The green movement has gone blue at Paperworks Studio, where recycled denim is turned into handmade greeting cards by workers with special needs and disadvantages. They can do the same thing with scrap wool and old coffee grounds. A khaki-pant ...

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COLLEGE PARK — A new initiative in Maryland is trying to encourage communities to implement green, sustainable practices. The University of Maryland and the Maryland Municipal League is announcing the new initiative on Monday. Organizers say the program called Sustainable ...

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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Challenges facing wind development off Virginia’s coast are coming into focus at a conference on the renewable energy source in Virginia Beach. Fishing interests, defense officials and the Virginia Port Authority all spoke Wednesday, outlining their ...

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WASHINGTON — Last October, the Obama administration announced plans to install solar panels on the roof of the White House by the spring of this year, returning the power of the sun to the pinnacle of prominence a quarter-century after ...

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Charles Village welcomed Tuesday a fresh new addition to the neighborhood, Freshii. Located at 3113 St. Paul St. in the space formerly occupied by Gordon Florist, the Charles Village Freshii is the first location for the quick-service restaurant chain in the ...

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NEW YORK — It sounds like a late-night infomercial: Kill germs and clean surfaces with nothing more than water and a few volts of electricity! Pay pennies a gallon! Strong enough to kill germs but gentle on your skin! The ...

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Ever since I worked in the National Park System in college, I’ve been a bit of a “greenie” environmentalist. To clarify, there are a couple types of environmentalists out there: There are environmental scientists, and then there are greenies — ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland’s first wind turbine blade manufacturer could be running in two years, spitting out three 130-foot long turbine blades daily from a plant in Salisbury. AC Wind plans to spend upward of $10 million retrofitting a former US ...

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Replacing some of the concrete in center city with green space and parks is the focus of a report released Friday by the Downtown Partnership of Baltimore. The Open Space Plan would cost more than $100 million and be used ...

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NORFOLK, Va. — The U.S. Department of Energy said Monday it intends to spend $50 million to speed the development of offshore wind farms, with a goal of issuing leases off four Atlantic Coast states by the end of the ...

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