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Maryland will sample air on the lower Eastern Shore to examine the potential effects of large poultry houses on air quality.
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Read More »EPA waits on courts to clean up 2 Baltimore warehouses
Two Baltimore warehouses considered environmental hazards sit abandoned while the Environmental Protection Agency pursues court-ordered access to clear the sites.
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Read More »Maryland official mulls special conditions on pipeline
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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Read More »Water permit enables growth of western Maryland coal mine
GRANTSVILLE — The Maryland Department of the Environment is giving a western Maryland coal mine permission to increase the amount of water it discharges into the Casselman River as production increases. The agency announced on Thursday its final determination to ...
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Read More »High court upholds MDE’s broad view of ‘premises’ for air tests
A divided Maryland high court has upheld the state environmental agency’s approval of emissions from a crematorium, even though the test for airborne toxins was conducted at the outer edge of the commercial park in Millersville and not in a concerned, adjacent business.
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Read More »Md. businesses, officials to discuss ways to avoid wasting food
LINTHICUM HEIGHTS, Md. (AP) — Maryland is holding its first food recovery summit. The event in Linthicum Heights on Wednesday will bring together representatives from local, state and federal governments as well as nonprofits, the retail food industry, local ...
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Read More »Maryland sues Volkswagen for dirty diesel deception
Maryland will seek billions of dollars in penalties from automaker Volkswagen AG for using “defeat devices” to conceal illegal amounts of emissions produced by thousands of vehicles purported to have “clean diesel” technology, Attorney General Brian E. Frosh announced Tuesday. ...
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Read More »Maryland sets public meetings on gas drilling rules
The Maryland Department of the Environment says it will hold three public meetings this month to discuss proposed regulations for hydraulic fracturing for natural gas in the state. The agency said in a statement Thursday evening that the first meeting ...
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Read More »Scenic Md. railroad hopes to finish repairs by August
CUMBERLAND, Md. — Repair of a landslide that has kept Western Maryland Scenic Railroad excursions from reaching their Frostburg destination is expected to be completed by Aug. 1. The landslide discovered during routine track inspection in late February was the ...
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Read More »Verso agrees to $10,000 fine in Potomac River latex spill
ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland Department of the Environment says Verso Corp. will pay a $10,000 settlement for two chemical spills that tainted the Potomac River last fall. Agency spokesman Jay Apperson said Thursday the amount is the same as a ...
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