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In Md., where 78% of forests have reached maturity, elected officials have a choice: cave in to the forest product and biomass energy industry’s massive lobbying efforts, or iincentivize the preservation of forests.
Air conditioning has become an equity issue: People of color and the poor are usually the ones without it.
Consumers, the author writes, aspire to be liberated from an imposed energy plan and desire the freedom to embrace a tailored approach befitting their lifestyles.
The writer of a lengthy cover story in the New York Times Magazine earlier this year on Randi Weingarten, head of the national American…
Maryland should become a leader in addressing crime as a public health problem — creating a synergy in every town, city, and county, leaving no community behind.
Energy suppliers’ poll is an apparent effort to ramp up support for legislation to end regulated ‘standard offer service,’ Maryland People’s Counsel writes.
Ex-governor is co-chair of the No Labels movement, which is pondering whether to promote a White House candidate.
It was hard at times in 1998 to tell who was actually governor.
Reading materials that embrace a wide range of people of diverse backgrounds and identities, including LGBTQ+ characters, is a good thing, advocates write.
The need for comprehensive and affordable child care in Maryland remains evident.