Category: Maryland
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How to Invest in Energy Efficiency to Combat Climate Change
Energy efficiency is estimated to be a multi-hundred-billion dollar investment opportunity in the U.S., but better policies are required to unlock broad-based financing from institutional investors, who together manage approximately $70 trillion in ass…
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Dozens of U.S. Cities Join the Bike-Sharing Bandwagon
At the start of 2013, the U.S. was home to 22 modern public bike-sharing programs. By spring 2014, that number will likely double as a flurry of cities joins the more than 500 bike-sharing communities worldwide. With the expansions of current programs …
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Wave of Victories: Shark Fin Trade Bans Reach East Coast
OCEANA — “The global exploitation of sharks for their fins is driving many species to the edge of extinction and could wreak havoc on our oceans …
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Chesapeake Bay LNG Export Terminal: Opposition Concerned for Ecology and Economy
SIERRA CLUB — A coalition of local, regional and national groups are objecting to the environmental impacts posed by the proposed Dominion Cove Point liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal on the Chesapeake Bay, saying the project would hurt the Bay’s …
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First County in U.S. Bans Oil and Gas Extraction
COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND — Monday the County Commission of Mora County became the first county in the U.S. to pass an ordinance banning all oil and gas extraction …