Some Southern Maryland Workers Already Have ‘Green’ Jobs

Expansion called key to economic recovery in nation Green’s all the rage. President Barack Obama has pushed for “green technology,” “green energy” and “green” jobs as part of an economic stimulus package. But what exactly is a “green” job? There are many such positions right here in Southern Maryland: Heating and air-conditioning technicians who install […]

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Billboard on Wheels Promotes Energy Savings for Homeowners

What’s more than 40’ long, brown and green, and rolls along the highways of Southern Maryland offering consumers a chance to save up to 70% on their heating and cooling bills? The answer is a Dillon motorcoach that’s been transformed into a huge rolling billboard. For the past couple weeks, motorists stretching from Charles County […]

Warming to tax credits

Increasing numbers of homeowners are tapping into programs that reward green products Faced with replacing a 35-year old oil furnace in their Ellicott City home, Baltimore Symphony musicians Robert Barney and his wife, Julie Parcells, decided on a geothermal heating and cooling system with a hefty price tag of $30,000. But between tax credits from […]

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The Baltimore Sun

Living in Towson for six years, Debi Jarrell felt claustrophobic. She missed the open country of northwest Baltimore County where she was raised. The decision to move back to the small town of Trenton near Upperco would soon set her and domestic partner, Tim Hopkins, on a life-altering adventure into the realm of “green” construction […]