Cap lowered for multi-state greenhouse gas pact

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: February 7, 2013
Tags: environmental integrity project, fracking, greenhouse, maryland, natural gas, pollution, regional greenhouse gas initiative

The amount of greenhouse gases that can be released under a multi-state pollution reduction agreement is being lowered. The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative announced Thursday that the changes will cut carbon dioxide emissions 45 percent below 2005 levels and preserve reductions already achieved. Maryland officials say the program is a cornerstone of its plan to [...]

Md. delegate to introduce fracking moratorium bill

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: February 7, 2013
Tags: Del. Heather Mizeur, Energy, fracking, General Assembly, gov. martin o'malley, Government, Heather Mizeur, politics

ANNAPOLIS — Fracking opponents plan to be in Annapolis for the introduction of a bill calling for a state moratorium on the natural gas drilling technique until studies are completed on its impact. Del. Heather Mizeur plans to introduce the bill on Thursday. Opponents of the drilling technique also known as hydraulic fracturing plan to [...]

City Council supports moratorium on fracking 

BY: Alexander Pyles
POSTED: February 6, 2013
Tags: baltimore city council, city council, Environment, fracking, hydraulic fracturing, maryland, natural gas

The debate over fracking had already moved from the farmland of Western Maryland to the State House. Now it has gotten the attention of the Baltimore City Council.

Industry develops nontoxic fracking fluids

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: February 4, 2013
Tags: drilling, Environment, fracking, marcellus shale, natural gas, pollution, western maryland

PITTSBURGH — The oil and gas industry is trying to ease environmental concerns by developing nontoxic fluids for the drilling process known as fracking, but it’s not clear whether the new product will be widely embraced by drilling companies. Houston-based energy giant Halliburton Inc. has developed a product called CleanStim, which uses only food-industry ingredients. [...]

Fracking study funds called inadequate 

BY: Alexander Pyles
POSTED: January 17, 2013
Tags: fracking, General Assembly, legislature, maryland, natural gas, study

There may not be enough money in the governor’s budget to answer all of the questions regulators and lawmakers have about the safety of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.

$37.3B budget favors fracking study, biotech and cyber-security firms 

BY: Alexander Pyles
POSTED: January 16, 2013
Tags: budget, Del. Heather Mizeur, Department of Business and Economic Development, Department of Labor Licensing and Regulation, Environment, fracking, General Assembly, gov. martin o'malley, Government, tax credit, Taxes

Gov. Martin O’Malley’s roughly $37 billion budget proposal to the General Assembly includes an increase in the money allocated for some business-friendly tax credits, $1.5 million to pay for studies into the safety of hydraulic fracturing and puts the state “on the verge” of closing what was once a $1.7 billion structural deficit.

DNR: New map shows Marcellus shale distribution

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: January 10, 2013
Tags: department of natural resources, Energy, Environment, fracking, marcellus shale, western maryland

The Department of Natural Resources says a new map shows the distribution of Marcellus shale deposits in western Maryland. The shale deposits are being eyed as a source of natural gas. However, environmentalists are concerned that new hydraulic fracturing techniques used to free the gas from shale deposits could harm water quality. The department says [...]

Fracking, septics, wind power facing Maryland lawmakers

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: January 9, 2013
Tags: Energy, Environment, fracking, General Assembly, gov. martin o'malley, Senate President Mike Miller, septic, wind

Natural gas drilling in western Maryland, offshore wind power, and new growth and septic system requirements are among the environmental issues facing state lawmakers again as the Maryland General Assembly gathers Wednesday. Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller, who switched a member on the Senate committee assigned to take up offshore wind to another committee [...]

Some in Western Maryland signed low-rent drilling leases with middlemen 

BY: Alexander Pyles
POSTED: January 8, 2013
Tags: Energy, fracking, garrett county, land, natural gas, Real Estate

The land men came one evening in 2006, offering property owners modest riches for a simple act: leasing their land rights to the natural gas industry’s middlemen.

Gas drilling panel discussing legislation

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: January 7, 2013
Tags: Energy, fracking, General Assembly, Government, politics

ANNAPOLIS — A state panel developing rules for natural gas drilling in western Maryland is discussing possible legislative proposals for the 2013 General Assembly. The Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission meets Monday in Annapolis. One proposal would require drillers to have pollution insurance of at least $1 million per loss. Another would require state registration of [...]

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