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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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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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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