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May 21, 2019
2 min

No Means No!

Governor Hogan will now face an act of aggression from savvy gas and oil legal teams. The negativity that accompanies eminent domain land gr

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Engage Mountain Maryland

Jan 2, 2019
3 min

Hogan Rejects Potomac Pipeline

Columbia Gas, which is owned by TransCanada, requires “right-of-way” easement to be approved by the Board. Without it, TransCanada cannot bu

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Engage Mountain Maryland

Dec 13, 2018
17 min

Citizens Address County Delegation

Issues addressed included the economy and taxes, minimum wage, paid sick leave, fair scheduling, liquor laws, shoreline erosion, Wolf Den Ru

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Engage Mountain Maryland

Jul 26, 2018
5 min

Voting For Garrett County's Future.

Garrett County's previous Comprehensive Plan included hydraulic fracturing as part of their economic development strategy. With a ban in

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Is "Fracking Ocean City?" the Next Documentary?

Michael Wicklein | Eric Robison

Mar 19, 2017
7 min

Is "Fracking Ocean City?" the Next Documentary?

The primary and almost exclusive focus of the fracking debate has been centered on Garrett County, which is where we focused our attention i

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Engage Mountain Maryland

Mar 17, 2017
2 min

VAGUE PROMISES FOR A BAN

EHEA heard nearly seven hours of testimony over the ban bill on March 28. Since then growing tensions over which bill will emerge the victor

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AMP Creeks Council

Mar 16, 2017
3 min

Permits Under False Pretenses

Dominion has a documented pattern of lying to or misleading various agencies in their application processes. Many members of the public mist

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Jim Long

Mar 7, 2017
1 min

Fracking My Maryland

In addition to the Appalachian fields, which includes the Marcellus shale in Western Maryland, other shale fields are throughout our state,

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Engage Mountain Maryland

Mar 6, 2017
4 min

Fracking Sales Job

As the fracking campaigns ramps up, be careful what you read and always look for the source of information, or who is funding it. Google the

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Mike Wicklein, Baltimore

Mar 5, 2017
3 min

Who Will Be Collateral Damage?

In the last comparable general election in 2014 approximately 9,000 votes were cast by just under 50% of the registered voters in Garrett Co

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Engage Mountain Maryland

Mar 1, 2017
3 min

Senator Ron Young Asks for Ban Only

"It is not safe. It has not been done safely in any state in this country," Zirkin continues to explain. He follows with study aft

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Letter To The Editor

Feb 27, 2017
2 min

Presence in the Public Square

It’s time that the people be given a voice and presence in the public square instead of feeling that they have little control over continued

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Bradford K. Ely | Oakland, MD-Ellicott City,MD

Feb 27, 2017
2 min

Fibs About Fracking

She said that she thought that 100% percent of the people in Garrett County were in favor of fracking. Not 55%, or 75%, but 100% percent of

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Keith Schrum | Cynthia S. Murphy

Feb 25, 2017
3 min

Wanting a Frack-Free Home

We are quite sure that there are many others who share our values, public health concerns, and concern for the environment who would also be

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Engage Mountain Maryland

Feb 25, 2017
4 min

2017 Bills to Watch

Select the bill number to link to the Maryland Government website for up-to-date information. Then, select the "Documents" tab to

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Matia Vanderbilt

Feb 24, 2017
2 min

Don't Forget "One Maryland!"

Not only does he not represent the majority of Western Marylanders who want to keep fracking out of their state, but he seems to contradict

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Why is Conway afraid of her constituents?

Mike Wicklein, Baltimore

Feb 24, 2017
2 min

Why is Conway afraid of her constituents?

In a recent poll, over 70 percent of Baltimore voters said they want to ban fracking. Every statewide poll has the margin at about 2 to 1 ag

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Barbara Hurd

Feb 19, 2017
2 min

How Un-Neighborly!

If that bill passes and we face a referendum, maybe we’ll decide to go ahead and approve fracking here. But if so, we need to do it with ful

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Engage Mountain Maryland

Feb 12, 2017
2 min

Fracking Ban Endorsement

With all these failings, and a lack of state examination, Maryland would be negligent to allow fracking to occur. States like Pennsylvania,

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Michael Wicklein

Jan 13, 2017
2 min

Tug of War

When Beitzel testified to the ALER Committee on December 20, he did not say how much closer he thought was appropriate…1,000’, 500’, 250’? B

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