Maryland is vying to be one of the East Coast's most important hubs for offshore wind energy, but there's still the unknown about how massive wind farms will affect marine life.

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The Maryland General Assembly left a number of important environmental issues on the table when it adjourned in April, environmentalists said on Monday.

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When the final vote was taken in the Senate on Gov. Martin O'Malley's offshore wind energy legislation, a somewhat surprising name was counted among the 30 "yeas."

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A group of reporters and their coffee cups waited nearly two hours Tuesday morning for Gov. Martin O’Malley, Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. and House Speaker Michael E. Busch to emerge from the governor’s mansion with a budget ...

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The Eye on Annapolis podcast is back with a look at what is shaping up to be a frantic finish to the General Assembly session. Alex and I look at the status of the budget bills and energy bills involving ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Martin O’Malley lobbied lawmakers Tuesday for one of the key pieces of his environmental agenda, a reworked offshore wind power bill modeled on a New Jersey law. The bill follows one that was killed the year before ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland lawmakers are preparing to resume debate on one of Gov. Martin O’Malley’s major green initiatives, an offshore wind energy bill that stalled during the last legislative session amid concerns about the cost to utility companies and their ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley says the General Assembly “choked” on two of his top priorities this year. O’Malley said Monday on WYPR’s “Maryland Morning with Sheilah Kast” that lawmakers shelved his plans to crack down on septic system ...

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Gov. Martin O’Malley unveiled legislation Monday designed to spur investment in alternative energy and high-tech startups and bring Maryland in line with the federal health care overhaul passed last year. The legislation would “make and protect strategic investments for a ...

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