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The federal nuclear regulator approved Thursday the proposed sale of Constellation Energy Group to Chicago-based Exelon Corp.

Thanks in large part to booming production of natural gas from shale deposits in neighboring states, a Maryland LNG terminal could be bustling again in several years — exporting the heating and industrial fuel to other countries, instead of importing it.

Wind energy: Unreliability of turbines means they must be backed up by polluting energy sources

Organized labor wants a guaranteed role in the offshore wind project Gov. Martin O'Malley is expected to propose — and the unions want it in writing.

If Iran gets the bomb, another Holocaust is on the way.

Atomic Licensing Board to hear from anti-nuclear groups

The state Board of Public Works gave its unanimous approval Wednesday to a wetlands dredging permit for a company that hopes to build a third nuclear reactor at the Calvert Cliffs power plant in Southern Maryland even though the project is far from getting off the ground.

Despite safety campaigns and stepped-up enforcement, Maryland will have its most deadly year on the water since 1992. Twenty-five people, ranging in age from 14 to 81, have been killed so far in boating accidents.

Constellation Energy Group and Exelon Corp. promised to build new power plants in Maryland and a new downtown Baltimore headquarters building, but critics of the merger insist the two companies must also double a rate credit for utility customers to $200.

The delay of the Keystone XL pipeline is one in a long series of decisions that has strangled the nation's economy, tied our fortunes to Middle East oil and ceded the advantage to China and other Asian economies.

You can spend big bucks on Energy Star appliances — or buy a clothesline; the same goes for federal and state policy

A nuclear-armed Iran would be an intolerable threat to peace and stability in the Mideast

The day whose solemn anniversary we mark this weekend, however, is one of those few whose frightening and painful memory, and whose hard legacy, can be brought to the forefront of any conversation simply by mentioning a date: 9/11.

Power restoration to Baltimore County lagged behind the rest of the state Wednesday in the wake of Hurricane Irene as tens of thousands of residents from one of Maryland's most populous counties entered a fourth evening without lights.

Security lapse prompts greater federal scrutiny of Calvert Cliffs nuclear plant

Workers at Calvert Cliffs nuclear plant in Southern Maryland were working Sunday afternoon to bring a reactor online after it was shut down late Saturday when a piece of debris tossed by heavy winds from Hurricane Irene damaged a transformer.

Fracking for natural gas may be the cause of the recent earthquake — and more to come

Hurricane Irene fell short of the doomsday predictions of record-breaking storm surges in North Carolina and Virginia when it lumbered ashore. But a slow-crawling storm that spread out hundreds of miles was still hurling heavy rain and high winds at a wide swath of the East Coast a day after its first U.S. landfall, vexing officials attempting to gauge the full damage toll on the region.

The earthquake that hit Maryland Tuesday shut down offices, pushed workers into the streets, interrupted rail travel and set off an early, congested rush hour — but by early evening it appeared the impact would be fleeting.

Earthquake reported in Harford Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 22.

Jay Hancock: Exelon, which seeks approval to buy Baltimore-based Constellation Energy, shows it can play the deregulated energy game just as well as Constellation ever did.

Tucked behind a ruined grain elevator at a pier along an industrial stretch of Baltimore's waterfront lies a still-gleaming white vessel that was once one of the nation's proudest maritime achievements — the only nuclear cargo and passenger ship ever built in the United States.

Adding wind energy to the power grid cuts down pollution.

Because wind farms produce unreliable power, and that power cannot be stored, they are a poor answer to Maryland's effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

Constellation Energy Group CEO Mayo A. Shattuck III and other top executives of the Baltimore company are eligible to receive more than $36 million in cash severance and previously-owned incentive awards if the proposed merger with Chicago-based Exelon Corp. is successful.

Karen Hosler writes that solar, wind, fracking — all energy sources have problems. But there's no reason not to turn off the lights and drive an efficient vehicle.

Obama policy could stir Israel's persecution complex ..

Governor O'Malley should veto bill that would increase subsidies for waste-to-energy technology

The Japanese nuclear disaster has caught our attention, but CT scans and excessive x-rays pose a much greater danger.

Hopes of catching a record-setting striped bass may have to wait another day because of high winds, chilly water