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Maryland Crossroads 2013: Clean Energy, NOT Cove Point!

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In recent months an environmental threat has descended upon our state that is so huge -- so negatively transformative -- that it requires an unprecedented response. Which is why we're crisscrossing Maryland on a nine-stop tour -- from the mountains to the sea, November 5th to December 3rd -- to sound the alarm. Dominion Resources is proposing a massive industrial plan to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) out of tiny Cove Point, Maryland. The plan would radically expand violent “fracking” for gas across our region. It could trigger earthquakes, sea-level rise, ozone pollution, and, potentially, massive “fireball” explosions along the Chesapeake Bay. And it's one of the worst things our state could do for global warming.

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