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Windmills off the Belgian Coast

Governor Martin O’Malley is proposing a law that would require Maryland utilities to sign multi-decade contracts to purchase offshore wind energy from developers who want to build giant windmills, such as those pictured above, off the coast of Ocean City.  In addition to the government subsidies already provided for wind [...]

Flailing at the Budget

Trying to cut the budget

Many Republicans ran last year on a platform of slashing Federal spending.  Now that they have taken over the House of Representatives, they are having to come up with actual proposals to accomplish that.  it’s harder than it looks.  One of the reason that it’s so hard to significantly trim [...]