petroleum industry

President Obama has failed the nation and should not be returned to office

President Obama has steered the nation wisely through troubled times

President has made U.S. weaker and more vulnerable

The candidates won't discuss a warming planet, but Hurricane Sandy filled in the silence

Voters should vote 'yes' on laws requiring Orphans' Court judges in Baltimore and Prince George's counties be lawyers

Man found murdered off Robin Hood Road

Romney's debate performance captures his shortcomings

If a little green might help restore Baltimore's ailing harbor, how can a lot be bad? That's the question city, state and federal officials are pondering as they weigh a local marina magnate's plan to fill an unused corner of the Inner Harbor with a large floating marsh.

Live theater on Main Street and jazz at Montpelier Arts Center are some of the opportunities to step out in Laurel this weekend, from Friday, Oct. 12 to Sunday, Oct. 14.

Obama might be boosting his reelection with an Iranian agreement

Leading opponent of Md. fracking overstates her case, has political motives, and ignores economic realities

Maryland was one of just six states to experience a decline in powerboat sales in 2011 even as the industry enjoyed its first sales increase since 2006.

Industry claim that fracking is safe doesn't hold water

Holiday sales expected to rise 3 percent, forecast says

We live in an increasingly globalized age, but America's presidential campaign fails to look beyond our borders.

A military exchange between China and Japan over a handful of disputed islands is unthinkable; even a short conflict would be a disaster for U.S. policy in the region

Debate over 'fracking' tests 40-year pact with environmental groups

Rachel Carson's 'Silent Spring' holds lessons for today

Drought-related corn prices shouldn't be used as excuse to step back from renewable energy

Fracking does not pollute water supply or cause earthquakes

It's not just for stir-fries anymore, as infused and flavored oils have their moment in the spotlight

Md. should not permit fracking without greater scientific scrutiny

Proposed fracking study reveals Del. Heather Mizeur's anti-business attitude

Fortunately for Gross-Ojekwe, gasoline prices are expected to level off in the coming weeks, experts say. But if the two events that pushed prices up to their current level — conflict in oil-producing Middle East countries and a hurricane passing through the Gulf of Mexico — worsen or recur, respectively, Marylanders like her may be forced to further change their spending habits to accommodate higher prices.

The gas industry is undermining efforts to study environmental effects of controversial drilling practice.

Environmentalists back lawmaker's bid to formally ban hydraulic fracturing in Maryland until environmental impact studies are completed.

Choice for president is clear: Obama has to go

The levees that saved New Orleans from Hurricane Isaac weren't built by private investors

Attacks on U.S. biofuel industry are inaccurate and unwarranted

Federal regulators on Thursday denied a license to the French-controlled operator of a proposed third nuclear reactor at the Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant in Southern Maryland, giving the company 60 days to find a U.S. partner before terminating proceedings on the project entirely.

New EPA standards requiring more fuel-efficient cars by 2025 will save consumers money at the pump and reduce air pollution; so why is Mitt Romney against them?

Appeals court's rejection of EPA cross-state air pollution rules a big blow to clean air efforts

The U.S. risks getting pulled into territorial disputes between China and its neighbors.

Vice presidential nominee talks about returning power to the people, but the people he listens to already have the power.

Current political rhetoric getting in the way of solving our oil dependence

Merchants haven't been allowed to add a surcharge to credit card purchases, but that would change under an agreement announced last month to settle a seven-year legal dispute.

Exelon Corp. said Thursday it has agreed to sell its three Maryland coal-fired power plants for $400 million to a company owned by energy private equity firm Riverstone Holdings LLC.

Gas industry group disputes Chesapeake Bay Foundation video alleging air pollution from "fracking" wells and other facilities

Judge Stewart Day, in his sentencing statement said, "You have been found guilty of a cruel crime for a few paltry dollars ($70) with your victim suffering an agonizing death, some hours later, literally drowning in his own blood. You killed a man working late at night to support a wife and five children and therefore you must be eliminated from society for the protection of others."

With drought-fueled corn prices threatening to clobber consumers, it's time to ease the federal ethanol mandate

Are sanctions working to persuade Iran to give up its nuclear ambitions?

New $12.5 million Blacktip Reef exhibit, set to open next summer, kicks off 'a multi-year program to renew and refresh' 30-year-old tourist attraction

A climate tax is just the sort of solution to climate change that conservatives ought to embrace

Sylvester P. "Butch" Bollinger, founder and CEO of Bollinger Energy Corp. and cancer volunteer, died Thursday of cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care. He was 68.

Obama's disastrous policy on offshore drilling is destroying the country