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- The 2012 International Energy Conservation Code, as adopted by Harford County, takes effect July 1. To help provide better understanding of the concepts of the code, the Harford County Department of Inspections, Licenses and Permits is hosting a seminar on the fundamentals of the 2012 International Energy Conservation Code
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A North Carolina-based nonprofit group launched an ambitious affordable housing program Friday to rehabilitate 500 vacant or foreclosed homes in Baltimore near Johns Hopkins Hospital. - Larry Fogelson loves trees. With each tree that falls in his Rodgers Forge community, whether by storm or by age, Fogelson wants another one planted.
- A new report calls on the Baltimore region to rethink economic development, pointing to a worrying trend: a mounting share of low-wage jobs shutting more and more residents out of the middle class
- Both environmentalists and the oil industry complain about the Obama administration's proposal to open much of Atlantic coast to offshore oil exploration at Annapolis hearing.
- All Baltimore schools are now recycling, officials announced Thursday
- An array of solar panels, spreading across nearly five acres at the Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant in Essex, could deliver significant energy savings and will pay for itself within a decade.
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- On Earth Day, Episcopal Church of the Redeemer tells members after the Sunday service about its long-awaited HVAC geothermal system. They've been raising money since 2006 and have $3.3 million, and will dip into their endowment for the remaining $1.3 million while they raise more money to pay themselves back. This is a big project and will require a well be dug 400 feet and trailers for staff to be put up while related work is done in the church, where scaffolding is already up..
- BGE's 1.1 million residential customers will get a nice surprise in their May bill when they see a $100 credit on their accounts.
- With most of their agencies facing a decrease in funding in 2013, Harford County Council members had few substantive questions for county department heads during initial review sessions on County Executive David Craig's proposed budget Tuesday and Wednesday.
- BWI Marshall and Pepco Energy Services tout the airport's new solar photovoltaic system on the top level of the daily parking garage.
- Gas prices: U.S. market can't be separated from world market, where OPEC cartel makes the rules
- Efficiency upgrades, solar panels yield net power surplus – a first for Maryland
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- Plants and shrubs popular in the South are the next big heatwave for local yards
- What passed what failed in 2012 Maryland General Assembly session
- $124 million capital budget proposed by David Craig
- President Obama says he is pursuing an 'all-of-the-above' energy policy, but that doesn't make it true.
- Wind power is the best alternative for Maryland's energy future
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- The editorial rightly noted that reducing agricultural pollution is especially efficient, but again implied these efforts weren't receiving much federal and state support. In fact, considerable funding goes to this effort.
- Council David Marks introduced two bills on Monday night, including one that will explicitly allow mountain biking and hiking at the Loch Raven Reservoir.
- President Obama managed to double gas prices during his first term; will a second term bring us $8 a gallon?
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- Gov. Martin O'Malley will back state Sen. Rob Garagiola in his bid to capture the nomination in the 6th Congressional District, a significant get for a candidate who has faced a stronger than expected challenge from Potomac banker John Delaney late in the campaign.
- Grants available to buy in certain Baltimore City neighborhoods
- Healthy Neighborhoods can match interested Baltimore homebuyers with $6,000 toward closing costs on one of 100 renovated, energy-efficient homes or a $25,000 grant on homes that have been foreclosed, subject to a short sale or abandoned.
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- Climate action blueprint calls offshore wind, septic curbs priorities
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- With rising oil prices creating a drag on the economy and his own re-election effort, President Barack Obama mocked Republican critics of his alternative energy plans during an appearance in Maryland.
- U.S. should not look to 1970s as a model to drill, baby, drill but look forward toward a more sustainable approach
- Senate vote shows Republicans wrong about Keystone pipeline and U.S. energy policy
- Ellicott City: It's a family friendly run for a great cause. Outback Steakhouse and Dancel Family Center Y are hosting their annual 5K and Fun Run Sunday, March 25 to raise critically-needed scholarship funds that help support programming for underserved families and children in Howard County.
