NEWS
November 17, 2009
Carbon monoxide poisoning killed three members of the Wiley family in July 2005 after the colorless, odorless gas built up to astronomical levels in their Eastern Baltimore County rental home in the Cove Village complex, apparently as a result of faulty installation of the unit's furnace or other appliances. It's not so surprising, then, that immediately after Cove Village management installed carbon monoxide detectors in all the other homes in the complex that firefighters got a string of false alarms from nervous residents.
NEWS
By Robert Little and Nick Madigan | November 15, 2009
More than four years after Norman Wiley and his two stepdaughters died of carbon monoxide poisoning in their Cove Village townhouse, life in the hard-edged Essex complex is still haunted by the deadly, invisible gas. The carbon monoxide alarms continue, despite scores of inspections and repairs aimed at eradicating the deadly threat. Since the Wiley family deaths in July 2005, emergency crews have responded to more than 180 carbon monoxide-related calls in Cove Village, according to county records, earning the 299-home rental community a dubious reputation among firefighters and building code enforcers.
NEWS
November 11, 2009
Carbon monoxide detected at troubled townhouse complex 2 Baltimore county firefighters detected dangerous carbon monoxide levels late Monday in a unit at Cove Village Townhomes, a community that has been beset by carbon monoxide leaks. It was the 31st call this year from Cove Village about carbon monoxide. Elise Armacost, a Fire Department spokeswoman, said firefighters detected levels of 40 parts per million in the home. The department recommends evacuation at levels of 100 ppm, and considers it a "medical alert" at 35 ppm. The latest alert came when a mother of two called authorities to say that her carbon monoxide detector had gone off while she was cooking and that she felt ill. The 299-unit complex owned by Sawyer Realty Holdings has a history of carbon monoxide problems.
NEWS
By Meredith Cohn | August 23, 2009
There's no reason to leave your environmental ethic behind when you go to the beach. There are simple ways to take care of the sand and surf that don't require a lot of work. If you need some help thinking about what you can do before you go, while you're there and when you're heading out, here are some suggestions: Find eco-friendly accommodations. : Green hotels and B&Bs will do things such as recycle, collect rainwater, use low-flow toilets and alternative energy and use recycled materials in their decorations and uniforms.
NEWS
By David Lightman and Renee Schoof | June 1, 2009
WASHINGTON - -Congress will return Monday ready to engage in a historic debate on whether the country should shift to cleaner and more efficient use of energy and reduce the heat-trapping gases building up in the atmosphere. Before leaving for Memorial Day, the House Energy and Commerce Committee approved a bill that would set the country's first mandatory limits on greenhouse gases, promote renewable energy and increase the efficiency of buildings, appliances and vehicles. The bill now will be considered by other committees and should reach the floor of the House of Representatives for a vote this summer.
NEWS
May 13, 2009
Increase human services staff now The staffing crisis at human services offices is urgent. Food stamps and other benefits that people need for survival are being delayed weeks and weeks, or are being erroneously denied. Applicants are required to produce the same documentation over and over because it gets lost. Economists say it will be at least a year before employment levels recover; we need to provide these benefits in a timely and dignified manner. Governor O'Malley should demand that DHR staff up to meet the increased volume of work.
NEWS
By Frederick N. Rasmussen | May 9, 2009
Jennis Roy Galloway, a retired Union Carbide Corp. executive and decorated World War II veteran, died of cancer May 1 at Mandrin Hospice House in Harwood. He was 94. Mr. Galloway was born in Baltimore and raised on Lyndhurst Avenue. He was a 1932 graduate of Forest Park High School. After earning a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the Johns Hopkins University in 1937, he went to work for National Carbon Co., a division of Union Carbide. Mr. Galloway was sent to the Dutch East Indies, where he was plant manager of the company's Eveready battery plant in Batavia.
NEWS
May 3, 2009
There are three things Marylanders should know about global climate change: 1) The threat is real. 2) Time is of the essence. 3) We can do something about it. It will be important to keep those core principles in mind this month as the House Energy and Commerce Committee begins marking up the American Clean Energy and Security Act, legislation that could finally commit the nation to an energy strategy that will address global warming. That's because the debate in Congress is likely to devolve into something depressingly familiar, a mindless partisan squabble over taxes versus green jobs.
NEWS
By Mike Tidwell and Michael Noble | April 26, 2009
Now that the president and most Americans want national action on global warming, how do we pick the best legislation for reducing carbon pollution? There are three critical tests. First, is the climate policy simple? Second, is it fair? And third, is it built to last? Congress needs to adopt a statutory "cap" on greenhouse gas pollution as soon as possible. Let's agree that the nation's total carbon pollution will peak in 2012 and then get smaller each year - by law - until it's drastically reduced by 2020 and almost gone by 2050.
NEWS
October 22, 2008
One disappointment in a presidential race seemingly lowering the bar of expectations by the day is the lack of conversation about climate change. Even with the financial crisis and the war in Iraq, there are few more pressing issues, not only because of how disastrous global warming will be for the nation's - and world's - economy, health, security and environment but also because we're running out of time to do much about it. Fortunately, whichever candidate...