WASHINGTON – A House committee voted Thursday to extend a Chesapeake Bay restoration program for five years and to create a new program aimed at renewing 1 million acres of estuary habitat nationwide

LUSBY – The chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said he has “no concerns” about safety or other issues at Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant after touring the Lusby facility Friday

WASHINGTON – Voters in half of Maryland’s congressional districts may feel a sense of deja vu this fall, after Tuesday’s primary set up November rematches of the 1998 election in four of the state’s eight districts

ROCKVILLE – Staffers formally recommended to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Friday that the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant be relicensed, making it the first plant in the nation to achieve that status

WASHINGTON – A three-judge federal appeals court panel grilled opponents of the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant relicensing Thursday, apparently skeptical of arguments that government deadlines in the review process were too tight

WASHINGTON – Businesses appear to be lining up to take manure off poultry farms and haul it into money-making operations ranging from composting to electric power generation

WASHINGTON – Farmers have known for generations that manure makes good fertilizer

WASHINGTON – The state has approved more than $2 million in grants and loans to help businesses find innovative ways to use animal waste from Maryland farms, according to a report sent to the governor this week

WASHINGTON – Nuclear Regulatory Commission staffers have recommended that the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant be relicensed for another 20 years, the next-to-last step before final approval

WASHINGTON – Virginia officials made good on their threat Friday and took Maryland to the Supreme Court over Maryland’s refusal to let Fairfax County build a new water intake pipe in the Potomac River