Category: Maryland
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800+ Rally Against Fracked Gas Export Terminal in Largest Environmental Protest in Baltimore History
Yesterday, as a key state permit hearing began in downtown Baltimore, MD, activists from every corner of the state and from across the Mid-Atlantic marched to the doorstep of the Public Service Commission to send one clear message to state leaders: “Stop Cove Point.” [caption id="attachment_322547" align="alignnone" width="500"] Photo credit: Chesapeake Climate Action Network’s Facebook…
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DOE Approves LNG Exports from Dominion Cove Point to Non-FTA Countries
beansbwThe Department of Energy announced yesterday it has conditionally authorized Dominion Cove Point LNG, to export domestically produced liquefied natural gas over seas to countries that …
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Historic Water Shortages Prompt Government Restrictions in Colorado River Basin
Water users in the parched Southwest U.S. were just hit with a devastating warning.
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Lawsuit Sets Precedent in Challenging Taxpayer Financing of Coal Exports
“Ex-Im Bank turned a blind eye to the toxic coal dust, heavy train traffic and disruptive noise that our members living near ports and railways experience on a daily basis.”
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Dirty Hands: 77 ALEC Bills Advance Big Oil, Big Ag Agenda in 2013
ALEC bills in recent years have pulled states out of regional climate initiatives, opposed carbon dioxide emission standards, created hurdles for state agencies attempting to regulate pollution and tried to stop …