Maryland

Maryland Is Making It Cheaper To Store Electricity

April 15, 2017 Samantha Page, www.thinkprogress.org Create! Electricity, Maryland

By Samantha Page for Think Progress - Maryland legislators this week took a step towards modernizing their state’s electricity grid by passing a bill which will encourage businesses and homeowners to invest in battery storage. The bill, which passed unanimously in the state senate and by a vote of 101–11 in the house of delegates, provides a 30 percent tax rebate on battery storage systems for homes and businesses. “Energy storage can be a game changer for transforming Maryland’s power sector into one that is cleaner, lower cost, and more reliable,” James McGarry, Maryland policy director for the Chesapeake Climate Action Network, said in a statement emailed to ThinkProgress. “By providing incentives for energy storage, [this bill] will help to move Maryland toward a clean energy future — providing myriad benefits to consumers, our economy, and our environment.” The bill is just the latest in a series of environmental moves from the state legislature, which passed a fracking ban last week and successfully overturned a gubernatorial veto in order to increase the amount of electricity that comes from renewables energy earlier this year.

Fracking Banned In Maryland

March 28, 2017 John Zangas, www.dcmediagroup.us Create! Ban, Fracking, Maryland

By John Zangas for DC Media Group - Annapolis, MD–The Maryland Senate voted 35-10 for a state-wide fracking ban late Monday. The state legislation marks a turning point against oil and gas industry plans to build fracking wells and feeder pipelines across Maryland. The vote came ten days after Republican Governor Larry Hogan came out opposed to the fossil energy extraction process. The Maryland Legislature had enacted a three-year moratorium on fracking in 2014. But tonight’s vote enshrined the ban as a permanent major environmental victory. Maryland is the first state to legislatively ban the process. It joins New York which banned fracking by executive order in 2015, and Vermont which banned it in 2012.

23 Arrested Outside Gov. McAuliffe’s Mansion During Protest

October 8, 2016 Ali Rockett, www.richmond.com Resist! Maryland, Pipelines, Protests

By Ali Rockett for Richmond Times-Dispatch - Twenty-three people were arrested Wednesday for trespassing in front of the Executive Mansion following a peaceful, three-day protest urging Gov. Terry McAuliffe to reject a pair of proposed fracked-gas pipelines, require power companies to clean up or move coal ash ponds before closing them and pass measures to prevent rising sea levels.

From Maryland To New York, Kayaktivists Protest Fossil Fuels

September 19, 2016 Staff, www.wearecovepoint.org Resist! Athletes, Fossil Fuels, Maryland, New York (NY), Protests

By Staff of We Are Cove Point - Verplanck, NY, and Annapolis, MD – Saturday afternoon, as Spectra Energy prepared to drag its 42-inch diameter, high pressure, fracked-methane gas pipeline under the Hudson River adjacent to Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant, activists boated out on the Hudson to the pipeline site to protest the pipeline project. Spectra Energy’s proposed Algonquin Incremental Market (AIM) pipeline would bring fracked gas from Pennsylvania to New England, despite a report from the Massachusetts Attorney General that shows no need for this gas.

Western Maryland Town Poised To Get Into Medical Marijuana Business

August 18, 2016 Pamela Wood, www.baltimoresun.com Create! Marijuana, Maryland, Medical Marijuana

By Pamela Wood for The Baltimore Sun - The small Western Maryland town of Hancock — population 1,545 — is poised to be a part-owner of a medical marijuana company after winning a license to grow cannabis plants this week. The town is in a unique partnership with an Arizona company that plans to grow cannabis in a town-owned warehouse and share profits with the Washington County town. After Hancock suffered an exodus of about 1,000 jobs over the past two decades, the cannabis industry could spark an economic turnaround for the town and surrounding communities, said Mayor Daniel Murphy.

Challenging Feds’ Approval Of Cove Point Gas Export Facility

April 20, 2016 Kelly Trout, www.chesapeakeclimate.org Resist! Environment, Gas export, Maryland

By Kelly Trout for CCAN - WASHINGTON, D.C.—Environmental groups faced off with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals today, arguing that the agency illegally overlooked significant pollution and human safety risks in approving a massive liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal along the Chesapeake Bay in southern Maryland. The $3.8 billion Cove Point facility was approved in October 2014 and is currently under construction by Cove Point LNG, LP, a subsidiary of Dominion Resources.

Maryland First State To Ban Bee-Killing Pesticides For Consumer Use

March 29, 2016 Lorraine Chow, www.ecowatch.com Create! Bees, Environment, Legislation, Maryland

By Lorraine Chow for Eco Watch - Neonicotinoids are a potent class of pesticides used on many crops in the U.S. that have been linked to the widespread decline of pollinator species. As EcoWatch mentioned previously, 29 independent scientists conducted a global review of 1,121 independent studies and found overwhelming evidence of pesticides linked to bee declines. Republican Gov. Larry Hogan is poised to sign a combined set of bills passed in both the state’s upper and lower chambers (SB 198 and HB 211), the The Washington Post reported.

“Paddle On The Patuxent” Links Dominion With Disaster

March 14, 2016 Anne Meador, www.dcmediagroup.us Resist! Activism, Dominion, Maryland

By Anne Meador for DC Media Group - A small flotilla of activists in kayaks launched into the Patuxent River at Solomons, MD on March 13 in a demonstration of support for locals battling a liquefied natural gas facility under construction in their residential neighborhood. From the Thomas Johnson Bridge, 21 kayakers paddled by the pier where barges have delivered massive cargoes too big to transport to the Dominion Cove Point terminal over land. As they proceeded down the river’s broad, shallow channel toward the Chesapeake Bay, a police boat shadowed their movements.

Marylanders Travel Across State To Advocate For Free Speech

February 11, 2016 Chip Gibbons, www.bordc.org Resist! BDS, Freedom of Speech, Israel, Maryland, Palestine

By Chip Gibbons of Bill of Rights Defense Committee. On Monday February 8, 2016, as the evening session commenced for the Maryland House of Delegates, it began with Delegates making announcements and welcoming special guests. Part way through this, Del. Jill Carter asked the gathered legislators to welcome “activists from across the state […] with Freedom2Boycott.” About 35 free speech activists stood up in the gallery and waved. Freedom2Boycott is “a coalition of groups and individuals advocating for free speech rights in the State of Maryland in support of boycotts, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) that promote social justice in Israel/Palestine.”

Pennsylvania Fracking Water Contamination Higher Than Reported

February 7, 2016 Laurel Peltier, www.baltimorefishbowl.com Educate! Fracking, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Water Pollution

By Laurel Peltier for Baltimore Fishbowl. Contrary to the EPA fracking study’s conclusion, the prevalence of drinking water contamination appears to be much higher than previously reported. Accurate drinking water complaint data is vital to know as Maryland drafts new fracking regulations to potentially welcome the natural gas industry into Western Maryland in 2017. Joshua Pribanic, Public Herald’s Editor-in-Chief adds, “At this point, there is no way to find out what happened with thousands of fracking water complaints except to go door-to-door and ask what happened with a complainant’s drinking water. In many cases you’ll find rooms stuffed with bottled water. Or, you’ll find in the basement an industry-supplied reverse osmosis system or a methane mitigation system. The true extent of water contamination has been concealed.

Maryland Considers Public Health Approach To All Drugs

February 6, 2016 Staff, www.drugpolicy.org Create! Maryland, Public Health

By Staff of Drug Policy Alliance - As deaths from drug overdoses increase nationwide, Maryland Delegate Dan Morhaim, M.D. - also a practicing physician who has been treating patients in emergency and internal medicine for more than 30 years - will introduce four bills to transform drug policy in the state. This groundbreaking legislative package aims to reduce the harms associated with substance abuse disorders, including rates of addiction, deadly overdose, the spread of infectious disease, crime, costs to the general public, and incarceration rates.

Calvert County Stop Intimidating Activists

February 4, 2016 Staff, www.actionnetwork.org Resist! Environment, Fracking, Maryland, Protesters

By Staff of Action Network - Earlier this year, Carling Sothoron and Heather Doyle climbed and hung a banner from a crane at the construction site for Dominion Resources's fracked gas export facility near Cove Point, Maryland. During the extraction and arrest, both Carling and Heather, who are expert climbers, experienced an unsafe extraction by the Calvert County Sheriff's Office and Heather was assaulted during her arrest. After the court proceedings for their action Heather filed an official complaint about their treatment. Instead of holding its officers accountable, Calvert County is now prosecuting Heather for “making false statements to an officer”.

Maryland Cop Who Put Gun To Man’s Head Gets 5 Years

January 9, 2016 Staff, www.fox5dc.com Resist! Maryland, police brutality

By Staff of FOX 5 - BOWIE, Md. - The Prince George's County Police officer who held a gun to a man’s head and mouth during a stop was sentenced to five years in prison. Jenchesky Santiago was sentenced Friday. The incident was captured on cell phone video back in May of 2014 in Bowie and happened while the man was being dropped off at his own home. Prosecutors say Santiago accused the victim of parking illegally even though he had not.

MD Officer Convicted For Putting Gun To Black Man’s Head

December 4, 2015 Taryn Finley, www.huffingtonpost.com Resist! Maryland, police brutality

By Taryn Finley for Huffington Post - Prince George's County Police Department in Maryland posted a video on its blog Wednesday, after an officer was convicted of assault for pinning his gun to a man's head. The officer, Jenchesky Santiago, was found guilty of first and second-degree assault, misconduct in office and the use of a firearm in the commission of a crime of violence. In May of 2014, Santiago approached William Cunningham, who was sitting in a car parked in front of his cousin's house with his cousin in the driver's seat. Santiago told them that they had parked there illegally. Cunningham later testified in court for an investigation into Santiago's actions that they had parked in that location on earlier occasions.

Maryland Students Share Photos Of Moldy, Under-Cooked Meals

September 16, 2015 Daily Mail, www.dailymail.co.uk Resist! Children, Education, Food and Agriculture, health, Maryland

By Daily Mail - Outraged students have taken to social media to complain about moldy and under-cooked food shared alongside pictures of stomach-churning meals allegedly served by a Maryland school district. Students at Prince George's County Public Schools posted images of half-pink meat patties, sandwiches that had buns containing mold, expired drinks and hollowed out chicken nuggets on Twitter. But the students said the horrid images of the food items are nothing new to their lunch trays, according to FOX 5. 'Criminals are getting better food than we are,' Tamera Perry, a senior student at Friendly High School in Fort Washington, told FOX 5. 'You're giving us something that's not healthy, that can possible cause us to die and it's just unacceptable.'

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