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Bill would set Md.’s renewable energy goal to 100 percent by 2040

December 13, 2018 Comments Off on Bill would set Md.’s renewable energy goal to 100 percent by 2040

Touting supermajority support, an environmental group said it is close to passage of a state law increasing the amount of electricity generated by wind and solar sources.

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Maryland official mulls special conditions on pipeline

February 16, 2018 Comments Off on Maryland official mulls special conditions on pipeline

Ben Grumbles speaks in an interview in 2015 at the Maryland Department of the Environment offices in the Montgomery Park office complex, Baltimore.

Special conditions to address concerns about water quality may be justified for a proposed natural gas pipeline, a Maryland official wrote Thursday.

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Activists seek reconsideration of Cove Point decision

October 16, 2014 Comments Off on Activists seek reconsideration of Cove Point decision

A Dominion Energy spokesman says a request for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reconsider its approval of the Cove Point facility has not raised any new issues. (The Daily Record/Maximilian Franz)

Environmental and community groups are asking federal regulators to reconsider an approval of the Cove Point liquid natural gas export facility in Lusby, Maryland.

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Exelon says merger opponents’ claims off-base

October 3, 2014 Comments Off on Exelon says merger opponents’ claims off-base

Mike Tidwell, director with Chesapeake Climate Action Network speaks at the Maryland, DC, Virginia Solar Energy Industries Association's annual coference, Solar Energy Foucus 2010 held in College Park, MD. Friday November 12, 2010. (The Daily Record/Rich Dennison)

The company issued its statement in response to a coalition of environmental and consumer watchdog and ecumenical groups seeking to block its acquisition of Pepco Holdings.

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Coalition: No acceptable path for Exelon merger

October 2, 2014 Comments Off on Coalition: No acceptable path for Exelon merger

‘We’re here to say no,’ says Mike Tidwell, director of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network, in announcing a coalition’s opposition to the Exelon-Pepco merger. (Bryan P. Sears)

A coalition of environmental and community activists called on the Maryland Public Service Commission to reject a proposed merger between Exelon and Pepco Holdings.

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Judge strikes down Cove Point zoning ordinance

August 12, 2014 Comments Off on Judge strikes down Cove Point zoning ordinance

An undated aerial photo of the Dominion Liquified Natural Gas facility in Cove Point, Md. (Photo provided by Dominion Resources)

An ordinance exempting the proposed Cove Point Liquid Natural Gas export facility from Calvert County zoning regulations has been struck down by a judge in Calvert County Circuit Court.

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Cove Point opponents want delay in wetland permits

July 22, 2014 Comments Off on Cove Point opponents want delay in wetland permits

Protesters in February gathered in Baltimore on the same day the state Public Service Commission began reviewing the $3.8 billion Cove Point project. The PSC granted conditional approval of the power-generation part of the plan. (The Daily Record/Maximilian Franz)

Opponents of the proposed Cove Point liquid natural gas export facility want state officials to delay approval of wetlands permits until a full study on the safety of the facility can be completed.

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Wind farm bill in lonely limbo

May 15, 2014 Comments Off on Wind farm bill in lonely limbo

A bill imposing a moratorium on electricity-generating windmills near the U.S. Naval Air Station Patuxent River base remains the only piece of legislation not signed or vetoed by Gov. Martin J. O'Malley.

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Cove Point opponents prepare to go to court

May 14, 2014 1 Comment

Opponents of a proposed liquid natural gas export facility in southern Maryland are preparing to go to court if a federal agency does not call for a more in-depth environmental assessment of the project.

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Environmental activists file SEC complaint over Cove Point gas facility

May 6, 2014 Comments Off on Environmental activists file SEC complaint over Cove Point gas facility

An environmental coalition hopes it can sour investors on the liquefied natural gas facility planned for Lusby. (File photo)

A coalition of environmental activists and investors opposed to the proposed construction of the Cove Point liquid natural gas export facility want to hit Dominion Resources right in the investors.

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