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Still unresolved, Tennessee coal-ash spill only one EPA hurdle
When the dam broke -- a year ago Tuesday, a little after midnight -- Sandy Gupton thought she was hearing two trains colliding. It wasn't until morning that she saw what had really happened near Kingston, Tenn. It looked, Gupton said, "like a
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Frozen lake leads to tragedy for California family
Noel Smith had moved his wife and teenage daughter to one of California's most far-flung regions five months ago, a landscape of rolling mountains, rivers and wide valleys near the Oregon border.
Despite its remoteness, the home was where most of his
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Family mourns two who drowned
SACRAMENTO, Calif.
Noel Smith had moved his wife and teenage daughter to one of California’s most far-flung regions five months ago, a landscape of rolling mountains, rivers and wide valleys near the Oregon border.
Despite its remoteness, the home
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Retailers report sales surge
NEW YORK Shoppers appear to have given the nation's stores a needed last-minute sales surge.
Early readings from Toys R Us, Sears Holdings Corp. and several mall operators show packed stores on Christmas Eve following a busy week fueled by shoppers who
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Chesapeake Bay: Some watermen say they'll keep crabbing despite license buyback
About a year ago, William E. Eldert III paid a waterman $3,000 for a license to set 170 crab pots in the Rappahannock River.
It was a profitable investment.
Earlier this month, the Virginia Marine Resources Commission bought the license — and hundreds
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New Year's resolutions - Preserve the forests
Forests purify Earth's air and water and provide food and shelter to many animals. Forests also provide open space for sport and recreation and provide products that help us to build our homes and live our lives.
But forests' existence and health are
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Airport Attractions, From Polar Bears to Music
With the latest terrorist incident over U.S. skies, air travelers are more on edge than usual and security lines are even longer. But if you're looking for something to distract yourself from all the worries and the waiting, a few airports actually
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EPA details consequences for bay cleanup failure
The Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday that the Chesapeake Bay watershed states and Washington, D.C., could face stiffer pollution reduction requirements and other consequences for not meeting bay restoration goals.
EPA Mid-Atlantic regional
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Bay advocates send Obama restoration strategy
A coalition of former governors, congressmen, scientists and others sent the Obama Administration their proposed Chesapeake Bay restoration strategy, a plan much tougher than the one being developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
One EPA
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New proposal to clean up Chesapeake Bay tougher than EPA plan
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A coalition of former governors, congressmen, scientists and others sent the Obama administration their proposed Chesapeake Bay restoration strategy, a plan much tougher than the one being developed by the Environmental Protection
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Grace, Kevin, and Debbie Sailing Together: Happy New Year
Well, I have our shore power upgrade about done, I had to order a cover plate for the back side of the new panel. Installing that and securing the cables are all that is left. A happy discovery I made as part of this is that I opened our water heater
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News: New EPA rules to clean Chesapeake watershed going into effect
Federal officials are stepping up its crackdown on pollution flowing into the Chesapeake Bay from upstream sources, including the Chemung and Susquehanna rivers.
Last week, the federal Environmental Protection Agency outlined steps to enforce new rules
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100 holiday ideas for 2010: Green
Are carbon offsets effective? Not particularly, according to responsibletravel.com, which ditched them last year and now offers a carbon comparison flight search as an alternative. "By offering a comparative lower carbon flight search, based on the
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Bay Foundation asks EPA head to back Cardin bill
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation is asking the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to support Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin's restoration bill.
Foundation president Will Baker made the request in a letter to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, who
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EPA Head To Chair Chesapeake Executive Council
ARLINGTON, Va. -- The Chesapeake Bay Program said EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson is the new head of a panel that sets policy for the federal-state effort that leads bay restoration.
The Chesapeake Executive Council met Tuesday in Arlington, Va., to
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Poultry group opposes Cardin's Chesapeake Bay bill
A poultry group says Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin's Chesapeake Bay restoration bill threatens the industry.
Delmarva Poultry Industry, which represents poultry farmers, processors and employees, says the bill would put Delmarva poultry farmers at a
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Mike Griffin wins Southeast High Cotton Award
"The cotton picker was the most intriguing piece of equipment I had ever seen, and probably still have seen. I knew from the start I was going to grow cotton."
Working his way up the ranks as a nuclear electrician at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard was hard
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Trying to save frostbitten pelicans
They weren't supposed to stay so long.
But the flock of brown pelicans hung around Chesapeake Bay well past the time they were supposed to migrate south for the coldest part of winter. Now they are suffering from frostbite that has already claimed six
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Md. saves pelicans that failed to migrate
This is the lesson of the frozen pelicans of Southern Maryland: It is one thing to believe in natural selection.
It is another thing to watch it.
This week, as a curtain of bitter cold descended on the region, about 40 brown pelicans were spotted —
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$18M bond too small?
$17,602,000. Add in "soft costs" such as a $2,500,000 contingency fund - to be tapped in case of an unforeseen change during construction - and mobilization/demobilization costs of $100,000, the price is about $20,202,000.
The designs for Penn
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EPA announces new Chesapeake Bay cleanup rules
Federal regulations on animal feeding, development and stormwater runoff will be tightened to help Chesapeake Bay restoration efforts, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson announced Monday.
Jackson also asked watershed
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EPA announces bay cleanup rules
WASHINGTON — Federal regulations on animal feeding, development and stormwater runoff will be tightened to help Chesapeake Bay restoration efforts, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson announced Monday.
Jackson also asked
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USA NETWORK AND TOM BROKAW PRESENT NEW DOCUMENTARY “AMERICAN CHARACTER ALONG HIGHWAY 50”
In advance of President Obama’s State of the Union address, USA Network presents AMERICAN CHARACTER ALONG HIGHWAY 50, a new documentary exploring the state of the American character over the last year during this crucial period in the country’s history.
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Battle brewing in Md. gubernatorial primary
As he closes in on three years in office, it’s fair to say Gov. O’Malley has dealt with a full plate of problems, particularly in balancing the budget.
While he had a huge budget reserve to work with when he assumed office, it took less than a year
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Michael Winship: Global Cooling? Tell It to the Jellyfish
There are only two small problems, as was pointed out by Steve Benen on WASHINGTON MONTHLY magazine’s “Political Animal” blog: “First, the National Snow and Ice Data Center said no such thing. The director of the NSIDC said, ‘This is completely false.
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Cold snap endangers pelicans
NEWARK -- Every morning, veterinarian Erica Miller heads to the Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research Center to check on more than a dozen brown pelicans that are suffering from frostbite.
Since New Year's Day, the organization has taken in dozens of birds,
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The battle is joined in Ruthsburg
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Maryland officials rejoiced last month at news that this isolated Eastern Shore junction would be the future home of a major new State Department security center.
Tiny Ruthsburg, little-changed since the 1700s, is the federal government's
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Steve Clemons: Maryland's Presidential Governor
I'm down blogging today at the Hard Bean Coffee & Booksellers Cafe in Annapolis, Maryland on what is a beautiful day to think about Martin Luther King, Jr. My hunch is that if the great reverend were around on his own day, I think he'd be tearing down
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Proposed Md. budget layoffs number fewer than 50
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, banking more on job creation than reducing government to bounce back from the recession, avoided many layoffs in his budget proposal Tuesday and helped fill $2 billion budget hole by taking on debt.
O'Malley,
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Report: Biofuels could help jobs, Chesapeake Bay
BALTIMORE More farming, not less, could be the answer to cleaning the Chesapeake Bay, according to a new report that finds biofuels from plants grown in the Chesapeake Bay watershed could create jobs, provide energy and prevent millions of pounds of
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Researchers Pooh-Pooh Algae-Based Biofuel
Timothy, please spell check your title.
Damn - beat me to it.
Timothy, please spell check your title.
Funny thing about trying to power our cars and computers... the energy has got to from something somewhere. Electrons must come from mass... so even
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Discovery of algae's toxic hunting habits could help curb fish kills
A microbe commonly found in the Chesapeake Bay and other waterways emits a poison not just to protect itself but to stun and immobilize the prey it plans to eat, a team of researchers from four universities has discovered. The findings about algae
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Md.: What do you love?
We got a letter this week from a middle school student in Indiana looking for help on a class project she's doing about Maryland. Here's what she wrote:
Dear Editor of The Baltimore Sun,
Hello my name is Grace Morris. I'm a seventh grader from
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Wastewater may solve eco hurdles in algae-based biofuel production
Washington, January 24 (ANI): A team of engineers from the University of Virginia's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has proposed using wastewater as a solution to some of the environmental hurdles that come up in the production of
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The University of Maryland School of Law's Environmental Lobbying Clinic
…student attorneys in the Environmental Law Clinic were the primary researchers and drafters of this legislation. Clinic students worked countless hours researching standing laws in the other 49 states, attending coalition work group sessions, and
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Former Sen. Charles Mathias Dies
(AP) Former U.S. Sen. Charles McC. Mathias, a liberal Republican from Maryland who championed civil rights and protection of the Chesapeake Bay during his 26 years in Washington, has died. He was 87.
Mathias died Monday at his home in Chevy Chase
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Former US Sen. Charles Mathias of Maryland dies
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Former U.S. Sen. Charles McC. Mathias, a liberal Republican from Maryland who championed civil rights and protection of the Chesapeake Bay during his 26 years in Washington, has died. He was 87.
Mathias died Monday at his home in Chevy
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TANGIER: Island jolted after skull, human bones found in box near trash receptacle
TANGIER ISLAND A couple out for a ride Wednesday afternoon found a skull and other human bones in a cardboard box lying behind the town trash receptacles on the northern end of this Chesapeake Bay island.
The skeletal remains appear to be old and
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Animals: Who's Your Daddy? Sparrow Gets Around
Tigers Threatened by Climate...
Climate change could wipe out critical tiger habitat in India and Bangladesh by 2070, the World Wildlife Fund says in a new study. Jorge Ribas reports.
Rare Sumatran Tigers Caught...
A family of endangered
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O'MALLEY: Gov., actors to attend 'plunge' fundraiser
ANNAPOLIS, Md. Actors, athletes and politicians are making the plunge into the Chesapeake Bay to help raise money for Special Olympics Maryland.
The Maryland State Police are holding their annual Polar Bear Plunge on Saturday at Sandy Point State Park.
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Thousands brave frigid water for charity
BALTIMORE, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Nearly 15,000 people jumped into Chesapeake Bay's frigid waters in order to help raise money for the Maryland Special Olympics, organizers say.
Organizers of the 14th annual Polar Bear Plunge said while the second series of
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For First Time, President's Budget Provides Federal Funding for Gulf Coast Restoration
Groups praise proposed $40 million commitment to replenish national economic interest in vanishing landscape
The Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 presidential budget for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers provides $35.6 million for Gulf Coast restoration, including
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Study Finds Growth Spurt Among Trees on East Coast
Forests in the eastern United States appear to be growing faster in response to rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, a new study has found.
The study centered on trees in mixed hardwood stands on the western edge of the Chesapeake Bay in
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Maryland's Innovative Technology Seed Capital Fund Awarded to Furbish Company for Its Vegetated Retaining Wall System
SmartSlope -- ..
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BALTIMORE, MA -- (Marketwire) -- 02/03/10 -- Baltimore-based Furbish Company announces that its latest addition to the company's line of sustainable products and services, SmartSlope, a vegetated living retaining wall
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AGU Selects Goddard Scientists to Become Fellows
The American Geophysical Union (AGU) announced earlier this month that they will once again award a handful of scientists at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. with the honor of becoming AGU Fellows.
Paul Newman, Randal Koster
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Second homes: Virginia Beach has something for everyone
With a rich history, great location and — according to the 2006 Guinness World Records — the "longest pleasure beach in the world," Virginia Beach is the chameleon of ocean resorts, offering something for everyone. At least for everyone with money to
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Washington-Baltimore Area Snowfall May Be One for the Records
Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) -- A winter storm, mixing heavy snow and gusting winds with a rare blizzard warning, may bury Washington and Baltimore under a record snowfall this weekend.
As much as 31 inches (79 centimeters) of snow may fall in the region
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4 inns with a flair for romance
Let us now praise B&Bs. At least the ones without teddy bears and doilies. Mercifully, the mid-Atlantic has many sophisticated inns, with fine dining, stylish decor and nary a ruffle in sight. For many travelers, a good B&B is a destination in
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In Virginia, offshore drilling a bipartisan goal
Reporting from Washington -
Virginia could become the first state on the Eastern Seaboard to open its coast to energy exploration since a decades-old federal drilling ban expired more than a year ago.
The new Republican governor, Robert McDonnell,
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Quick look at bills of local legislators
Here’s a quick look at a few bills from legislators in Hampton Roads: HB570 related to real estate assessments, HB207 related to rules for lineups and SB185 related to menhaden fishing. More below the fold.
HB 570 – Del. Sal Iaquinto (R-84th) – This
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East Coast braces for second blizzard
NEW YORK, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- The snowstorm that dumped as much as a foot of snow in some parts of the U.S. midsection bore down Wednesday on the East Coast, forecasters said.
The white stuff and accompanying gusty
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Finding a Secret Map to Erosion (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- On the northeast coast of New Zealand's North Island, the Waipaoa River drains into the dazzling sea. Upriver, things are not so pretty. More than a century of land clearing for farming has created some of the most dramatic erosion in
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3 TOP SHOW GIRLS
at the Westminster Dog Show next week
This weekend, dogs from all over the country will travel to New York City for the most prestigious dog show in the world -- the 134th Westminster Kennel Club Show.
Here's where champion dogs pose and prance to convince judges they are the best in their
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Rapid melting of record snowfall could harm waterways, aquatic life
After two recent snowstorms closed the federal government and schools across the region, people began digging out. The season's snow tally in D.C. reached 55.6 inches Wednesday -- more than the last record of 54.4 inches, set in 1898-99.
Comments that
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Water cleanup testing science
Brian Howes, director of the Coastal Systems Program at UMass Dartmouth, oversees a research team that monitors the state of many Cape Cod estuaries.Cape Cod Times/Steve Heaslip
In Brian Howes' marine lab on the New Bedford waterfront, bags of used
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Maryland, Florida fishermen swap sustainability information
Maryland fishermen are visiting their counterparts in Clearwater, Cortez, St. Petersburg and Madeira Beach to exchange information about resources management and sustainability.
The three-day exchange includes dockside field trips where Maryland
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Hampton Roads in 'dire straits' because of global warming predictions, says expert
HAMPTON — Sobering evidence of how storms will have an increasingly devastating effect on the Peninsula as the century progresses is outlined in a new model by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science.
"This is an important issue for us to get moving
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No down time for breeder: Marcelo Chagas of Upper Milford has 9 dogs competing in Westminster Dog Show, and one has a shot at bi
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BRIAN J. LOWNEY: Boykins great companions on the hunt and on living room rug
If you are a true American patriot and like sporting dogs, the Boykin spaniel might be the perfect choice if you're searching for an ideal family canine companion.
These friendly, small hunters are just as comfortable stretched out on the living room
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Man who fell in Chesapeake Bay found alive in Texas
PRINCE FREDERICK Maryland State police say a fugitive reported missing after he fell from a boat in the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia has been arrested in Texas.
Fifty-eight-year-old Larry Deffenbaugh of Dunkirk was arrested Tuesday in Baytown, Texas. He
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Defend the data
Brian Howes is the man behind the numbers.
With a doctorate in marine biology, Howes leads the Coastal Systems Group at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, the scientific agency in the multi-billion dollar effort to reduce wastewater
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Leeway II: Image Holder
So how do hopelessly addicted sailors while away the winter when all they really want to do is get their next fix of sand, surf, wind and water. Well, it's sometimes not easy.
Our strategy has been to find ways to put ourselves on the boat, if not
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Besieged by bags
The Baltimore City Council is again considering action to curb the mountain of plastic and paper bag waste accumulating on city streets. Most of this garbage ends up tangled in trees or clogging drainage grates, from whence it flows through the sewer
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'Roadfood' co-author Michael Stern on 'HearSay' today and sampling foods of Hampton Roads
If you thought lima beans were just lima beans, then you need to check out roadfood.com.
Michael and Jane Stern, authors of the famous "Roadfood" guide books and its online component, travel the country seeking out the best regional foods.
Today at
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S/V Patty Jean: The Bahamas at last!!
Jan 28 Left Ponce De Leon and the ICW for the last time. Sailed past Cape Canaveral. At 17:00 we made the decision to sail all night on 4 hr watches. Jim from 20:00 to 01:00, Gary to 05:00 then Wendy saw the sunrise. It is finally starting to warm up!
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Riverkeepers, Waterkeepers Demand Apology From Maryland State Senator Richard Colburn Description of Them as "Red or Socialist"
SALISBURY, Md., Feb. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Local groups fighting to keep the Chesapeake Bay and area waterways clean for the sake of their children and grandchildren today demanded that Maryland State Senator Richard Colburn, R-Cambridge, make
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Winter storm sparks flurry of preparations
Steady snowfall and blustery winds smacked the Rochester area overnight, the start of a snowy weekend that could result in more than a foot of snow by the time the storm moves out.
The storm tiptoed through the Rochester area yesterday, but still was
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Nickel fee on bags cutting use in Washington
WASHINGTON — -
"Paper or plastic?" is no longer the question most often on store clerks' lips in the nation's capital these days when shoppers are buying food. Instead, cashiers here routinely ask customers if they want a bag at all, since they have to
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Activists remain hopeful about Chesapeake Bay
Years of attempts to clean up the Chesapeake Bay have fallen short and there is continuing opposition to tougher regulation, but a panel of environmental activists that included the Obama administration's point man for bay cleanup said Saturday there
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Manure becomes pollutant as its volume grows unmanageable
But now, it has managed to smother the same waters with the most natural stuff in the world.
Animal manure, a byproduct as old as agriculture, has become an unlikely modern pollution problem, scientists and environmentalists say. The country simply has
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Groups file pollution lawsuit against Perdue, chicken farmer
Environmental groups filed suit in federal court Tuesday accusing an Eastern Shore chicken farm and poultry giant Perdue Farms with polluting waters that flow into the Chesapeake Bay.
The Assateague Coastkeeper and Waterkeeper Alliance contend that
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John Reilly: Disney World run is definitely Goofy
I suppose it could have been the day I realized I could define, spell and pronounce plantar fasciitis that it occurred to me that I was a real runner.
Since I started running at the tail end 1988, I have amassed close to 35,000 miles. I have run along
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THE OTHER SHOE DROPS: Updates To Previous Posts
"Miss Piggy ends up becoming like a Lady Gaga-esque character living in Europe," the source said. "Kermit ends up being destitute and the main characters find him living in squalor."
The script is said to involve an evil oil baron bent on destroying
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Step lightly on Earth with biodegradable shoes
Just in time for Earth Day this April 22, Ma Petite Shoe in Hampden plans to begin carrying some hipster eco-friendly shoes that will help you tread a little lighter on the planet.
The sneakers are from the Bio-D Collection from Santa Barbara,
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Jerry Allen Oosterhous, 67
FAIRPLAY - Jerry Allen Oosterhous, 67, of Fairplay, Md., passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, Thursday, March 4, 2010, at his home.
Born Nov. 7, 1942, in Takoma Park, Md., he was the son of the late Lawrence Alfred Oosterhous and Lucille
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Nature's Air Show
As soon as the ice thaws and the snow melts at Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area in Lebanon and Lancaster counties, the skies above it will fill up for one of Mother Nature's best air shows.
Over the next few weeks, more than 100,000 snow geese, 10,
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Animals: Octopus Mimics Flounder
Weird Worms Eat Bones
As many as 15 different species of undersea worms that eat the bones of whales and other large, dead animals may reside in Monterey Bay in California, new research finds. Jorge Ribas takes a closer look at these mysterious
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A calm end to the storm water spat
Powerful political figures including Baltimore County Executive James T. Smith Jr. were arguing that the storm water regulations would actually set back smart growth efforts, promote sprawl and hurt the environment -- an overblown concern but one
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Md. lawmakers reach stormwater regs compromise
ANNAPOLIS Maryland lawmakers have reached a compromise on stormwater runoff regulations that builders said would harm their industry and environmentalists say are needed to help restore the Chesapeake Bay.
The rules are supposed to take effect in May,
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Aquatic 'dead zones' contributing to climate change
The increased frequency and intensity of oxygen-deprived "dead zones" along the world's coasts can negatively impact environmental conditions in far more than just local waters. In the March 12 edition of the journal Science, University of Maryland
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Aquatic ‘dead zones’ contributing to climate change
As oxygen-deprived waters increase, they emit more greenhouse gasses into atmosphere
Cambridge, Md. (March 11, 2010) – The increased frequency and intensity of oxygen-deprived “dead zones” along the world’s coasts can negatively impact environmental
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FBI probes Del. links of al-Qaida suspect
A former Delaware resident arrested with suspected al-Qaida members in Yemen worked at nuclear power plants in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, according to federal officials.
Described as a "laborer" at the nuclear sites, Sharif Mobley, 26, is now under
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CRIME: Yemen says ex-Delaware man fooled guard by asking to pray
YEMEN -- An American al-Qaida suspect detained in Yemen fooled his hospital guards into unshackling him by asking to join them for prayers, security officials said Saturday. He then killed a guard who laid down his weapon as he went ahead at prayer
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A Quiet Evening, Waiting for the Next Angry Man
A couple of weeks ago, the chief of the little-known police force at the Pentagon warned some of his officers to be vigilant for an "active shooter" -- the breath-catching term for an armed individual who appears from nowhere and attacks, with no
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Turbulence over storm-water deal
A deal to give some development projects a break from Maryland's new storm-water pollution regulations may not be settled just yet.
Sen. Paul G. Pinsky, presiding chairman of the legislative committee that reviews regulations, has written a letter to
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Virginia’s crab season opening
Virginia’s blue crab season opened Wednesday for the first time since hundreds of watermen sold back their license to the state to ease catch pressures on the Chesapeake Bay delicacy.
But cold waters were likely to keep crabbers off the water, with
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Study says menhaden don’t help clean bay
Fish called menhaden apparently don't do a lot to help cleanse the Chesapeake Bay, a new study says.
Menhaden are small, oily, nearly inedible fish that are important links in the bay's food chain.
For years, many people said menhaden also help the bay
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Md. lawmakers not feeling so Southern anymore
ANNAPOLIS, Md. Maryland's official song may include a line about "Northern scum" left over from the Civil War era, but the state isn't feeling so Southern anymore.
Though Marylanders live just south of the Mason-Dixon Line, their attitudes and
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Md. lawmakers not feeling so Southern anymore
In this photo taken Wednesday, March 17, 2010, the grounds of the Maryland State House are shown in Annapolis, Md. Even though the state of Maryland is just south of the Mason-Dixon Line, it will head in May to the Council of State Governments' spring
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Kayaker's action DVD funds Texas-to-Virginia trek
Kevin Whitley is trying to come up with money for his ultimate kayaking goal - to paddle the coast from Brownsville, Texas, to Virginia Beach. The "around-Florida" trip would take him about six months.
While he is working on sponsorships for the
