The General Assembly continues their hard work; more than 1100 bills have been introduced into the Senate and more than 1500 into the House. Very few of the bills have had votes on the floor of the Senate or the House as we are just about two-thirds of the way through the session. The appearance [...]
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There's a lot of enthusiasm for wind energy these days, and rightly so. It's an enormous untapped energy source and wind energy is basically pollution-free, once the turbines are built and installed. There are a couple of problems, though that need to be addressed. The New York Times published an excellent article a few days [...] No, the Manet painting has nothing to do with today’s post, I just like it. I just wanted to catch up on a couple of items. CRABS I think what the two Governors agreed upon was a sensible approach to trying to preserve the crab fishery in the medium term. To do so in the long [...] I’ve written before about the inadequate plan offered by the Maryland Energy Administration and the O’Malley administration to solve Maryland’s energy problems. In the face of inadequate generating facilities (in 2006 we consumed about 63 million megawatt hours (MWH) but produced only 49 million), and inadequate transmission facilities to bring electricity in from other [...] Is this the future of the Eastern Shore? The Maryland Department of Planning (MDP) seems to be worried that it is. In a report released yesterday, they point out some worrisome trends. From 1973 to 2002, the Shore lost almost 45 thousand acres of agricultural land, 71thousand acres of forest and added almost 117 [...] Two recent bits of news have caught my eye. Last week the Maryland Court of Appeals ruled in a 4-3 decision that master plans or comprehensive plans developed by local jurisdictions or growth management plans enacted by the state basically have no legal effect; counties can ignore them at will. The court was reviewing [...] The number of foreclosures in Maryland continues to climb as the housing market deteriorates. While the problem is widespread, the number and rate of foreclosures varies considerably throughout the state. In Kent County on the Upper Shore, there were 52 foreclosures filed in 2007, a 4 percent increase over the previous year. Of course, [...] This is the third in our series on how we can each take individual responsibility for the consequences of our actions and, in the process, help save the Chesapeake Bay. Traditionally, we have thought of air pollution and water pollution as two separate things. We now, however, have a better understanding of the link between [...] When it rains, water that falls on impervious surfaces such as roads, sidewalks, driveways, roofs and parking lots accumulates. Rather than soaking into the ground, this water runs off into our streams and waterways either directly or through storm drains that have been built for the purpose. The runoff carries with it all the [...] This swan has made it’s nest out of discarded plastic trash bags. A beautiful sight, isn’t it. I imagine we’ll see a lot more like it. To almost no one’s surprise, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, in their annual State of the Bay Report, told us that the health of the bay had once again declined. [...] |
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