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BGE says energy prices will rise $6 a month for the typical residential electricity customer who doesn't use an outside power supplier, the first jump in energy prices in four years. - Seismic testing for oil and gas off Maryland and other Atlantic coast states could cause widespread harm to whales, dolphins, sea turtles and fish, as well as to fishing and tourism, the environmental group Oceana warned Tuesday.
- George Saunders' new book, "Tenth of December" has won the kind of attention rarely given to short story collections
- Oil pipeline spill in Arkansas a reminder of the risks of Keystone — and how little the U.S. stands to gain from the project
- Low sulfur gasoline may raise prices but that doesn't mean proposed EPA rules are not in consumers' best interest
- It's a tumultuous time for the game-development industry, with the implosion of local studios on the one hand and the rise of the indie movement on the other.
- The Maryland General Assembly gave final approval Friday to Gov. Martin O'Malley's proposed gas tax increase, raising costs for motorists while providing an infusion of hundreds of millions of dollars a year for new roads and mass transit projects.
- 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.
- Ellen Sauerbrey says businesses should have pushed for stronger measures against transportation fund raids
- Small businesses will pay much more than average consumers for Gov. Martin O'Malley's gas tax increase, and they will pass those costs on through higher prices.
- $12.5-million Backtip Reef exhibit is first step in a project aimed at re-energizing the popular 32-year-old tourist attraction
- Ignoring risks of fracking is something the big energy companies would prefer
- The House of Delegates voted Friday to raise taxes on gasoline for the first time since 1992, heeding Gov. Martin O'Malley's call for an infusion of money to pay for roads, mass transit and other transportation priorities.
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- The House of Delegates turned back a series of amendments Wednesday night seeking to derail a transportation revenue bill backed by Gov. Martin O'Malley, a strong indication that Democratic leaders have enough votes to raise the state's gas tax for the first time in more than two decades.
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- If Democrats in Annapolis and The Sun have their way, we'll all soon be paying exorbitant taxes on every gallon of gas we buy.
- With gasoline prices hovering at the $4 a gallon level, Maryland motorists can ill afford to pony up even more. According to Americans for Prosperity Maryland, Maryland motorists are facing a gas tax increase of more than 60 percent if O'Malley's transportation funding proposal becomes law.
- A House committee voted Monday to approve a plan to raise taxes on gasoline by 3.8 cents July 1 as part of broader revenue package to pay for transportation projects.
- Jonah Goldberg says refusal to build the Keystone pipeline is a bizarre way for the U.S. to show "leadership."
- St. John's College's Mitchell Gallery has an exhibit that features 30 of the world's oldest printed maps. They are from between 1472 and 1700
- Raising gas taxes will harm Maryland's economy and unfairly burden motorists
- Happy St. Patrick's Day on Sunday, March 17. Remember to wear something green and declare your "Irishness." March is Irish-American Heritage Month. Erin go bragh! March is a time to remember the many ways that America is enriched and strengthened by contributions from people of Irish heritage
- Health risks from fracking would fall disproportionately on minorities and the poor
- Maryland can foster renewable energy and end dependence on fossil fuels by banning fracking now
- Pennsylvania's headlong plunge into drilling for natural gas from Marcellus shale formations has produced winners and losers. Businesses catering to the energy industry have opened or expanded, and some landowners who signed leases allowing wells to be drilled on their property have profited. But critics say fracking has polluted wells and threatens the environment.
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- There appears to be a growing disconnect between Washington and Wall Street in which investors have become immune to politician-manufactured crises that pop up every few months
- Results of study should come before throwing up roadblocks to natural gas development
- Gov. Martin O'Malley and the Democratic leaders of the General Assembly are proposing to raise taxes on gasoline by $2 billion over five years to finance highways, transit and other transportation projects.
- Changing political landscape means U.S. might be able to move past 50 years of failed policy
- Supply and demand is not dictating price of oil
- There were more cold days in this winter than last, so Central Maryland residents should expect to receive higher energy bills, Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. said Friday.
- Today's guest is Salisbury senior Katie Bollhorst, last season's Division III Attacker of the Year and Capital Athletic Conference Player of the Year who was named to the 2013 Tewaaraton Award watch list.
- Baltimore is feeling the pinch of a more than 40 cent-per-gallon jump in gas prices in the last month.
- The sequester showdown has put the nation — and the Republican Party — on a self-destructive path that now seems unavoidable
- Ben Cardin says that Instead of meat-ax cuts, we need thoughtful spending reductions coupled with tax reform to close loopholes
- With hope of having better luck this year, Gov. Martin O'Malley went before the Senate Finance Committee Wednesday to pitch his plan for boosting offshore wind energy projects off Maryland's coast.
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- No matter the fate of nuclear, Md. should encourage offshore wind power
- Solar and wind power are no panacea for climate change
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- How often do we pass one of our Aberdeen public buildings with dates or messages stamped upon their exteriors? Do you wonder how, or why, they are part of the structure
