Current Energy News

March 22, 2013

• Green Job Growth Outpaced All Other Industries 2010-2011
  The Huffington Post - For people looking to put their finances in the black, a new report suggests they may be wise to look green.

March 2, 2013

• Owings Mills senator, gas company clash over pipeline in Baltimore County
  The Baltimore Sun - A Baltimore County senator is engaged in a bitter public clash with a giant energy company over its plans to build an underground natural gas pipeline that would run through land alongside his Owings Mills home and through the yards of many of his neighbors.

March 1, 2013

• Offshore wind bill expected to pass soon
  The Dispatch - A future offshore wind energy farm, proposed as close as 10 miles off the coast of Ocean City, inched closer to reality this week with the anticipated passage by the entire state Senate now the only stumbling block from a legislative standpoint.
• Young envisions Frederick as 'Emerald City'
  The Frederick News-Post - Sen. Ron Young envisions an Emerald City springing up in the heart of Frederick County, bringing visitors from far and wide to stay in a self-sustaining hotel and marvel over homes without energy bills.

Feb. 28, 2013

• Big turnout for energy fair
  Patch.com - More than 100 people learned about ways they could make their homes more energy efficient during a special energy fair held last night at the Hyattsville Municipal Building on Gallatin Street.

• Inadequate roads cost Md. $6.2B in wasted time and fuel, report finds
  WTOP - As Maryland roads get more congested, a new report finds inadequate roads are costing $6.2 billion annually in operating costs, lost time in traffic and wasted fuel.

Feb. 27, 2013

• Officials gather for green occasion
  Southern Maryland Newspapers Online - Following a Maryland tradition begun by Colonial settlers on the Eastern Shore of harnessing the wind’s energy to generate power, Charles County installed a 12-kilowatt vertical axis wind turbine at the Crain Memorial Welcome Center in Newburg on Tuesday.
• Plan would cut greenhouse gas emissions around Northeast
  Southern maryland newspapers Online - A new proposal would tighten the cap on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants by 40 percent in the mid-Atlantic and Northeast region.

Feb. 26, 2013

• O'Malley's wind bill clears Senate hurdle
  CapitalGazette.com - The Senate’s Finance Committee approved a revised version of the bill, 7-4, sending it to the full chamber.
• Offshore wind bill emerges from key committee
  The Baltimore Sun - On its third try in three years, Gov. Martin O'Malley's bill to spur development of an offshore wind farm off the coast of Ocean City won the approval of a key committee Tuesday night, setting the stage for what is expected to be easy passage on the Senate floor.
• Energy upgrades available for homeowners in 14 Prince George’s County municipalities
  Gazette.net - Landover Hills resident Dottie Fratturelli, 66, estimates she and her fiance save about $50 a month on energy bills thanks to more than $3,100 in free energy upgrades she received from a state grant program last year.

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