environmental politics
- Obama administration launches "urban waters" initiative to clean up, redevelop city rivers, lakes
- Citing the growing number of consumer electronics products that wind up in landfills, Rep. John Sarbanes proposed Friday giving federal agencies $60 million over the next three years to promote recycling of computers and other items.
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NASA planes will fly as low as 1,000 feet starting next week - Lawyers for dozens of Baltimore County families suing Exxon Mobil Corp. closed a six-month trial Friday by arguing for punitive damages in a 2006 underground gasoline leak in Jacksonville.
- In an issue of all-too-much concern for Baltimore, the EPA is considering restricting the sale of some kinds of rat bait.
- Maryland's goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent is in peril unless stronger action is taken soon.
- Cloud seeding and space mirrors sound like science fiction, but we need these ideas as part of a comprehensive plan to combat global warming
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- Maryland needs protection from Pennsylvania fracking and polluters closer to home
- Domestic drilling for oil is no solution for higher gasoline prices
- Harris' conservative agenda doesn't address the needs of his constituents
- Schaefer recalled as impatient advocate for Chesapeake cleanup
- Tough year for the environmental movement shows no signs of getting better
- Steel manufacturer Severstal North America has announced plans to sell its Sparrows Point company and two others to a newly formed subsidiary of The Renco Group Inc.
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