WASHINGTON- Lusby’s natural gas import terminal is a victim of the boom in domestic production, and the industry’s political and economic uncertainties are endangering its owner’s efforts to rebound by adding export capabilities to the facility to take advantage of the plant’s vicinity to the Marcellus Shale gas field

WASHINGTON – Support for legislation to restrict the use of great apes in medical research is building on the heels of a report by the nonprofit Institute of Medicine which concluded that the use of chimpanzees is unnecessary in most circumstances

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration’s tightening of pollution regulations for new coal-fired power plants Tuesday is a step in the right direction, Maryland politicians and environmentalists said, but some said it doesn’t go far enough

WASHINGTON – Dave Oberholzer’s wife and kids weren’t happy when Baltimore Gas and Electric turned off the air conditioner for their Brookeville home on July 22, 2011 — a day when Washington’s heat index hit 119 degrees

WASHINGTON – Cumbersome EPA mandates are driving up costs as municipalities and providers struggle to maintain and upgrade Maryland’s water infrastructure, Baltimore’s mayor and the state’s chief water utility officer told the Senate Tuesday

WASHINGTON – In an effort to fight what Sen

WASHINGTON – The nation’s finances top the list of concerns for 2nd Congressional District Republicans, but they’ll need to attend to their own bottom lines in order to defeat well-funded Democratic Rep

WASHINGTON – Struggling Maryland homeowners will receive almost $1 billion in financial compensation from five big banks as part of a national foreclosure settlement, Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler said Thursday

WASHINGTON – The director of the Oscar-nominated, environmentalist documentary “Gasland” was arrested Wednesday for filming a hearing on fracking, a natural gas extraction technique, led by Maryland Republican Rep

WASHINGTON – Rock Creek Park officials are waiting for National Park Service approval of a plan that allows to them employ sharpshooters to reduce the deer population in the Washington section of the park, as is done in Montgomery County