Wind Dreams

Originally Published in the Frederick News-Post

By Marta Hummel Mossburg
Published on Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Bob Dylan famously sang, "The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind."

Concessions seal deal for O'Malley

Originally Published in the Daily Record

By Ben Mook
Published on Friday, December 16, 2011
After winning concessions valued at more than $1 billion — nearly twice what was originally offered — Gov. Martin O'Malley gave his blessing Thursday to the proposed sale of Baltimore-based Constellation Energy Group Inc. to Exelon Corp. 

Annapolis Report 2011

By Gabriel J. Michael
Published on Wednesday, November 09, 2011
Unlike legislative report cards, The Annapolis Report is not dominated by a single issue, nor does it evaluate the performance of individual legislators. Rather, it considers the actions of Maryland’s General Assembly as a whole. The bulk of the report is made up of brief yet cogent analyses of selected legislation. Its goal is to act as an issue guide for Maryland’s citizens, taxpayers, and residents, by explaining policy and grouping related legislation together.  

PlanMaryland: O'Malley tries to tell us where to live

Originally Published in the Baltimore Sun

By Marta Hummel Mossburg
Published on Wednesday, November 09, 2011
Marta Mossburg says Gov. O'Malley's program withholds counties' money if they don't follow his vision of appropriate growth.

Science in Flux

Originally Published in the Frederick News-Post

By Marta Hummel Mossburg
Published on Wednesday, October 12, 2011
It turns out we don't know as much as we think we do. Tribune Newspapers recently reported that antioxidants may not promote health. This should be big news because food and nutrition products with the compounds thought to neutralize free radicals, associated with cancer and other illnesses, are big business.

Green Jobs Myth

Originally Published in the Frederick News-Post

By Marta Hummel Mossburg
Published on Wednesday, October 05, 2011
Green jobs are supposed to be one of the pillars of Maryland's future economy. Twenty percent of the state's energy is supposed to come from renewable sources by 2020, including 2 percent from solar energy.

Hanke: Mandel panel could've nixed offshore wind

Originally Appeared on the Baltimore Sun Weblog

By Jay Hancock, Baltimore Sun Staff
Published on Thursday, March 31, 2011
I knew Steve Hanke, professor of applied economics at Johns Hopkins, was on staff at (Republican) President Reagan's Council of Economic Advisors in the early 1980s. What I didn't know is that he was part of a similar CEA under (Democrat) Gov. Marvin Mandel in the 1970s. It was "an analytical shop," Hanke recalls, designed to analyze policy and forecast revenue through an economic filter.

Wind Games

Originally Published in the Frederick News-Post

By Marta Hummel Mossburg
Published on Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Americans love big cars, air conditioning, and running lights and televisions when not in the same room.

More buying power from 3rd parties

Originally published in the Daily Record

By Ben Mook | Daily Record
Published on Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Nearly one in five Baltimore Gas &: Electric Co. customers is buying power from a third party, according to Maryland's largest electric utility.

Homegrown power

Originally published in the Daily Record

By Ben Mook | Daily Record Business Writer
Published on Thursday, September 30, 2010
EASTON — While Maryland’s major energy providers are being pilloried by politicians, regulators and consumers for high rates and poor service, five cities throughout the state are operating their own power companies just as some have for more than a century.