renewable energy

• Opinion

The environmental nightmare that is ethanol

Don't tell Iowa caucus voters, but ethanol is an expensive environmental nightmare, Jonah Goldberg writes.

• Opinion

Maryland embraces solar power

Changes to state law should boost how much energy Maryland derives from the sun

• Opinion

Now all Marylanders can have solar power

Even if you rent or your house gets little sun, soon you too will be able to have solar power.

• Maryland

Merger of BGE parent company and Pepco approved

Maryland's regulatory body approved on Friday, in a three-to-two vote, a $6.9 billion merger between Baltimore Gas and Electric parent Exelon Corp. and Pepco Holdings.

• Maryland

Shad fish stage an uneven Chesapeake comeback

• News

Once nearly wiped out, shad stage an uneven comeback in the Chesapeake Bay

Once severely depleted, American shad - the fish that fed the nation's founders - are finally making a comeback in the Chesapeake Bay. Their return so far has been uneven, though.

By Timothy B. Wheeler

May 8, 2015

• Colleges and Universities

CCBC to get more than a quarter of its electricity from solar

The campus of the Community College of Baltimore County will host an array of solar panels capable of supplying 27 percent of the college's electricity needs by the end of this year.

By Carrie Wells

May 5, 2015

• Maryland

Study tracking where bird migration paths could cross offshore wind zone

A study is mapping coastal birds migratory patterns to learn whether they cross a 125-square-mile zone established for possible wind farms off Maryland's coast.

By Scott Dance

May 2, 2015

• Opinion

Save money with solar energy

Save money with solar energy

• Harford

Sunny weather greets visitors 12th annual Earth Day event in Aberdeen

Alex Shipley has played many games of chess, but Saturday was the first time he played with oversized pieces made from recycled materials, one of the many games that could be played with recycled, reused and donated materials during Aberdeen's 12th annual festival to celebrate Earth Day.

• Opinion

Eastern Shore can offer clean energy

From wind to biogas, Maryland's Eastern Shore can be a green energy leader — if the terms are right

• Harford

The fuel costs for solar power are perfect [Editorial]

The ramifications, however, are very large. If sunlight can replace coal, oil or even the newly bargain-priced natural gas, the prospects for clean, cheap energy for generations to come bode well for not only government finance but also the advance of civilization as a whole.

• Baltimore City Paper

Herbal Remedies: Thinking beyond brownies when cooking with cannabis

• Opinion

Baltimore embraces renewable energy

Baltimore's business and political leaders set shining example on solar power

• Baltimore City Paper

The Mail 4/1/15

• Opinion

Maryland needs renewable energy

Lawmakers should support effort to make state less dependent on harmful fossil fuels

• Opinion

Increase the state's investment in clean, renewable energy

Important legislation is now pending in the Maryland General Assembly that would establish new goals for renewable energy. The legislation would increase our Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS), or the percentage of Maryland's energy that comes from renewable sources, from the current standard of 20 percent by 2022 to 25 percent by 2020, and would encourage further increases by 2025.

• Maryland

Solar energy considered to supplement county costs

The Carroll County Board of Commissioners is continuing the prior board's efforts in assessing the feasibility and possibility of incorporating solar energy as a means of reducing costs for residents and business owners.

• Opinion

Md. needs more clean energy

Marylanders must demonstrate their support for clean energy because their governor won't

• Maryland

County staff to look into solar power possibilities

Carroll County might soon gain the supplementary power of solar panels in an attempt to cut spending.

• Baltimore City Paper

A campaign to undermine a controversial Baltimore waste-burning power plant appears to be working

• Opinion

Maryland is ahead of the curve on solar energy

Maryland is one of America's leaders on solar energy.

• Maryland

Mark Buchanan: Opportunity in renewable energy

• Mergers

Exelon must show regulators that Pepco merger is a good deal

Opponents and supporters of a proposed utility merger involving Baltimore Gas and Electric parent Exelon Corp. began a calculated dance before Maryland regulators this week, with some hoping to sink the deal and others hoping to sweeten it.

By Carrie Wells

Feb 3, 2015

• Opinion

License offshore wind, not oil and gas

Wind energy makes sense, drilling for oil and threatening the health of coastal resort communities does not

• Opinion

Md. bucks national trend toward solar energy

Md. bucks national trend toward solar energy

• Opinion

Obama still reading from the same old script

President Obama has a particular weakness for the logical fallacy known as the argument from authority, says Jonah Goldberg.

• Opinion

Obama as environmentalist

Obama as environmentalist

• Opinion

Thank Saudi price war for cheap gas

Saudis are keeping oil prices low to undercut U.S. and Canadian oil producers, writes David Horsey.

• News

Activists mount clean power push against political headwinds

Environmental activists and their allies are urging Maryland lawmakers to double the state's current requirement to get 20 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2022. But Gov.-elect Larry Hogan and even some sympathetic legislators seem likely to oppose it.

By Timothy B. Wheeler

Jan 16, 2015

• Obituaries

Robert E. Shoemaker, retired Towson University professor

Robert E. Shoemaker, a retired Towson University professor and accomplished philatelist, died Dec. 31 at the Broadmead retirement community in Cockeysville following an illness. He was 75.

By Pamela Wood

Jan 4, 2015

• Baltimore County

Solar companies say they face hurdles in Baltimore Co.

Baltimore County lags behind other counties in homeowners putting solar panels on their rooftops, and some solar companies say the government's bureaucracy is to blame. Solar installers say the county has a too-strict interpretation of fire codes and an inconsistent inspection process, which means projects take longer to get approved and they can't include as many panels per rooftop as in other counties.

By Pamela Wood

Jan 4, 2015

• Opinion

Md. should ban fracking

Risk of hydraulic fracturing is too great for Maryland to allow it

• Maryland

Vision needed greater input

• Opinion

Compost chicken manure, don't burn it

Maryland's next governor should embrace environmentally-friendly composting of poultry manure, not the burning of it for energy

• Environment

O'Malley aide Abigail Hopper tapped to run federal offshore energy bureau

The chief of Maryland's Energy Administration, Abigail Ross Hopper, landed a new job Thursday, running the federal agency that oversees development of offshore oil and gas and wind energy.

By Timothy B. Wheeler

Dec 18, 2014

• Opinion

Wind farm addresses climate change threat

Critics of proposed wind farm can't view science so selectively

• Opinion

Wind project raises serious safety, health concerns

Proposal to build a wind project in Somerset County puts public health and safety at risk

• Opinion

St. Mary's commissioner: Wind project would hurt national security

A proposed wind farm in Somerset County would endanger national security and must be scrapped or altered.

• Opinion

Eastern Shore wind project should be scrapped

Eastern Shore wind project should be scrapped

• Opinion

Dredging Conowingo Dam won't save the bay

Dredging Conowingo Dam won't do much to save the bay

• Opinion

Politics, not safety concerns, hamper Eastern Shore wind project

If the Great Bay wind project is killed, it will be a terrible loss for Maryland. Governor O'Malley's visionary plan for Maryland to lead in clean energy jobs and investment will be set back. Somerset County, Maryland's poorest, will be deprived of a $200 million investment, 500 construction jobs and $44 million in new tax revenues. Over 200 landowners would lose untold millions in royalty payments. Mr. Hoyer created this fake crisis by meddling in a process that he himself passed a law to

• Opinion

Keystone XL is an outdated technology for meeting tomorrow's needs

Keystone XL is an outdated technology for meeting tomorrow's needs

• Features

Neighborhood Spotlight: Deep Creek

¿Deep Creek is one of Maryland¿s only four-season areas for outdoor activities,¿ says Carney. The winter season typically runs from Thanksgiving through mid-March, and Garrett County¿s annual snowfall averages about 100 inches. Wisp Resort, a hot spot for weekend travelers, offers snowboarding, skiing, tubing and snowmobiling.

• Features

Fireplaces that think outside the hearth

When Joel Meneses, designer at Real Design LLC, was asked to renovate a Fells Point home, he knew he wanted to maintain the fireplaces. ¿Historically, [a fireplace] defines a room as a gathering place and not just a room with furniture in it,¿ he says. ¿It informs the space planning.¿

• Baltimore City Paper

Free Will Astrology

• Opinion

We must demand clean power

Efforts to address climate change are reaching a critical milestone that requires public support

• News

Dredging Conowingo little help to bay, study finds

Dredging millions of tons of sediment from the Susquehanna River upriver of Conowingo dam would potentially cost billions of dollars and do relatively little to help the Chesapeake Bay compared with current pollution cleanup efforts, a new federal-state study says.

By Timothy B. Wheeler

Nov 12, 2014

• Opinion

Climate breakthrough

Deal with China could jump-start international efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions — if Congressional Republicans don't stand in the way

• Maryland

Carroll joins three other counties with intentions to coordinate with EPA

The Board of Carroll County Commissioners signed a letter on Thursday stating their intent to join Dorchester and Kent Counties in their efforts to persuade federal and state agencies to allow them to engage in oyster restoration in the Chesapeake Bay.