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Counties aim for cleaner fuel

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Arundel, Howard plan Md.'s first natural gas station

One of the dirtiest jobs in Howard and Anne Arundel counties could soon be one of the cleanest for the atmosphere.

EPA report faults agency's bay efforts

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

The Environmental Protection Agency needs to do more not only to clean up the Chesapeake Bay but also to let the public know where it is falling short on the effort, according to a report released yesterday.

MTA to embrace hybrids

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

O'Malley says no more diesel buses

Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown and Gov. Martin O'Malley take a spin on T3 motion electric vehicles. O'Malley announced today that the Maryland Transit Administration will put up to 500 fuel-saving hybrid buses on the street by 2014 in an effort to reduce harmful emissions and cut noise pollution.

City weighs banning plastic grocery bags

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Council committee approves measure, 3-1

Baltimore moved a step closer to becoming one of the first cities in the nation to ban plastic bags at grocery stores and retail chains after the proposal skidded through a critical City Council committee vote yesterday.

O'Malley backs wind farm

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Governor supports Md. participation in Del. offshore project

Gov. Martin O'Malley threw his support yesterday behind a wind farm off the coast of Delaware - a clean energy-generating system that could eventually extend to the waters off Ocean City.

Trust unveils shore park plans

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

A conservation group is targeting miles of undeveloped land along the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries for preservation

Public access to this fishing spot on the Patapsco River has been enhanced by The Trust for Public Land, which also helped create the city's Gwynns Falls Trail. The group is now targeting miles of undeveloped land along the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries for preservation.

Driving in Assateague park may be limited

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Vehicles on Assateague concern some

The wild ponies of Assateague Island don't seem bothered by people - not even people driving hulking trucks and vans right up to the shore and setting up fishing poles and grills steps away from the crashing waves.

With habitats gone and hunting in decline, rabbits flourish in suburbs

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

With habitats gone and hunting in decline, rabbits flourish in the suburbs

Cheap gas may be scarce these days. Along with Chesapeake crabs and oysters. But rabbits, it seems, we have aplenty.

On tour, to weed out invasive species

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Park rangers point naturalists to exotic plants dangerous to native life

Park rangers point naturalists to exotic plants dangerous to native life

Chestertown factory agrees to cleanup

Wed, 9 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

A chemical factory in Chestertown has agreed to clean up potentially cancer-causing pollution in the soil and groundwater on the Eastern Shore and pay $200,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by the Maryland Department of the Environment, state officials said.