global warming
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Under new leadership, Baltimore's Transportation Department must prioritize bicycling, walking and public transit - Renewables cannot solve our energy needs; to seriously address climate change, nuclear energy must be in the conversation
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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.
- Somerset County's decision not to offer voluntary buyouts to Smith Island property owners demonstrates a poor grasp of climate change realities
- What good is cheap energy if its extraction ends up costing us more?
- Our legislators should be conscious of the real threats facing the United States.
- Trumped-up climate change claims are hurting environmental cause
- As the Space Race once inspired us, taming the weather should be the next great national goal
- A recently published study led by U.S. government climate researchers predicts warming global temperatures will mean more moisture in the air, and thus heavier precipitation extremes.
- As coastal sea levels rise, Congress sticks its head in the sand
- Low sulfur gasoline may raise prices but that doesn't mean proposed EPA rules are not in consumers' best interest
- The Obama administration is expected to propose new rules today that would slash the amount of sulfur in gasoline, one of the most significant steps the administration can take this term toward cutting air pollution, people with knowledge of the announcement said.
- Third time's the charm as Governor O'Malley's ambitious plan to encourage offshore wind power in Maryland moves forward
- Solar and wind power are no panacea for climate change
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- A consortium of Northeastern states including Maryland has agreed to reset a power plant emissions cap to current levels and to tighten it annually starting in 2015, an action officials said would increase investment in energy efficiency and slightly raise electricity prices, besides cutting pollution.
- Tougher standards on power plant emissions in Maryland and eight other states demonstrate that carbon cap-and-trade can work
- Maryland to look at the health impact of climate change with $250,000 CDC grant
- More Sandy- and derecho-like disasters are easy to predict, unless we begin to shift away from fossil fuels now
- Environmentalists need to admit that we can't fight climate change with turbines
- Climate change earns a prominent mention in Inaugural Address as President Obama wisely plots a pragmatic, incremental approach to the problem
- Baltimore-area households have 10 different "green power" plans to choose from, selling electricity generated by wind turbines. Many offer rates lower than the standard fossil-nuclear mix provided by BGE.
- In a bid to boost recycling and reduce litter, a trio of lawmakers announced plans Monday to push for legislation that would levy a refundable nickel deposit on every beverage container sold in Maryland.
- Hoping to encourage more use of climate-friendly wood in housing, the U.S. Forest Service is teaming up with City Hall to offer $10,000 in prizes to local architects and builders who come up with the most innovative row home designs that incorporate recycled and sustainably harvested wood and wood fiber.
- How hard is it to breathe in Beijing? So bad that the government is finally recognizing the truth as people demand cleaner air
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- The science and policy discussion about climate change and how it will affect Baltimore and Maryland will be the focus of the first of four "Green Baltimore" forums to be held in January at Notre Dame of Maryland University.
- The president can't rely on GOP cooperation, so he must make use of executive orders to make progress on environment, health and safety
- Johns Hopkins students press university to drop fossil energy stocks from endowment as part of national campus divestment campaign seeking action on climate change.
- If a tree falls in Maryland's forests — even if no one hears it — researchers soon will have a handle on how much it could contribute to global warming.
- Spurred by a recent article in Rolling Stone, some Baltimore television meteorologists are weighing in against global climate change -- and are drawing some criticism for it.
- Robert B. Reich says we are ignoring looming crises in child poverty, boomer health care and climate change
- A pioneering regional compact to fight climate change stands at a crossroads, as officials from Maryland and eight other Northeast states meet Tuesday in New York to weigh new limits on their power plants' carbon dioxide emissions.
- State has taken steps to encourage people to buy and use electric vehicles
- The failure of the recent climate change talks in Qatar should not discourage U.S. from taking steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
- Climate-change deniers deny human role in global warming
