25
2012
By Mike Tidwell
Imagine a teenager's very messy room. Family members plead for a clean up. Finally, for a $10 "incentive" payment, the teen straightens up, declares compliance and dashes off to the 7-11 for $10 of snacks and soda. But sadly, family members enter the room only to find mounds of dirty dishes, soiled clothes and used tissues stuffed under the bed. A con job.
Now imagine that the room in question is Virginia's historically polluted air and our over-reliance on dirty, unsustainable fossil fuels. Who's the take-the-money-and-run offender in this case? Why, it's Dominion Virginia Power.
10
2012
15
2011
By Mike Tidwell
AIDS, poverty, war – none of them will matter if the atmosphere warms by 11 degrees in a century.
7
2011
By Alan Lichtman
I have in the past criticized the Maryland state government for failing to implement its good intentions on developing alternatives to fossil fuels. The replacement of fossil fuels is essential to protecting our environment and fighting global warming.
17
2011
Our view: Latest study finds Maryland has gone too far in promoting trash incinerators as a form of renewable energy
It's less than two months into the school year, and Gov. Martin O'Malley's grades have already slipped a little. He was marked down last week to a B+ from his usual glowing environmental marks by the Maryland League of Conservation Voters, largely on one issue: his failure to slow the proliferation of waste-to-energy incinerators in the state.
14
2011
Supporters use poll to push for revived legislation
by Margie Hyslop
Buoyed by a poll that shows widespread support for offshore wind energy, some Maryland lawmakers say a deal is likely during the 2012 General Assembly session to pave the way for a wind farm off the coast of Ocean City.
“I think we’ll work this out this year, I think that average people support it — the price is not that high,” House Majority Leader Kumar P. Barve (D- Dist. 17) of Gaithersburg said Thursday.
11
2011
Industry 'at a crossroads,' Obama official says
By Timothy B. Wheeler
Gov. Martin O'Malley vowed Tuesday to renew his stymied push for building wind turbines off Maryland's Atlantic Coast but said he's not sure yet what type of government incentive he'll ask lawmakers to approve for the industry next year.
A top Obama administration official, meanwhile, told attendees at an offshore wind conference in Baltimore that their industry stands "at a crossroads," creeping closer to being ready to build the first massive turbines off the Atlantic coast but running into significant political resistance toward continuing government incentives.
21
2011
By CCAN Virginia State Director Beth Kemler and Sieraa Cluv Virginia State Director Glen Besa
While Bart Hinkle's Sept. 13 column "Renewable energy: too cheap to meter?" that quoted us contained a number of exaggerated claims, he got one thing right — when it comes to electricity, what many people care about the most is cost. What he left out is what it's costing us not to develop Virginia's renewable energy resources, especially our vast offshore wind resource.
2
2011
Commentary by Mike Tidwell
I went to the White House and got arrested last week because I don't like hurricanes -- and I really didn't like Irene. The storm knocked out power to my Takoma Park home from Sunday to Monday and it took off the top of my chimney.
26
2011
By Jefferson Morley
It is less than a mile from the new Martin Luther King memorial on the national mall to the White House. After 54 environmental protesters were arrested Friday morning in front of President Obama's residence the distance felt an inch or two shorter.