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February 9, 2012

Wind Is Clean But Dirty Turbines Aren't

Alex Pavlak, Baltimore Sun


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Last year, Gov. Martin O'Malley proposed to build 500 megawatts of offshore wind. The debate centered around how much this would really cost, and the proposal died. This year, the proposal is to spend a fixed amount of money by capping the amount by which Maryland electric bills can increase. The state would be saying, essentially: Give us a billion dollars so we can build some offshore wind. . .

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