U.S. attorney asked to stop LNG project
Opponents lawyer says facility would violate U.S.-Beth Steel cleanup agreement of 1998 Saying that construction of a liquefied natural gas facility at Sparrows Point would violate an agreement that requires the former Bethlehem Steel shipyard to be cleaned up, a lawyer for Baltimore County residents opposed to the LNG terminal is asking the U.S. attorney to stop the project.
After year, investigation into city finanaces remains hush-hush
A year ago this week, Bibb County District Attorney Howard Simms announced that after three grand juries and more than $400,000 spent examining city of Macon finances, he was turning over his inquiry to the U.S. Attorneys Office. Nearly 52 weeks later, no one has been indicted.
U.S. Attorney Asked to Stop LNG Project: Opponents Lawyer Says Facility Would Violate U.S.-Beth Steel Cleanup
By Laura Barnhardt, The Baltimore Sun Jul.
DA Battled Union Troops, Confronted Lynch Mob, Helped Found Glendale
Cameron E. Thom is the “odd” Los Angeles district attorney of long-ago to be profiled today in what appears, so far, to be a series on odd DAs. He was “odd” in the numeric sense of having been the fifth district attorney for the county; I’ve previously looked at the first and third to hold that office, and next week will spotlight the seventh .
Marylands top court rules against effort to oust utility regulators
Embattled members of the Maryland Public Service Commission will keep their jobs for now.
AmeriScan: July 12, 2006
SAN BERNARDINO, California , July 15, 2006 (ENS) - At least 2,900 firefighters are battling a giant 60,000 acre fire in central California near the Western movie town of Pioneertown.
Utilities’ credit ratings dropped
A New York credit agency cited Maryland’s political turmoil and ‘‘uncertain regulatory environment” this week when it downgraded the long-term credit ratings of three regional utility companies, the latest shoe to drop from the ongoing debate over an electricity rate hike in the Baltimore area.
VCs have voice on stem cell panel
Linda Powers has high hopes for Maryland’s new Stem Cell Research Commission.
Alabama-Coushatta Tribe Lawsuit
ALABAMA-COUSHATTA TRIBE OF TEXAS, Plaintiff. VS. JACK ABRAMOFF, MICHAEL SCANLON JON VAN HORNE, NEIL VOLZ and RALPH REED, Defendants.
Pollution settlement announced
Allegheny Energy signed contracts Thursday for the installation of $550-million sulfur dioxide-reducing scrubbers at its Hatfields Ferry Power Station in Monongahela Township resolving a lawsuit that environmental groups filed over alleged air pollution violations.