Maryland

More than 1,000 NOAA scientists protest layoffs in Colorado

On Monday, over 1,000 protesters gathered in Boulder, Colorado to protest the Trump administration's decision to lay off what two employees claimed was upwards of 10% of the scientists at that agency. Former U.S. David Skaggs is a Colorado Democrat who was elected to Congress in 1996. The NOAA building at Boulder bears his name. He told the crowd that he expected 100 people, but the police estimated the number to be over 1,000. Skaggs stated that the much larger turnout was a reflection of the anxiety Americans feel as the Trump administration restructures the federal bureaucracy, cutting costs and

Environment

Debby's remnants spread out heavy rain to mid-Atlantic, New England

South Carolina braces for deluge as Hurricane Debby makes landfall

Hurricane Debby made landfall northeast of Charleston early on Thursday and was forecast to discard a lot more rain on the South Carolina coast, prompting worries of flash flooding in areas already soaked by the slowmoving weather system. The storm, that made its 2nd landfall after striking Florida on Monday, could dispose 9 inches (23 cm) of rain in parts of eastern South Carolina, forecasters stated, with overall amounts in some spots hitting more than 25 inches because Debby started lashing the southeastern United States on Monday. An apparent tornado, generated from Debby's winds, tore through eastern North Carolina and

Environment

Heat wave swelters United States East Coast as harmful temperatures expand to West

Williams looks for to put more of United States gas project into service

U.S. energy business Williams sought permission from a federal energy regulator on Friday to put more of the Regional Energy Gain access to natural gas job already under construction into service by July 1. Williams designed Regional Energy Access to help meet rising gas demand and ease supply restraints impacting consumers in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland. The business said the task, among the greatest under building and construction in the U.S. Northeast, will supply sufficient gas to serve 4.4 million homes annually. Natural gas is used to heat homes and services, for cooking and in industrial plants. The company

Renewable Energy Equipment

Maryland sets course for overseas wind energy expansion with new legislation

Maryland Guv Wes Moore signed a. bill aimed at reviewing and potentially modifying existing. offshore wind job strategies, setting the stage for the state's. objective of attaining 8,500 megawatts of offshore wind energy. capacity by 2031. The expense signed on May 9 will empower the Maryland Public. Service Commission (PSC) to open procedures to assess. offshore wind projects, consisting of overseas wind renewable resource. credit (OREC) prices. The costs, which assists in the increase of the maximum. amount of ORECs sold under certain conditions, will work. from June 1 when the PSC will open a modified round 2 offshore. wind

NTSB inspects key components of ship that struck Maryland Bridge