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 Stories About: energy AND Maryland AND wind power
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Belief in free lunches, tooth fairy still strong
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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. ... |
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| Topics: energy, Maryland, wind power (all these topics) |
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A Shore Thing
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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 ... |
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| Topics: East Coast, energy, green living, Maryland, Massachusetts, renewable energy, Virginia, wind power (all these topics) |
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