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U of M offers tips to prevent freezing septic systems
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Freezing problems with septic systems may be more common this year because a lack of snow cover across Minnesota exposes existing system inadequacies as temperatures dip lower. Snow...
View ArticleHancock solar power facility to go online in early January
Hundreds of blue photovoltaic solar panels stand on a gentle slope outside Hancock, not quite ready to begin supplying power to the town's sewage treatment plant. That will change in early January when...
View ArticleFirms with interests in Md. pour cash into DGA
Some companies with interests in Maryland have found a new way to show support for Gov. Martin O'Malley: They're contributing tens of thousands of dollars to the Democratic Governors Association. Last...
View ArticleAlternative suggested for Joppa waste transfer station
A waste transfer station could be put on another site in Harford County, in a non-residential part of Aberdeen, rather than in the middle of a residential community in Joppa. Joppa residents, who...
View ArticleHarford council approves waste site standards
A roomful of Joppa residents were angry a bill, passed Tuesday by the Harford County Council in hopes of providing more public input in selecting a waste disposal site, only included a mandatory...
View ArticleItems set out for recycling stolen from Catonsville street
When Todd Frye goes to bed on Thursday nights, he knows two things will happen the next morning: a truck will pick up his recycling and a man will pick through it before the Baltimore County workers...
View ArticleIn Annapolis, green agenda a "heavy lift"
Environmental activists rallied in Annapolis yesterday evening, as their leaders described this year's General Assembly session as a make-or-break one for restoring the Chesapeake Bay and fighting...
View ArticleAfter two years, Baltimore County's single-stream recycling program...
Paper in one bin, bottles in another. Remember those old days of recycling? Many residents do, and with no regrets for their being relegated to the past with the introduction of single-stream recycling...
View ArticleWill Howard's food scrap program draw partners to the table or go down the...
Five months ago, Howard County made waves in environmental circles throughout the state when it launched a new food scrap recycling pilot program. Thousands of homeowners were urged to forgo the...
View ArticleA war on pollution, not rural Maryland
Don't be surprised if longtime "poop warriors" along theChesapeake Bay'sthickly populated Western Shore are not sympathetic to claims that builders in still-rural parts of the watershed should have...
View ArticleSports on TV
There's an old joke about "denial" being more than a river in Egypt. Far less amusing is the denial some in Annapolis seem to have about pollution in the Chesapeake Bay and what's required to bring...
View ArticleWindsor Grand List Shows Minimal Growth; Several Large Holders See Big Drops...
When it comes to big money in politics, Dallas billionaire Harold Simmons' influence has long been apparent in Texas, where he has plowed more than $1 million into Rick Perry's gubernatorial campaigns....
View ArticleWashington County landfill losing 10 percent of tipping fee revenue
The City of Hagerstown’s decision to send its trash to a landfill in Pennsylvania will cost Washington County’s landfill about 10 percent of its tipping fee income, according to a county spokeswoman....
View ArticleCity works toward climate protection goal
In 2012, the City Council has planned to voluntarily reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 7% below 1990 levels, as outlined in the U.S. Conference of Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, which Laguna...
View ArticleU of M offers tips to prevent freezing septic systems
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Freezing problems with septic systems may be more common this year because a lack of snow cover across Minnesota exposes existing system inadequacies as temperatures dip lower. Snow...
View ArticleHancock solar power facility to go online in early January
Hundreds of blue photovoltaic solar panels stand on a gentle slope outside Hancock, not quite ready to begin supplying power to the town's sewage treatment plant. That will change in early January when...
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