Maryland
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The stinkiest, dirtiest, nastiest renewable energy you never heard of
Burning garbage? Chicken poop? Your state could be getting renewable energy from nasty sources.
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In the Trump era, all climate progress will be local
When the federal government is run by climate science deniers, it’s up to cities and states to lead.
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Maryland’s flash flood is a sign of what the future has in store
Ellicott City was drenched with six inches of rain in just two hours.
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Maryland chickens out on farm pollution rule
Just as the state was about to clamp down on farmers who coat their crops with chicken manure, officials cave to the poultry industry.
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There’s a smart way to design an insanely big intersection, and then there’s this
It took a writer eight minutes to get across this intersection.
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Maryland blazes the trail to get arsenic out of chicken feed
A new Maryland law will keep arsenic out of chicken feed -- and out of a good portion of the waterways in one of the densest chicken-producing parts of the United States.
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Critical List: Warmest March on record for 25 states; LEGO hermit crab shell
A round-up of the news of the day.
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Government will develop wind energy off the Atlantic coast
The federal government has opted to move forward with wind energy development off the coast of Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and Virginia, and Virginia’s Republican governor for one could not be happier. Sure, the party line might be that alternative energy is stupid — but when you have the federal government actively hunting down corporate […]
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Take a video tour of UMD’s prize-winning Solar Decathlon house
The Chesapeake Bay's sad state has yielded on positive result: the bay ecosystem inspired the University of Maryland's "WaterShed" house, which won the Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon over the weekend.
You can take a tour of the house above. WaterShed features solar panels, a green roof, a rain harvesting system, solar thermal water heating, sink and shower water filtration, "constructed wetlands" instead of gardens, and an indoor waterfall (!) that helps control humidity.