Baltimore Dems fight gas plant

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Baltimore Democrats blasted Gov. Robert Ehrlich on Thursday for not doing enough to combat a proposed liquid natural gas plant at the Sparrows Point shipyard in Dundalk.

Baltimore County Executive Jim Smith and Baltimore Mayor Martin O?Malley said they asked Ehrlich to place a state-owned dredge disposal facility on Hart Miller Island off-limits to the shipyard operators who support energy firm AES Corp.?s attempts to build the terminal. Ehrlich has not responded to the request, they said at a news conference within view of the proposed site.

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