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PATH Contractor Investigated for Defrauding Taxpayers
A New Jersey construction firm that exploited its close ties to the Cheney-Bush Administration to win massive war contracts is under investigation by the Justice Department for over-billing taxpayers for work in Afghanistan and Iraq. The company, the Louis Berger … Continue reading
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Economist Howley Challenges National Security Agency’s Environmental Impact Statement
AKA “No Such Agency,” the super-secret NSA cultivates carefully its image as the “smartest guys in the room” — code-breakers, linguists, computer programmers, Internet snoopers and so on. But the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the NSA expansion at … Continue reading
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Links to More Information on PATH
Maryland Public Service Commission (Case 9223) The Power Line: The View from Calhoun County Maryland Sierra Club: Transmission Transmission Lines Citizens Against Kemptown Electric Substation PATH LLC Piedmont Environmental Council Opposition to Coal-by-Wire Transmission Stop PATH WV Sierra Club West … Continue reading
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Federal Law Requires a Full EIS for PATH
The Potomac-Appalachian Transmission Highline (PATH) will run for over 270 miles from the John E. Amos coal-fired power plant in West Virginia to a massive new transformer substation in Mt. Airy, Maryland. The path of PATH cuts across National Forest … Continue reading
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O’Malley Joins East Coast Governors to Challenge Transmission Bailout
Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley joined a bipartisan group of governors from ten other states in a letter opposing a Congressional plan to subsidize unnecessary new high-voltage power lines that would span the nation. (This follows an earlier joint effort to accelerate … Continue reading
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Montgomery County Delegation Urged to Challenge “Coal-by-Wire” Transmission
Montgomery County has led years of efforts to make Maryland a leader among states in combatting human-caused global over-heating. The County’s delegation to Annapolis holds its annual “Priorities Hearing” in Rockville this evening. Maryland Energy Report submitted a statement urging … Continue reading
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Transmission Update
Project Mountaineer is the scheme blessed by the Cheney Administration to build massive, high-voltage power lines to ship dirty, coal-fired power from the Ohio Valley to the East Coast. Attention today is focused on one leg: the Potomac Appalachian Transmission … Continue reading
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The Pollution of PATH
Reminder: Air pollution is not just a technical issue. Or an aesthetic one. Air quality is regulated because pollution kills people. Ozone and fine particulates attack the lungs, contributing to disease and premature deaths. Greenhouse gases raise global temperatures and … Continue reading
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AEP Strains Trust of Marylanders
American Electric Power and its “little brother” Allegheny Energy want the Maryland Public Service Commission to grant permission for the construction of PATH. (Action is suspended because the PSC told them they didn’t fill out the application properly.) Meanwhile, the … Continue reading
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Questions Raised About PATH’s Impact on Maryland
Mike Morris, the CEO of American Electric Power, would like people to think that PATH is a done deal. He’s even suggesting that to investors. The federal government does not approve transmission lines (unless they are entirely on federal land.) … Continue reading
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