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Beyond Coal: MD should shut down six obsolete coal plants

By Corey Johns. It is time for Maryland to move on from coal power. Maryland currently has six coal-fired power plants in operation. In the state legislature, there is a bi-partisan effort to gradually close all of them to move to clean and renewable energy production. Republican Senator Chris West has sponsored SB 887 in the Senate. House Environment and Transportation Chairman Kumar Barve, a … Continue reading Beyond Coal: MD should shut down six obsolete coal plants

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Our County Parks Deserve Respect—And Patrolling

by Corey Johns. Saturday, April 13, was my birthday and the way I choose to celebrate was by having my friends help with a park cleanup at Cox’s Point Park in Essex. For a few hours my friends and I picked up potato chip bags, cigarette butts, plastic wrappers, soda bottle caps, plastic straws, aluminum cans, plastic bottles – you name it, we picked it … Continue reading Our County Parks Deserve Respect—And Patrolling

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Momentum for a Green New Deal Grows in Baltimore County

By Sonia Shah Community leaders and activists from a growing range of local grassroots groups, including Indivisible Towson, Indivisible Baltimore, Sunrise Baltimore, and the Baltimore County Progressive Democrats Club, are launching new efforts to encourage their representatives in Washington, DC to support the resolution for a Green New Deal, recently introduced by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ed Markey. These efforts to date include coordinated … Continue reading Momentum for a Green New Deal Grows in Baltimore County

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