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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Greeting Cardin Maryland Senator pushes for better transit, efficiency	Kate Sheppard	30 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Since he was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1987, Ben Cardin (D-Md.) has been active on issues such as health care and retirement security. But since making the leap to the Senate less than two years ago, Cardin has emerged as a leader on some of the most nuts-and-bolts elements of policy to reduce the country's greenhouse gas emissions: energy efficiency and transit. Ben Cardin. His most recent accomplishment was securing $171 billio ...
Topics: US Senate, legislation, politics, news, Muckraker, public transportation, Maryland (all these topics)

Oysters Like It Moister Despite efforts, Chesapeake Bay oysters still struggling		02 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 1:04 PM on 02 Jun 2008 State and federal officials have spent $58 million since 1994 trying to make Chesapeake Bay a welcoming place for oysters -- and it all seems to have been for naught. There are less bivalves in the bay now than there were in the mid-'90s, and the Maryland and Virginia oyster industries have declined in turn. Officials say they're up against numerous factors, including disease that w ...
Topics: aquaculture, food, Maryland, news, Virginia (all these topics)

Saving the planet: sometimes as important as saving jobs Maryland House committee kills climate bill	Joseph Romm	10 Apr 2008	Gristmill
This post is by ClimateProgress guest blogger Kari Manlove, fellows assistant at the Center for American Progress. ----- After reporting last week on the climate policy progression carving its way through the Maryland Senate, the same measures were defeated in a Maryland House committee this week. Supposedly, the bill was killed by pressure from industry and labor lobbyists, ironically accompanied by steelworkers draped with 'Save Our Jobs' t-shirts. First of ...
Topics: business, legislation, Maryland, politics, state politics (all these topics)

Maryland keeps getting greener State's governor pursuing clean energy and GHG reductions	Joseph Romm	07 Apr 2008	Gristmill
This post is by ClimateProgress guest blogger Kari Manlove, fellows assistant at the Center for American Progress. ----- Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley has prioritized clean energy policy and aims to reduce the state's energy consumption 15 percent by 2015. In addition, Maryland is a part of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from electric utilities. With those goals topping the governor's agenda, Maryland's Senate chambers ...
Topics: carbon trading, climate, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, Maryland, politics, renewable energy, state politics (all these topics)

Weak brew in Maryland	David Roberts	21 Mar 2008	Gristmill
Maryland climate bill passes state Senate after being severely weakened: The Global Warming Solutions Act would require a 25 percent cut in carbon dioxide emissions from Maryland businesses by 2020. But under the amendment approved Thursday, the state's environmental agency would have to get the General Assembly's approval each time it issued rules to cut the pollution....Shari Wilson, the state environment secretary, said the amendment would undermine her agency's ab ...
Topics: legislation, Maryland, politics, state politics (all these topics)

Belief in free lunches, tooth fairy still strong	JMG	10 Dec 2007	Gristmill
Once in a while a pundit will say something quite revealing without intending to do so. You'd think a newspaper in a state that was recently looking down the barrel of a 72 percent electric rate hike might have beamed onto the fact that power doesn't come from wishes, and often requires difficult choices: During a week filled with concerns about protecting the environment comes the alarming news that state officials are considering exploiting one resource to develop another. ...
Topics: energy, Maryland, wind power (all these topics)

Maryland embraces California-style decoupling No, not like that	Joseph Romm	22 Jul 2007	Gristmill
No, I don't mean that the home of crab cakes and Orioles is suddenly adopting Hollywood-style divorces -- although the state's unusual flag (pictured here) certainly suggest the state likes to be different. Rather, the state is embracing the same smart electric utility regulations that has enabled California to be a leader in energy efficiency for three decades. As the Washington Post reports today: In a bid to cut energy use, Maryland yesterday became just the ...
Topics: energy, energy efficiency, Maryland (all these topics)

Well ... A for Effort? Reports say Chesapeake Bay is still hurting		20 Apr 2007	Daily Grist
Well ... A for Effort? Reports say Chesapeake Bay is still hurting Two new reports show that, despite 22 years of clean-up efforts, the Chesapeake Bay is still in miserable shape. Pollution and population growth are on the rise, sullying the bay and its tributaries. A report issued by the Chesapeake Bay Program -- a partnership between the U.S. EPA and watershed states -- found degraded water and damage to grasses, crabs, c ...
Topics: Maryland, news, water pollution (all these topics)

Psst, LNG, We Hear Florida's Easy Natural-gas projects denied in California, let pass in Maryland		11 Apr 2007	Daily Grist
Psst, LNG, We Hear Florida's Easy Natural-gas projects denied in California, let pass in Maryland If liquefied natural gas is the beleaguered suitor, California is the popular girl who keeps turning down earnest proposals. Yet another LNG terminal, this one off the coast of Ventura County, is off to the bar to drown its sorrows after a state commission voted Monday to reject its environmental impact report ...
Topics: California, energy, Maryland, natural gas, news (all these topics)

Maryland: Solar victory Ahh, democracy	Adam Browning	10 Apr 2007	Gristmill
Last night the Maryland legislature passed a world-class solar program -- 1,400 MW of solar on rooftops over the next 15 years, putting Maryland in the upper echelon of solar-supporting states. Kudos, congrats, and thanks to the Maryland advocates that made this happen. That this passed is a good thing. But how it passed is a lesson that bears wider dissemination. After the bill passed out of both the House and Senate by commanding majorities (Senate 30-17, and H ...
Topics: energy, Maryland, solar voltaic power (all these topics)

Maryland: Huge solar opportunity You can help	Adam Browning	20 Mar 2007	Gristmill
If you live in Maryland and you care about solar energy, well, you are in luck. We've got an opportunity for you to make a difference. Today, a huge solar bill passed out of the Senate Finance Committee and the House Economic Committee in the Maryland legislature. It now faces a floor vote. You can help it become reality. HB 1016/SB 595 would amend the state's renewable portfolio standard to add a 1,800 MW solar program. That would put it in the top tier of solar ...
Topics: energy, solar voltaic power, Maryland (all these topics)

All You Need Is Guv Governors' races along Eastern seaboard could lead to big environmental gains	Amanda Griscom Little	10 Oct 2006	Muckraker
While the Mark Foley mess has everyone's attention riveted on the fast-changing congressional landscape, enviros should also keep an eye on gubernatorial races this November. "The state level is where all the truly positive environmental action has been happening in recent years," says Tony Massaro, senior vice president for political affairs with t ...
Topics: elections, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, Muckraker, New York, Pennsylvania, politics, state politics (all these topics)

Ferris Dueler Old amusement parks don't die, they just ... become condos	Dan Rafter	22 Aug 2006	Main Dish
Mat Lindstedt was a typical 12-year-old growing up in San Jose during the 1970s. He spent his summers braving the runaway mine ride, paddling the Indian war canoes, and riding the lazy burros at Frontier Village amusement park. Riding an endangered species. Photo: iStockphoto But Lindstedt's summers changed in 1980, when the owners of Frontier Village decided the park's 33 acres would fetch them fa ...
Topics: California, Maryland, Massachusetts, outdoor recreation (all these topics)

They've Got Huge, Sharp ... They Can Leap About ... Look at the Bones! FBI suspects eco-terrorism in latest case of something bad happening		09 Feb 2005	Daily Grist
They've Got Huge, Sharp ... They Can Leap About ... Look at the Bones! FBI suspects eco-terrorism in latest case of something bad happening Two months ago, eco-terrorists were suspected of starting fires that destroyed or damaged 26 homes under construction near sensitive wetlands in Maryland. Turns out there were no eco-terrorists involved. But those same non-involved eco-te ...
Topics: California, Earth Liberation Front, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Maryland (all these topics)

State of the Art		02 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
State of the Art One hundred years ago, progressives believed that states were laboratories of democracy, small-scale testing grounds for innovative policies. While the civil-rights struggle cast that view into disfavor, it may be on its way to a renaissance, led by forward-thinking state leaders concerned about the environment. Spurred by the federal governme ...
Topics: air pollution, California, green living, Maryland, New Mexico, politics, pollution and waste (all these topics)

A Shore Thing		20 May 2003	Daily Grist
A Shore Thing Controversy is bubbling along the East Coast of the U.S. as a handful of companies press forward with plans to build offshore wind turbines -- 858 off the Maryland shore, 221 off Virginia, and 130 off Cape Cod, Mass. There are now some 15,000 wind turbines on U.S. land, providing clean, renewable power and decreasing U.S. dependence on fore ...
Topics: East Coast, energy, green living, Maryland, Massachusetts, renewable energy, Virginia, wind power (all these topics)

Buhl-dozed		12 Mar 2003	Daily Grist
Read more about: Maryland Buhl-dozed After weeks of intense controversy, the Maryland Senate yesterday rejected Lynn Buhl as secretary of the environment, marking the first time in the state's history that a governor's cabinet nominee has been turned down. The 26-21 vote was a major blow to Maryland Republicans and Gov. Robert Ehrlich, Jr. (R), who had championed Buhl, a former auto industry attorney from Michigan. Buhl later worked in the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality under then- ...
Topics: Maryland (all these topics)

New Source, Same Old Crap		25 Nov 2002	Daily Grist
New Source, Same Old Crap In the most far-reaching move to relax air pollution rules in years, the Bush administration on Friday gave refineries new flexibility to upgrade their facilities without having to reduce emissions. The U.S. EPA also outlined proposals that would give aging coal-fired power plants a similar advantage - ...
Topics: air pollution, commercial and industry organizations, energy, Maryland, New England, New Jersey, New York, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Corn at the Right Time		19 Nov 2002	Daily Grist
Corn at the Right Time The activist-friendly town of Takoma Park, Md., unveiled an inspiring (albeit funny-looking) monument to the clean energy movement yesterday: A silo that holds 21 tons of organic corn. The corn will be used as an alternative fuel to heat a dozen homes in the town's Save Our Sky Home-Heating Cooperative, keeping more than 100,000 pounds of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere each year. ...
Topics: food and agriculture, Maryland, water pollution (all these topics)

Take That Back		04 Dec 2001	Daily Grist
Take That Back Maryland yesterday became the first state to lose the authority to enforce federal clean air laws. The loss is the result of the state's failure to act on a U.S. EPA order to create more public participation in the industrial permit application process. Under Maryland law, only the owners of property abutting an industria ...
Topics: air pollution, commercial and industry organizations, Maryland, pollution and waste, US EPA, Virginia, Washington DC (all these topics)

Parris in the Summertime		21 Aug 2001	Daily Grist
Parris in the Summertime As a last hurrah, Maryland Gov. Parris Glendening (D) says he will push for new restrictions on development along Maryland's coastal bays. He says he will introduce a bill to preserve the wetlands and protect water quality in the next legislative session --which will be his final one in office -- and he expects the fight over the restrictions to be one of his toughest yet. Driving the southern ...
Topics: Maryland, oceans, politics, wetlands (all these topics)

Chamber of Horrors	Ben White	24 May 2000	Muckraker
You'd think the U.S. Chamber of Commerce wouldn't have much free time on its hands these days, what with the raging debate over permanent normal trade relations for China. But the industry-friendly group recently managed to cobble together a charming volume called The Environmentalists' Little Green Book, a compendium of off-the-wall quotes and blistering bon mots from various environmental luminaries and lesser-knowns. The slim 47-page booklet beg ...
Topics: Delaware, energy, Maryland, Muckraker, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, politics, Virginia, West Virginia (all these topics)

A Nuke Lease on Life Enviros try to put the R back in the NRC	Bruce Hamilton	06 Apr 2000	Main Dish
Watchdogs say the Nuclear Regulatory Commission compromised public safety with its decision late last month to grant long-term renewal of the operating licenses for the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant in southern Maryland. Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant. Photo: Dan Hamilton. With the decision, the plant, tucked on a rural peninsula along the shore of the Chesapeake Bay, became the first of the nati ...
Topics: energy, Maryland, nuclear power (all these topics)

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