Raskin, Frosh to join in calling for fracking moratorium

BY: Alexander Pyles
POSTED: October 23, 2012
Tags: allegany county, brian e. frosh, chesapeake climate action network, Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee, fracking, garrett county, Heather R. Mizeur, house of delegates, hydraulic fracturing, Jamin B. “Jamie” Raskin, marcellus shale, Marceullus Shale Safe Drilling Initiative Advisory Commission, martin O'Malley, natural gas, senate

A pair of Montgomery County senators are planning to join a colleague in the House of Delegates in supporting a moratorium on a controversial drilling technique used to extract natural gas. Sen. Jamin B. “Jamie” Raskin and Sen. Brian E. Frosh, both Democrats, are expected to detail their plans in a phone conference hosted by [...]

Opponents want fee on lands leased for fracking

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: March 6, 2012
Tags: chemicals, chesapeake climate action network, Del. Heather Mizeur, drilling, fee, Finance Committee, fracking, gas, General Assembly, gov. martin o'malley, land, lawyer's mall

ANNAPOLIS — Maryland opponents of a controversial drilling technique want to asses a $10 per-acre fee on land leased for extracting gas. The retroactive fee would apply to lands leased for hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, a method of drilling that extracts the gas by blasting through layers of shale rock with a combination [...]

Advocates: N.J. law a model for Maryland offshore wind

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: January 6, 2012
Tags: atlantic wind connection, Baltimore, bluewater wind project, chesapeake climate action network, delmarva power, environment new jersey, gov. martin o'malley, maryland, megawatts, new jersey, NRG energy, offshore wind

A New Jersey offshore wind law could serve as a model for developing the industry in Maryland, according to environmentalists and offshore wind industry officials. The New Jersey law signed two years ago mandates 1,100 megawatts of offshore wind be sold in the state, but doesn’t require utilities to enter into long-term contracts. That would [...]

Backers still want Md. wind bill

BY: Nicholas Sohr
POSTED: April 10, 2011
Tags: bill, chesapeake climate action network, Department of Business and Economic Development, Environment, General Assembly, gov. martin o'malley, legislation, maryland, offshore wind, Offshore Wind Development Coalition, proposal, Tom Carlson, wind turbines

ANNAPOLIS — Maryland is pressing ahead to spur development of an offshore wind energy industry even as the failure of Gov. Martin O’Malley’s marquee energy proposal before the General Assembly promises to delay the effort. “It definitely sets us back in the race, but it does not count us out by any means,” said Tom [...]

Md. judge dismisses clean air suit by citizens

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: August 19, 2010
Tags: alexander williams jr., chalk point power plant, chesapeake climate action network, clean air act, Environment, environmental integrity project, judge, lawsuit, Prince George's County

WASHINGTON — A Maryland judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by citizens and an environmental group that alleged a local power plant had violated Clean Air Act regulations. U.S. District Judge Alexander Williams Jr. ruled last week that three residents were not eligible to sue Mirant-Mid Atlantic over alleged emissions issues at the Chalk Point [...]