Week of December 10, 2007

News From Across the USM Campuses

Amid snowfall, students call for action on global warming (by Kelsey Volkmann, The Examiner, 12/6/07)

State of Maryland News

Gansler: Chesapeake Bay in 'crisis' (By Luke Broadwater, The Examiner, 12/10/07)

Troubled tributary: Runoff, growth turn the Choptank into Md.'s second-most polluted river By Rona Kobell, Baltimore Sun Reporter, 12/9/07)         

Bay at a ‘crossroads,' regional leaders say Environmental summit fears help is overdue and more harm is on the way (By Sean R. Sedam for Gazette.net, 12/7/07)

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Draft Report Suggests Cutting Emissions by 90% by 2050 (By David Fahrenthold, Washington Post, 12/5/07)

Drastic action on warming: Governor's panel urges that Md. take steps to slash pollution 90% (By Tom Pelton, Sun Reporter, The Baltimore Sun, 12/5/07)

National News

Colleges Strain to Reach Climate Friendly Future (By Richarf Monastersky, The Chronicle of Higher Education, from the issue dated 12/14/07) Article available to non-subscribers through 12/14/07

The Nobel Lecture given by The Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2007, Al Gore (Oslo, Norway, 12/10/07)

In Bali, developing nations push for climate aid (By Peter N. Spotts, Christian Science Monitor, 12/7/07)

Severe Storms Becoming More Frequent (By Frank D. Roylance, Sun Reporter, The Baltimore Sun, 12/5/07)

Thunder, Hail, Fire: What Does Climate Change Mean for the U.S.? (By David Biello, Scientific American, 12/5/07)

A dirty climate solution (By Steven I. Apfelbaum and John Kimble, The Baltimore Sun, Op-Ed, 12/4/07)