An $11.8 million chilled-water plant that is designed to reduce carbon emissions has opened in downtown Baltimore. The Baltimore Sun reports the company that operates a network of steam- and chilled-water pipes in the area announced it opened the plant on Monday. ...

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Clean energy supporters in Maryland are announcing a new campaign to require that 50 percent of the state’s electricity come from renewable sources by 2030. They have scheduled a news conference Wednesday in Baltimore to discuss a legislative proposal to ...

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The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to use a Maryland dispute to weigh what steps states can take to subsidize the construction of new power plants. The justices said Monday that they will consider reviving a Maryland subsidy program, accepting appeals ...

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Plans for a wind farm on Maryland's Eastern Shore have been shelved amid opposition from lawmakers concerned about protecting jobs at the Patuxent River Naval Air Station.

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The five operating wind farms in Idaho and Oklahoma can produce as much as 521 megawatts of electricity.

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The lead sponsor of legislation to increase the use of renewable energy sources said he will offer an amendment to reduce the goals originally proposed in his bill.

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Conservation groups have sued the government to force federal officials to undertake the first broad environmental review of the government's coal-leasing program in decades

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Maryland should allow natural gas extraction from Marcellus Shale deposits in the western portion of the state but only under strict regulations, according to a report issued by two state agencies.

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The cold is back, and with it, rising heating bills.

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Lockheed Martin Corp.’s secretive Skunk Works unit, which designed the U-2 spy plane and F-117 stealth fighter jet, is developing a reactor to harness nuclear fusion, the process that powers the sun.

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