natural resources

Increased U.S. production of oil and more imports from Canada will weaken OPEC, and that is in America's national interest.

Hearing in Annapolis on Atlantic offshore oil and gas exploration

A colobus monkey was born in an exhibit Saturday at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore.

From spring through Thanksgiving, the McHenry and Baltimore Harbor tunnels are cleaned every six weeks

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Two osprey have taken up residence on a utility pole off Route 40, despite attempts to keep the birds from nesting there.

Gas prices: U.S. market can't be separated from world market, where OPEC cartel makes the rules

The backdrop of the recession means that many of these school improvement grant schools have funding to do things they've never done at the same time that they're hamstrung to fund many of the basic things educators typically take for granted.

Gov. Martin O'Malley is being honored by the American Planning Association for Maryland's wise land use policies.

Marriottsville/Sykesville/Woodstock: Donations typically increase at food banks around the major holidays, but of course, the hungry continue to need assistance year-round. This month, Howard County scouting organizations will team up to conduct their annual "Scouting for Food" campaign in support of 30 local food pantries.

WESTMINSTER — The group, Planet Carroll, composed of students, educators and activists, will host a series of events the week of April 16-21 centered around Earth Day.

PSC orders new plant in Waldorf

Whether you're a beginning cyclist or looking for a 100-mile challenge, there's a great bike ride for you in the Baltimore region

Bay cleanup bills pass in Annapolis; offshore wind, 'fracking' bills fail

Four-alarm brush fire in Joppa Sunday afternoon forces residents to evacuate

President Obama says he is pursuing an 'all-of-the-above' energy policy, but that doesn't make it true.

53 acres along Lyons Creek became the 50th property placed into a conservation agreement with the Scenic Rivers Land Trust, which is holding the easement jointly with the Maryland Environmental Trust.

At 9 a.m. Friday morning, the large sod plot at Scarboro and Sandy Hook roads near the Harford Waste Disposal Center was nothing but brown grass. Less than two hours later, the field was covered with hundreds of new tree saplings in their protective plastic tubing.

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Harford studens honored in college

Unless the House of Delegates reverses the Senate's action, Maryland's land preservation funds will be gutted.

Last year's version of Gov. Martin O'Malley's wind farm bill would have been a net plus for Maryland, but this year's version, with extensive new consumer protections, is a no-brainer.

The folks at Colonial Players have found a foolproof recipe for feel-good entertainment at "The Spitfire Grill."

Marriottsville/Sykesville/Woodstock: The Howard County Conservancy would like to invite nature lovers of all ages to experience this season of renewal during a free Wonder Walk, "Hike to the River: Signs of Spring," scheduled for April 14 10 a.m.

Outdoors: The Maryland Department of Natural Resources Wildlife and Heritage Service might change in hunting regulations as a result of stakeholder comments

Columbia Gas pipeline would run from Owings Mills to Rutledge

The Sierra Club's opposition to exporting LNG in Maryland will hurt the state's workers.

Capt. Herbert Hamilton Ward III, a retired career naval officer who was active in Upper Chesapeake Bay environmental matters and other issues, died March 17 from complications of a blood clot at Gilchrist Hospice in Towson.

Move that would force people to drive 110 miles to the next closest courthouse to have their cases heard

It's certainly nice that Havre de Grace has the opportunity to secure as much as $750,000 for a Chesapeake Bay cleanup effort, but make no mistake about it, at this moment in the bay's history, such programs will, at best, have a limited impact on the waterway's overall health.

Shale gas fee, drilling protections pass House

West Friendship: A bright light was dimmed on March 9 when longtime West Friendship resident Janet McKegg died.

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.

A crowd of hundreds at Prince George’s Community College awaits the arrival this morning of President Barack Obama, who is due to deliver the latest in a series of addresses on energy as rising oil costs create a drag on the economic recovery - and his own reelection effort.

Baltimore County Planning Board hearing at Loch Raven High School on 3rd District CZMP proposals draws dozens to opposed upzoning; 115 speakers address Board.

Why sell our best shot at energy independence to other countries?

Janet S. McKegg, whose career with the Department of Natural Resources spanned nearly three decades, died Friday from complications of Alzheimer's disease at Elternhaus, a Dayton assisted-living facility. She was 58.

As spring starts next week, a descendant of a famed Wye Oak tree that died in 2002 is growing in a Guilford park

The Comprehensive Zoning Map Process — in which the county may change rules governing land use — is on, as it has been every four years since 1971. And so are the battles.

We all like to share happiness with others, and our neighbors to the south, in Gaywood, certainly brought some to the Govans CARES food pantry last month.

Someday, this year's seventh' grade class at Wilde Lake Middle School might be at the forefront of efforts to eradicate such social ills as genocide, animal cruelty, homelessness and deforestation.

Robert Ehrlich says America needs local sources of cheap energy

Robert Ehrlich says America needs local sources of cheap energy