ANNAPOLIS — Republican Gov. Larry Hogan’s administration is taking some time to review the impact of President Barack Obama’s plan to dramatically cut emissions from U.S. power plants, while Maryland Democrats already were praising the plan released Monday. Ben Grumbles, ...

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WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Tuesday ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to relax some limits it set on smokestack emissions that cross state lines and taint downwind areas with air pollution from power plants. At the same time, ...

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A dozen states led by West Virginia and Virginia sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to block a proposed rule that would limit carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says releases of toxic air pollutants were down in 2011 in the Mid-Atlantic. And the federal agency says cleaner power plants are part of the reason. The EPA says releases were down 13.8 percent in ...

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WASHINGTON — Exelon Corp. will pay $400,000 for inadvertent power trading violations during its takeover of Constellation Energy Group Inc. The Justice Department announced the settlement Thursday. A federal judge in Washington will have to approve it before it’s final. ...

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Exelon Corp., of Chicago, which in March acquired Baltimore-based Constellation Energy Group, said Thursday it will sell three coal-fired power plants formerly owned by Constellation for approximately $400 million. The plants are Brandon Shores and H.A. Wagner in Pasadena, and ...

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FROSTBURG — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is awarding $300,000 to help grow trees in an old coal mine near Frostburg. The agency said Thursday that the grant will be implemented by the environmental group American Rivers. American Rivers is ...

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Exelon’s proposed takeover of Constellation Energy crossed another hurdle Thursday when the Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved the $7.9 billion deal. Constellation’s nuclear division, the Constellation Energy Nuclear Group, is licensed to operate five reactors and two spent fuel installations. The ...

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AKRON, Ohio — FirstEnergy Corp. said Thursday that new environmental regulations led to a decision to shut down six older, coal-fired power plants in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland, affecting more than 500 employees. The plants, which are in Cleveland, Ashtabula, ...

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Maryland gave away $3.7 billion in tax breaks in 2010 that benefited farmers, power plants, biotech companies and everything in between. Figures are in millions of dollars. “Other” includes the motor vehicle titling, inheritance, public service company franchise, property transfer, ...

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