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USS Enterprise deploys without ex-commander
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The new commander of the USS Enterprise says his crew is ready to deploy despite the abrupt firing of the aircraft carrier's former commander. Capt. Dee L. Mewbourne spoke to reporters Thursday, less than two hours before the...Tags: Human Interest
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Highlights of Obama's $3.73 trillion budget
WASHINGTON (AP) — A look at what President Barack Obama has requested in his $3.73 trillion budget for the 2012 fiscal year beginning Oct. 1. ____ Agency: Agriculture Spending: $145.6 billion Percentage Change from 2011: 1.5 percent decrease...Tags: Foreign Aid, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Science, Barack Obama, Central Intelligence Agency
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More than 7 million Chesapeake Bay, Modern Light candles recalled for fire risk
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 7 million candles are being recalled because of concerns the cup holding the candle could melt or catch fire. The Consumer Product Safety Commission says the tea lights were sold under the Chesapeake Bay Candle and...Tags: Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Washington, DC, Consumer Confidence
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Maryland to limit female crab catch
Maryland moved Monday to reduce the commercial harvest of female blue crabs in the aftermath of a survey finding that the Chesapeake Bay's crab population hit a five-year low last winter. The Department of Natural Resources announced that it was...
Tags: Aquaculture, Seafood and Fishing Industry, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
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Chesapeake Bay's health said to be improving [Letter]
Editor: A recent Aegis editorial about the health of the Chesapeake Bay ("Stormwater fee set low in Harford the best of a bad situation," April 23) is [off base]. Certainly the job of restoring the Bay is far from finished, but the Aegis is incorrect in...Tags: Environmental Pollution, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Bodies of Water, Environmental Issues, Science and Technology
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Drop in Bay's crab population to bring new catch curbs
With a new survey finding the Chesapeake Bay's crab population at its lowest level in five years after a poor spawn last year, Maryland officials announced Friday they would move to tighten catch limits on the region's iconic crustacean. The annual...
Tags: Conservation, Aquaculture, Energy Resources, Annapolis, Martin O'Malley
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Environmentalists threaten to sue energy company
A trio of environmental groups warned Monday they would sue the operator of three coal-fired power plants in Maryland for allegedly discharging excessive amounts of nutrient pollution into Chesapeake Bay rivers and trying to mask their violations by...Tags: NRG Energy Incorporated, Metal and Mineral, Environmental Pollution, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Prince George's County
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Chesapeake Bay improving, green group says
The Chesapeake Bay's health appears to be slowly rebounding, but still has a long way to go to be considered fully recovered, according to the region's largest environmental group. The Annapolis-based Chesapeake Bay Foundation rated the estuary's...
Tags: Conservation, Environmental Pollution, Annapolis, Environmental Issues, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
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Consultants to track sources of waterway contamination
On good days, the Tiber Hudson tributary of the Patapsco is a pleasant part of the scenery in Historic Ellicott City as it flows through a stone channel by Tonge Row, beneath Tiber Alley alongside Main Street and past the B&O Railroad Museum before it...
Tags: Patapsco, Human Interest, Environmental Pollution, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Howard County
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Is the Bay Foundation ignoring the threat behind the Conowingo Dam?
Why does the Chesapeake Bay Foundation refuse to take seriously the threat posed by the Conowingo Dam's inability to hold back Susquehanna River pollution? With respect to the effect of Susquehanna River pollutants, the bay foundation has taken an...
Tags: Natural Disasters, Tropical Storm Lee (2011), Environmental Pollution, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Bodies of Water
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Storm triggers big Howard sewage spill
Sandy knocked out power to Howard County's "water reclamation" plant in Savage, causing 20 to 25 million gallons of untreated but rain-diluted human waste to spill into the Little Patuxent River, a branch of one of the Chesapeake Bay's most degraded...Tags: Patapsco, Howard County, Ken Ulman, Baltimore Gas and Electric Co.
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Large harbor floating wetland project stirs debate
If a little green might help restore Baltimore's ailing harbor, how can a lot be bad? That's the question city, state and federal officials are pondering as they weigh a local marina magnate's plan to fill an unused corner of the Inner Harbor with a large...
Tags: Aquaculture, Environmental Pollution, Politics, Seafood and Fishing Industry, Wildlife
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