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Plans to begin work soon redeveloping the former chemical plant site at Harbor Point hit a potential delay Monday, as the Maryland Department of the Environment said the federal government shutdown would prevent it from completing review of the project by Tuesday, as required. - Farming and building groups are appealing a federal judge's ruling recently that upheld the Environmental Protection Agency's "pollution diet" for the Chesapeake Bay.
- A meeting to address residents' concerns over environmental hazards on the site of the proposed Harbor Point development has been delayed because of the federal government shutdown.
- Richard Clark, an administrative law judge for the Social Security Administration, has been declared an "essential" federal worker. That means Clark can preside over previously scheduled disability benefits hearings — but he won't be able to deliver decisions because the support staff has been furloughed. Throughout the federal bureaucracy, some workers are puzzled over who's still working and who was sent home.
- I am re-reading Aegis reporter Bryna Zumer's recently published piece entitled "How to Have a Better Shot at Making Change" She has 6 very good ideas.
- Effects of the partial federal government shutdown Tuesday were felt across Maryland, home to 300,000 federal workers, more government contractors, and several agencies.
- A possible government shutdown starting Tuesday would cause federal agencies in Maryland to close or seriously cut back operations, resulting in significant hardship for federal workers, as well as declining economic output and lower tax revenue for the state.
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- Del. Maggie McIntosh, a Baltimore Democrat who chairs the House Environmental Matters Committee, expects a "very strong push" to repeal Maryland's storm-water fee law when lawmakers return to Annapolis in January, but vows to fight any rollback.
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- EPA rules governing carbon emissions from new power plants give U.S. a chance to make real progress on global warming
- Maryland's Democratic Gov. Martin O'Malley and Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin joined environmentalists in praising the Obama administration's announcement Friday that it is moving to curb carbon-dioxide emissions from power plants.
- Scientists and others dealing with polluted runoff are rising to the defense of Maryland's storm-water management laws in the wake of Harford County Executive David Craig's call for their repeal.
- Just as there's good reason to be skeptical about the Maryland Stormwater Remediation Fee, often referred to as the "rain tax," there's reason to be skeptical about Harford County Executive David R. Craig's vow to introduce legislation to repeal the county's version of the tax.
- With their lawsuit to upend EPA regulations failed, farmers should now jump on the bay clean up bandwagon
- Harford County Executive David R. Craig, a leading Republican candidate for governor, called Tuesday for a sweeping rollback of Maryland's environmental laws, saying measures passed by the state's leaders have failed to clean up the Chesapeake Bay.
- Harford County Executive and gubernatorial hopeful David Craig said he wants to repeal the state's storm water remediation fee, known as the "rain tax," and challenged state officials to prove that the mandate actually makes sense.
- Harford County Executive David R. Craig explains his decision to seek a repeal of his county's 'rain tax'.
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- A federal judge on Friday upheld the Environmental Protection Agency's right to impose a pollution "diet" for the Chesapeake Bay, rejecting a legal challenge to the restoration effort from farmers' and builders' groups.
- Plans for developing a former Baltimore chemical plant now known as Harbor Point will be aired Wednesday as the developer and government regulators explain safeguards planned to prevent release of contaminated soil and ground water beneath the site.
- Federal regulators have reached a tentative deal with Carnival Corp. on a plan to reduce air pollution from nearly a third of its cruise ships, but the accord comes too late to reverse at least a temporary loss of lucrative cruise business for Baltimore.
- Anne Arundel County Executive Laura Neuman and the head of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation sparred Tuesday at a congressional field hearing over the stormwater fees forced this year on homeowners and businesses in Maryland's most populous localities.
- BGE customers are collectively saving nearly 1.5 billion kilowatt hours of electricity a year through energy-efficiency incentive programs. It's enough energy to power 156,000 homes for a year, or the equivalent of a year's worth of greenhouse gas emissions from 230,000 cars.
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- In light of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's reports Friday of the first three confirmed cases of symptomatic West Nile virus this year, Harford County Health Department is recommending resident take measures to prevent infection and reduce risk
- Baltimore's Elijah Cummings is the voice of reason on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and the chief restraint on chairman Darrell Issa
- Congressman Harris, my generation is depending on your generation of leaders to rise above partisan politics and combat the challenges that face our nation.
- State leaders like Martin O'Malley are pushing the nation to address carbon pollution, former EPA Administrator Carol Browner says.
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- Given the rote — and sometimes incompatible — positions Mr. Harris expressed last week, it appears he's poised to do a lot of complaining and not much else from his seat in Congress.
- Environmental hurdles lie ahead in the race to increase capacity at the port of Baltimore as cargo tonnage continues to rise and an expanded Panama Canal promises more business in the future.
- Former Social Services building being demolished to make way for a new medical office building
- The town commissioners' meeting room in the Bel Air Town Hall as a capacity of 115, and every bit of available space was taken Tuesday evening as local residents crowded in to hear from U.S. Rep. Andy Harris, R-Dist. 1
