate change is a threat that requires people of faith to take action
- A continuing effort by Mount Airy and its residents has been the creation of a series of nature trails that connect Main Street to various parks and areas throughout the town. For close to 20 years, the Rails to Trails project has been on the table but by the end of September, the first phase of the project will be complete, said Larry Hushour, project coordinator.
- Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake will use $52 million from a state grant to bolster Baltimore's energy conservation efforts, including improving education and outreach efforts.
- Concert Hall, Dance Cube coexist with English, archaeology classes
- 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.
- Baltimore city officials belatedly disclosed Friday that sewage overflows topped 12 million gallons during last week's downpour, four times what had previously been acknowledged. It was the most untreated waste reported spilled in the city in a single day since 2006, according to state records.
- Ever wonder what a sewer "overflow" looks like? This video by the Baltimore Harbor Waterkeeper shows what happened in multiple places in Baltimore during the near-record downpour of Aug. 12, when six inches of rain fell in a 12-hour time span.
- Major sewage spills go little noticed while private enterprise gets taxed to the breaking point
- Smart meters should translate into lower fees for all
- An Italian renewable energy company won the rights to develop offshore wind projects in nearly 80,000 acres of Atlantic waters off Maryland's coast with an $8.7 million bid Tuesday.
- Baltimore Gas & Electric Co.'s parent corporation, along with two utilities serving the Washington area, parts of the Eastern Shore and New Jersey, filed with the Public Service Commission of Maryland on Tuesday for permission to merge, a move company officials say will improve service and boost the economies of the service areas.
