More than two dozen activists have been arrested following a protest against plans to build a facility in Maryland to liquefy and export natural gas.
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Read More »July 14, 2014 Comments Off on Activists protesting Cove Point project arrested in D.C.
More than two dozen activists have been arrested following a protest against plans to build a facility in Maryland to liquefy and export natural gas.
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Read More »July 11, 2014 Comments Off on Md. recommends tight restrictions on gas drilling
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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Read More »July 2, 2014 Comments Off on BGE asks PSC to approve residential/commercial rate increases
Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. is asking the Maryland Public Service Commission to approve rate increases for residential and commercial customers’ natural gas distribution and electricity usage.
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Read More »June 27, 2014 Comments Off on Residents split on Cove Point energy project
Dominion Resources' proposal to build a liquefied natural gas export facility is dividing residents of the quiet town of Lusby on the Chesapeake Bay.
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Read More »June 25, 2014 Comments Off on Divergent views on exporting gas through bay
Dominion Resources' proposal to build a liquefied natural gas export facility is dividing residents of the quiet town of Lusby on the Chesapeake Bay.
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Read More »May 16, 2014 Comments Off on Study: Jobs from Md. gas drilling would boom, bust
Hydraulic fracturing for natural gas could create as many as 3,600 jobs in far western Maryland in the next decade if state officials allow energy companies to use the extraction technique, according to a Towson University study commissioned by the state.
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Read More »May 12, 2014 Comments Off on Natural gas pipeline would cross western Md.
A U.S. senator from West Virginia says the natural gas industry plans a pipeline to bring gas from south central Pennsylvania to North Carolina.
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Read More »May 11, 2014 1 Comment
The Obama administration began a process that may result in the first federal regulation of chemicals used in fracking, a drilling technique that has transformed energy production while eluding oversight sought by environmentalists.
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Read More »May 9, 2014 Comments Off on Family of 8-year-old killed in house explosion sues BGE
The parents of an 8-year-old boy who was killed following a “natural gas explosion” inside an East Baltimore rowhouse have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Baltimore Gas & Electric Co.
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Read More »April 25, 2014 Comments Off on Energy Dept. welcomes fracking chemical disclosure
The U.S. Department of Energy said Friday that it welcomes the decision by oil and gas industry supplier Baker Hughes to disclose all chemicals in hydraulic fracturing fluid. But Halliburton, a major competitor in the field, isn't committing to such disclosure.
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