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Taste of fall
Strong winds from Tropical Storm Lee sent leaves blowing down a sidewalk on Belmont Avenue earlier this week. Lee, combined with a strong cold front, gave Winchester its first taste of fall with daytime highs in the low 60s for most of the week....Tags: Tropical Storms
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Plan for wall repair ready to take shape in historic Ellicott City
Before it became "The Wall That Ate Some Cars," it was just a stone wall on Mulligans Hill Lane, bracing a 20-foot-high embankment — stalwart as the steep hills that give Ellicott City's historic district much of its character. Then in early...
Tags: Tropical Storms, Renovation, Ellicott City, Human Interest, Car Repair and Maintenance Tips
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Winter or spring, snow worries are a Maryland tradition
Here's a question for a snowy day in spring: Will Marylanders, and Baltimoreans in particular, ever grow so accustomed to snow that they stop worrying so much about it? Could climate change do enough crazy things to the atmosphere to bring us more...
Tags: Tropical Storms, Ecosystems, Conservation, Environmental Issues, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport
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Chesapeake Bay grasses decline for third year
The Chesapeake Bay and its rivers have lost 44 percent of their underwater grasses over the past three years, scientists reported Thursday, reducing vital habitat for crabs and fish to a level not seen in nearly three decades. Scientists blamed...
Tags: Tropical Storms, Weather Reports, Annapolis, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Issues
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Good news, for a change, about the Chesapeake Bay
For 30 years, the Chesapeake Bay Program — a partnership including the six bay states, the District of Columbia, the Chesapeake Bay Commission, the Environmental Protection Agency and other federal agencies — has been measuring and assessing...
Tags: Tropical Storms, Renovation, Water, Ecosystems, Conservation
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Chesapeake regaining "resilience," EPA reports
The Chesapeake Bay is showing increased resilience in the face of natural and man-made abuses, though it's still seriously impaired, according to the latest official report on the regional restoration effort. The annual "Bay Barometer" released...
Tags: Tropical Storms, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Issues
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Federal uncertainty delays grant program
DAILY AMERICAN REPORTERThe Somerset County commissioners signed a contract Tuesday to receive $741,261 in community development funds for 2012 projects. The process was delayed by five months mainly because of fiscal uncertainty at the federal level, according to Somerset...Tags: Tropical Storms, Interior Policy, Government Aid, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance
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Coal-ash pollution at three Maryland landfills to be cleaned up
The operator of three coal-fired power plants in Maryland has agreed to pay a total of $2.2 million in penalties and fix long-standing pollution problems at the landfills in Southern Maryland and Montgomery County where it disposes of the ash from those...Tags: Tropical Storms, Water, Mining, Metal and Mineral, Environmental Pollution
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Letter: Eastern Shore senator questions state's plan for dealing with sediment behind Conowingo Dam
This letter was sent to the head of the Maryland Department of Environment and a similar one was sent to the head of the Department of Natural Resources. A copy was provided for publication. In August, the U.S. Geological Survey published a report...Tags: Tropical Storms, U.S. Geological Survey, Hurricane Irene (2011), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Conservation
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Corbett: PA "dodged a bullet" with the #superstorm
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekDuring a morning briefing, Gov. Tom Corbett said the state had "dodged a bullet," with the storm. Nonetheless 1.3 million people, primarily in southeastern Pennsylvania, were still without power as of 9 a.m. and 600 people statewide were in shelters......... -
Wednesday Morning Coffee: County by county, Pa. cleans up after #SuperStormSandy.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekGood Wednesday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Wherever you are in Pennsylvania this morning, we hope you made it through two days' worth of SuperStorm Sandy with minimal discomfort. And if you're currently without electricity or have suffered some damage to... -
Extreme energy, extreme weather
There were no tornado warnings last Friday night, when I muted the Nationals game around 11 p.m. I listened intently through my living-room window. A train, I thought. Definitely a train. I should have known better. The warnings have been building for...
Tags: Tropical Storms, Mining, Metal and Mineral, Ecosystems, Weather Warnings
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Oct 30, 2012
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