upstream oil and gas activities

An industry group defends the safety of seismic exploration off the Atlantic coast.

The imminent decline in oil production is another reason for a plan like cap and dividend.

Eight Democratic members of Maryland's congressional delegation wrote President Obama Monday urging him to reconsider his administration's plan to allow seismic testing for oil and gas off the Mid-Atlantic coast.

Norfolk Southern Railway and CSX Transportation have filed lawsuits against the Maryland Department of Environment to block it from releasing information on their shipments of crude oil through the state, according to court records.

As the nation enjoys a boom in crude oil production and grapples with the heightened risks and logistical constraints of moving ever-increasing volumes of the volatile commodity through its cities and towns, two companies in Baltimore appear to be carving out a new local foothold for the industry.

A CSX freight train reportedly carrying 8,000 tons of coal partially derailed in Bowie early Thursday morning, dumping at least some of its load on the ground surrounding the tracks, according to the Prince George's County Fire & EMS Department.

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

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

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.

What will happen to Cove Point when all the natural gas is gone?

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

Keystone XL is one more hole in a sinking ship

For the fourth straight year, Americans will wake up on New Year's Day to record high gas prices — but don't take that as an indicator of how the new year will play out at the pump.

Harry F. Reid Jr., who was internationally known for his work with synthetic lubricants, died Nov. 17 of pneumonia at Carroll Hospice's Dove House in Westminster. He was 96.

Virginia-based Dominion Resources wants to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) through the Chesapeake Bay via a facility at Cove Point in southern Maryland. This project would not only damage our state's environment, it is also part of an unwise potential national shift toward exporting natural gas, which threatens the economy and jeopardizes our country's goal of reducing harmful greenhouse gas pollution.

Residents of Morse Road in Western Harford County filed suit in Circuit Court against the Colonial Oil Company and the County Board of Zoning Appeals to stop construction of an oil storage tank farm. The court action followed an Appeals Board decision to permit construction on a 300-acre farm. The oil company qualified as a public utility and would construct a 30-by-60-foot building and five oil storage tanks which would be confined to a 25-acre space.

Stop seismic air gun testing for oil and gas

Walk from Camp David to D.C. draws attention to environmental consequences of tar sands oil

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.

A home heating-oil tank may have leaked up to 50 gallons of oil into a stream in the Fallston area early Friday afternoon, the Maryland Department of the Environment said.

Oil pipeline spill in Arkansas a reminder of the risks of Keystone — and how little the U.S. stands to gain from the project

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.

Jonah Goldberg says refusal to build the Keystone pipeline is a bizarre way for the U.S. to show "leadership."

Lindsay D. Dryden Jr., a former Baltimore fuel oil company executive and Florida businessman, died Wednesday of cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. He was 85.

Tell President Obama not to approve disastrous oil pipeline

Baltimore is feeling the pinch of a more than 40 cent-per-gallon jump in gas prices in the last month.

If President Obama is to get serious about climate change, he must reject Keystone XL pipeline

Bob Ehrlich offers a 20-point platform of losing positions for the next GOP nominee.

Convicting BP for the Deepwater Horizon spill continues the Citizens United fallacy that corporations are people

Jonah Goldberg says the president is citing signs of a lousy economy as major accomplishments

Jessup resident and member of the renowned Winans gospel music family pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday to defrauding investors out of approximately $8 million dollars, according to a U.S. Attorney's news release.

Md. should not permit fracking without greater scientific scrutiny

Drought, low corn yield force reconsideration of the Renewable Fuel Standard for ethanol

Pixelligent Technologies is scaling up production of a pair of nanocrystal additives made with zirconia and hafnia, which promise to boost the performance of products in a wide range of industries, from electronics to plastics.

Thanks to Obama's rejection of Keystone pipeline, China may buy Canadian oil

Maryland health officials added five people to the death toll from July heat with more high temperatures in the forecast.

A federal jury convicted a Perry Hall man Monday of wire fraud and money laundering for selling $9 million worth of bogus biodiesel credits to unsuspecting commodities brokers and oil companies in a case that has shaken the nation's renewable fuel industry.

If the United States can raise oil production, it can strain the OPEC cartel and restore market forces.

Hearing in Annapolis on Atlantic offshore oil and gas exploration

Gas prices: U.S. market can't be separated from world market, where OPEC cartel makes the rules

President Obama says he is pursuing an 'all-of-the-above' energy policy, but that doesn't make it true.

With time running out in Annapolis, Gov. Martin O'Malley should call for a special session to confront the state's neglected transportation finances