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New parking lots, stores are key to containing fly ash, experts say
- The best way to contain the spread of coal fly ash in the Gambrills area is the same thing that many local residents despise — development, water officials said.
Anne Arundel could extend ban on coal fly ash dumping
- Anne Arundel wants to extend a ban on depositing coal fly ash in the county, but the state must be more aggressive in protecting people from possible contamination and its carcinogenic effects, said County Executive John R. Leopold.
Anne Arundel exec calls for longer coal fly ash ban
- Anne Arundel County Executive John R. Leopold wants to extend by one year the ban on dumping coal fly ash, a material that has contaminated wells and sparked political controversy.
Officials want fly ash regulations
- Rep. John Sarbanes is calling for tougher federal laws on coal fly ash to prevent pollution that has lead to drinking water contaminated with cancer-causing metals.
Leopold blasts O’Malley’s veto of fly ash probe reimbursement
- Anne Arundel County Executive John R. Leopold is calling Gov. Martin O’Malley’s veto of a bill repaying the county for helping out in a landmark coal fly ash investigation an “offensive and irresponsible anti-environment action.”
Anne Arundel: state should pay for fly ash probe
- Anne Arundel lawmakers grilled the state’s top environmental official, who said her agency would not repay the county for collecting vital data in the Gambrills coal fly ash case.
MDE to hold public forum on fly ash
- Maryland Department of the Environment officials will be in Gambrills next week to answer questions about new laws regulating coal fly ash.
Residents push for tougher fly ash laws
- Anne Arundel residents and officials want the new laws on the dumping of coal fly ash to be tougher on pollution controls and allow more public awareness of fly ash issues.
Environmentalists find coal fly ash in Gambrills air
- Coal fly ash dumped into pits in Gambrills has contaminated nearby water supplies and the air as well.
Fly ash in dust on Gambrills homes
- A Baltimore environmental group has found fly ash in dust sample collected off of homes in Gambrills.
