hybrid vehicles

• Vehicles

Start Your Engines

• Vehicles

Detroit auto show signals a turnaround for the industry

• House Building

Little Patuxent Square complex to begin

Officials plan to mark the start of the first new office building in downtown Columbia in more than a decade Tuesday, with a formal groundbreaking on a nine-story, $75 million complex of apartments, offices and shops near Lake Kittamaqundi.

• Howard County

Two council bills could be headed for the ballot

Citizens hoping to get a zoning referendum question on the ballot are not the only ones facing down an August deadline.

• Maryland

Recreation in Westminster always a hot topic during summer [Column]

Barn raisings and husking bees no longer on calendar in Carroll County

• Opinion

A temporary patch [Editorial]

With the Highway Trust Fund within weeks of bankruptcy, Congress looks to do no more than kick the transportation can down the road

• Renewable Energy

Ikea expands rooftop solar panel system atop Perryville distribution center

IKEA has expanded the solar energy system at its Perryville distribution center, making it the largest rooftop array in the state.

• Baltimore City Paper

News Hole

• Baltimore City Paper

What a Wonderful World

• Baltimore City Paper

Maryland Science Center brings electric car rentals to Baltimore

• Baltimore City Paper

Baltimore Snowpocalypse 2010

• Howard County

Wheel Adventure: BMW i3

• Environment

Air quality better in Md., but smog still a problem

Air quality has improved a lot in Maryland and nationwide over the past 15 years, according to a new report by the American Lung Association. But summertime smog levels in Harford and Prince George's counties are still among the worst in the country, the group found.

• Environment

Domino Sugars sign goes solar

Think sunshine — not just sweetness — when you see the Domino Sugars sign lighting up the Inner Harbor at night.

• Opinion

Bongino's non-existent plan for reducing carbon emissions [Letter]

Bongino's non-existent plan for reducing carbon emissions

• Carroll County Times

Lineboro couple takes Nissan Leaf on 'Electric Road Trip'

Jonathan Slade and his wife, Novia Campbell, are no strangers to road trips.

• Opinion

Constitution not written in stone [Letter]

KAL is right: Founding Fathers couldn't have anticipated everything

• Highway and Road Transportation

Traffic: All lanes reopened on MD 170 in Linthicum

All lanes have been reopened in MD 170 at Andover Road in Linthicum on Wednesday morning after the clearing of an accident with injury that had shut down the roadway in both directions, according to the state Department of Transportation.

• Hybrid Vehicles

The practical appeals at Motor Trend auto show

Accessible vehicles, not concept cars, dominate

• Features

New York mayor vows to ban horse-drawn carriages

New York mayor vows to ban horse-drawn carriages

• Features

In Annapolis, 9 acres and plenty of rooms with a view

Annapolis waterfront real estate

• Baltimore City

Residents hope bus hub brings new life to East Baltimore neighborhood

Federal, state and local officials gathered in the East Baltimore Midway neighborhood to tout a $140 million investment to replace the Maryland Transit Administration's aged Kirk Avenue bus facility — aiming to revitalize the neighborhood in the process.

• Opinion

The imperial mentality behind Obamacare

Changes in Medicare under health reform

• Laurel Leader

Visit to Greek island of ancestors offers lesson on longevity [Commentary]

All four of my grandparents were born on the hardscrabble terrain of Ikaria between 1890 and 1895, before landing at Ellis Island. A hot-button question echoed through its craggy, ancient cliffs, silent valleys and sky-blue surf: Why are so many residents living to 95, 98, even 102?

• Environment

Maryland, other states vow to boost plug-in car sales

Aiming to boost the fledgling market for plug-in vehicles, Maryland and seven other states pledged Thursday to use their governments' tax and spending powers to get 3.3 million "zero-emission" cars, trucks and vans on the road in the next dozen years.

• Laurel Leader

Trend toward solar-powered homes catching on in Laurel

This year, Chip and Monica Gribben's house on Holger Court in Laurel is one of more than 50 solar and green homes — including six in the Laurel area — featured on the annual Washington Metropolitan Area Tour of Solar Homes. The homes will be open this weekend, Oct. 5 and 6, to homeowners interested in taking the solar route themselves.

• Environment

Curbside EV chargers debut in Baltimore

Baltimore's first curbside electric-vehicle charging stations debuted Friday, marking the next step in the establishment of infrastructure to support the spread of plug-in cars and trucks.

• Baltimore City

City to unveil electric car charging stations at War Memorial Plaza

State energy officials and Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake will unveil a pair of electric vehicle charging stations outside City Hall on Friday, the first on a city public street, officials said.

• Opinion

Diesel's day has arrived

120 years after its invention, the diesel engine, with its increased fuel economy and lower maintenance costs, is coming into its own

• Baltimore City Paper

Where can you get a breakfast beer?

• Opinion

The promise of Utility 2.0

• Howard County

Electric buses due in Howard County by 2015

You probably won't hear these buses coming. If they show up as expected on the Howard Transit Green Route in the spring of 2015, they'll be the first of their kind in Maryland to run a municipal loop. They will likely be greeted with ribbon-cutting fanfare, even if they won't make much noise themselves, as they'll run entirely on electricity.

• Baltimore County

Lansdowne Station Walmart using solar panels for electricity

The Walmart at Lansdowne Station had over 1,300 solar panels installed last year and now gets a large amount of electricity from them

• Opinion

Cruise ships shouldn't have a license to pollute

Cruise ships shouldn't have a license to pollute

• Laurel Leader

Green Day Celebration set for Saturday [Russett]

Russett's Green Day Committee brings over 30 exhibitors with products and information on green technology and how to reduce our carbon footprint

• Health

Goucher researchers scrutinize city 'greening' plans

A Goucher College study suggests that focusing on public transit and electricity use could best reduce Baltimore's ecological footprint.

• Opinion

O'Malley picks Annapolis veteran as new chief of staff

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.

• Laurel Leader

Test drive electric and hybrid cars at Green Day [Russett]

The Russett Green Committee is holding its annual Green Day event May 4, with 25 exhibitors, featuring green products and technology and electric and hybrid cars.

• Baltimore County

Rain tax was allowed to proceed unanswered [Letter]

Stephen Lafferty's attack on our councilman, David Marks, who is questioning the new stormwater tax required for Baltimore County residents, was a cheap shot.

• Baltimore City

Rotunda redeveloper taking fresh look at MOM's Organic Market

As Graul's Market lobbies publicly for a store in the Rotunda, another finalist is also eager to succeed Giant Food as the mall's grocer. Scott Nash, founder of the 10-store regional chain MOMS Organic Markets, said mall redeveloper Hekemian & Co. is considering him as a potential tenant.

• Opinion

Gas tax 'arithmetic' doesn't add up

Gas tax 'arithmetic' doesn't add up

• Opinion

The arithmetic behind increasing Md.'s gas tax

The simple arithmetic is on the side of increasing Md.'s gas tax.

• Opinion

Who pays for electric cars?

Who pays for electric cars?

• Environment

Honda offers drivers help going solar - at home

American Honda Motor Co., in a partnership with SolarCity, a California-based residential and commercial installer, is offering customers discounts to put photovoltaic panels on their homes at little or no upfront cost.

• Harford

Harford United Charities raises $50,000 for Cancer Center at Upper Chesapeake Health

At its recent 15th annual gala, Harford United Charities presented a check for $50,000 to the Patricia D. & M. Scot Kaufman Cancer Center at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center.

• Obituaries

Robert G. Jaharias, Westinghouse supervisor

Robert G. Jaharias, a retired Westinghouse Electric Corp. supervisor who enjoyed collecting and driving vintage automobiles, died Friday of heart failure at his Sykesville home. He was 83.

• Opinion

Solar and wind power are no panacea for climate change

Solar and wind power are no panacea for climate change

• Opinion

Forecast calls for pain

More Sandy- and derecho-like disasters are easy to predict, unless we begin to shift away from fossil fuels now

• Pets

Perry Hall: Visit train garden at Richardson's Farm Market and help sick children

Harrison Trains LLC presents a train garden at Richardson's Farm Market with donations going to Johns Hopkins Children's Center

• Opinion

Electric cars are taxpayer giveaways

Electric cars are taxpayer giveaways