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A U.S. Court of Appeals panel has upheld a decision that Maryland strayed into federal-only territory when it tried to jump start construction of a power plant with subsidies.

The Democrats running for governor traded barbs over Maryland's economy, marijuana laws, and the troubled rollout of its health insurance exchange Monday night in their final televised debate before a primary in which pundits suggest many voters are still undecided.

The full-service station, which will supplement the department's Southern District station in North Laurel and Northern District station – which is also the headquarters – in Ellicott City, will likely be located somewhere in Columbia, according to police chief Bill McMahon

For better gas mileage, just slow down

Raising the federal gas tax is the best way to keep the Highway Trust Fund out of bankruptcy and restore America's failing transportation system

The 47th annual Towsontown Spring Festival is slated for May 3-4. Former Towson resident and silk screen artist will be among the scores of vendors selling his wares at the downtown fest.

President Barack Obama's foot-dragging on the Keystone XL pipeline is a sop to wealthy donors.

Two weeks after Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished, as the search zone narrowed to the western Indian Ocean, the U.S. Navy turned to a contractor in Prince George's County — one of few organizations in the world capable of assisting.

Choice to temporarily defer a decision on controversial oil pipeline is a sensible one, albeit politically convenient for the White House

UN panel's latest report makes clear that global warming can be addressed at a reasonable cost — but only if action is taken soon

Changing gas industry, viability of Howard gas stations lead to proposed task force

One of the premier Federal Hill locations is the north side of East Montgomery Street, called "the front-row street" to the Inner Harbor and all of its restaurants, shopping and activities.

Identical twin sisters who have shared a lot since birth now share the Bernice Kish Gallery walls for an exhibit titled "Two Channels Off the Sea." Leah Lewman and Lyndsay Lewman separately make artworks that explore personal identity and emotional connections.

When are we going to get serious about climate change?

The Cove Point LNG export plan must be stopped.

Cove Point project may merit six-month review but not more

Maryland regulators have launched an investigation into the practices of several energy suppliers in the wake of winter rate spikes that drew howls from customers.

In the context of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and a still stagnant economy, President Obama faces two important questions on energy transmission: a decision on the construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline and the question of increasing American natural gas exports. These are choices that will resonate from Crimea to Cove Point. In my judgment, the president should reject Keystone and step up natural gas exports.

Right now, as the drama unfolds in Crimea, millions of Marylanders are facing the possible imposition of new and disruptive gas pipelines and compressor stations across much of their state. The gas would come from controversial "hydraulic fracturing" — or fracking — wells spread across the Appalachian region. It would be piped through Maryland to a massive $3.8 billion "liquefaction" plant for natural gas at a place called Cove Point right on the Chesapeake Bay.

Higher energy use — and rate spikes for some — increase costs, one ripple among many from the unusual winter

Gas prices in Maryland reached a six-month high of $3.54 per gallon on Friday, a price last seen at local pumps in September, according to AAA.

An derelict service station on a high visibility corner along Bel Air's busy Baltimore Pike corridor finally is being torn down to make way for a medical office building.

It's an Olympics of sorts for financial analysts in training. A team of five business school students from the University of Baltimore have advanced to a national round of a global challenge to create the best equity research report about a public company. They will compete Wednesday in Denver with student teams from across North America and South America.

Today, U.S. businesses are moving manufacturing ack to the United States, opening new factories or expanding their existing operations and hiring new workers thanks to the growing abundance of low-priced natural gas. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects that the domestic supply of natural gas will surpass demand by 2016. The EIA also says there will be enough natural gas produced in America that we can export some of the surplus with minimal impact on natural gas prices. So,

Federal inspectors found no violations as they delved into Calvert Cliffs' unexpected reactor shutdowns in January, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Friday.

Happy St. Patrick's Day on Monday, March 17.

The dedication to the emergency responses is, however, absolutely worth saving and fostering so the service will be around to continue preventing the kinds of disasters like the one that was prevented earlier this week in Joppa.

David Scheffenacker has quite a rare book collection in his house in north Roland Park, and he sometimes shares it with schools and book clubs, as he will next month in Howard County. The collection focuses on history and the great explorers like Lewis and Clark.

Put money into electrical transmission lines, not oil pipelines for a brighter future

Proposed Cove Point plant is an outdated concept for a facility Maryland doesn't need

More than 500 people rallied Thursday in Baltimore against plans to export liquefied natural gas from a southern Maryland facility, chanting and carrying signs past the office tower where state regulators were considering one aspect of that proposal.

Columbia Gas Transmission is suing dozens of landowners in Baltimore and Harford Counties to obtain access to their property for a $180 million pipeline project.

Jane W. Dickinson, a retired executive secretary and community activist, died Feb. 13 from complications of a stroke at Blakehurst Retirement Community in Towson. She was 94.

LNG export is bad for the economy, environment.

Why is the Obama administration helping the livestock industry deal with climate change?