Ivan Penn

How the virus slowed the booming wind energy business

October 27, 2020 at 3:47 p.m.

Even as businesses around the world shut down this spring, executives at EDF Renewables were hopeful they would finish installing 99 wind turbines in southern Nebraska before a year-end deadline....

Its electric grid under strain, California turns to batteries

September 3, 2020 at 10:42 p.m.

Many energy experts have predicted that batteries could turn homes and businesses into mini-power plants that are able to play a critical role in the electricity system.

Senior advisor Stephen K. Bannon, left, watches as President Trump greets Elon Musk, SpaceX and Tesla CEO, at the White House in February. Musk quit the two presidential advisory councils he sat on over Trump's climate policies.

Why are so many CEOs bashing Trump over Paris accord? Money, what else?

August 22, 2019 at 4:35 a.m.

Leaders of industries haven't historically been leaders on climate change. Then why would Tim Cook, Elon Musk, Bob Iger and Jeff Immelt — a veritable who's who of Fortune magazine...

Pattern of abuse claims at NAACP kept quiet

August 22, 2019 at 10:32 p.m.

The same day in May 1999 that Kweisi Mfume abruptly announced that he would not be a candidate for mayor, an internal investigative memo was sent to top officers of...

Mfume says he was not forced out

August 22, 2019 at 10:31 p.m.

Kweisi Mfume denied yesterday that he was forced to resign as president of the NAACP amid allegations of nepotism and sexual harassment, saying someone is trying to derail his campaign...

Slots failure hurts presence at Preakness, Ehrlich says

March 29, 2019 at 9:41 p.m.

Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. fired another round of criticism at the legislative leadership yesterday for failure to pass a slot machine bill, saying the gambling revenue could have helped...

Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley and his wife, Catherine, today walk outside City Hall, where the couple denounced rumors of infidelity spread by an aide to Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.

Ehrlich counsel queries media

June 30, 2019 at 2:24 p.m.

Jervis S. Finney, chief counsel to Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., has begun questioning members of the media - including two Sun reporters - about "MD4BUSH," an anonymous contributor to...

A tearful Kweisi Mfume explains his decision to resign as NAACP president during a news conference at the group's Baltimore headquarters. He said he had no specific plans other than taking "a break" and spending time with his children. Photo by André F. Chung, Baltimore Sun

Abrupt departure leaves observers wondering ‘why’ and ‘what’s next’

August 22, 2019 at 10:28 p.m.

Kweisi Mfume's abrupt departure as head of the NAACP left some observers wondering where he will go - and whether there's more to why he left. He said yesterday that...

Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. reads "Never think you've seen the last of anything" on slots. Budget chief James C. "Chip" DePaula at left, Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele, center.

‘Living wage,’ but not slots

March 28, 2019 at 2:28 p.m.

Maryland lawmakers ended a rancorous 90-day session last night by rejecting expanded gambling for the second straight year and passing legislation that would make the state the first in the...

After 89 days in session, the House of Delegates and the state Senate must work out differences on dozens of unresolved issues today -- the last day of this year's General Assembly session.

State budget, ‘living wage’ await last-minute resolution

March 29, 2019 at 10:38 p.m.

With the legislative session in its final day today, dozens of bills remain and some risk dying if differences aren't resolved by the Senate and House of Delegates before the...

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