ANNAPOLIS — Competing bills that ban fracking or extend the current moratorium on the controversial natural gas extraction process are both likely headed to the Senate for a vote. Sen. Joan Carter Conway, D-Baltimore City and chair of the Education, ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Hundreds of people have rallied against allowing hydraulic fracturing for natural gas in Maryland. The rally was held Thursday, as lawmakers on a House committee were scheduled to vote on banning the process known as fracking. The panel ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Supporters of banning hydraulic fracturing for natural gas in Maryland are holding a rally. The rally and news conference are scheduled for Tuesday, before a hearing is held in the state capital on legislation to ban fracking. The ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A measure to ban hydraulic fracturing for natural gas in Maryland is being introduced. Del. David Fraser-Hidalgo is expected to introduce the measure on Thursday with more than 50 co-sponsors. Sen. Robert Zirkin also has introduced a measure ...

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OAKLAND — An advisory panel in far western Maryland is reviewing proposed state regulations for hydraulic fracturing for natural gas. The Garrett County Marcellus Shale Natural Gas Advisory Group meets Tuesday evening in Oakland. The agenda includes a review of ...

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U.S. Silica Holdings Inc., of Frederick, said it has agreed to purchase all of the outstanding shares of Cadre Services Inc., a regional sand mining company based in Voca, Texas.

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State regulators on Friday recommended some of the nation's tightest restrictions on shale gas drilling, aimed partly at protecting drinking water from being contaminated by methane leaking from drill sites in western Maryland.

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Opponents of fracking will march on Annapolis on the opening day of the General Assembly session to urge legislators to put a stop to the gas extraction process in Maryland.

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Stakeholders have until Sept. 10 to weigh in on a controversial report on hydraulic fracturing issued this summer by the Maryland Department of the Environment and Department of Natural Resources.

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A few government and politics headlines for Tuesday.

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