Week of January 21, 2008

News from Across the USM Campuses

Focus the Nation - National Teach-In about Global Warming Solutions, January 31, 2008. Participating USM institutions: Bowie State University, Coppin State University, Frostburg State University, Salisbury University, The Universities at Shady Grove, Towson University, University of Maryland Baltimore County, University of Maryland College Park, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, University of Maryland School of Law.    

Environmentalists rally for tougher carbon laws (by Jaime Malarkey, The Examiner, 1/18/08)

Editorial: Planting Bulbs (The Baltimore Sun, 1/18/08)

Global Warming 'Teach-In' (By Elia Powers, Inside Higher Ed, 1/17/08)

Report: Aquaculture might save oysters (By Pamela Wood, Staff Writer, HometownAnnapolis.com, Capital News Service, 1/16/07)

Debate continues over use of new bay fund: DNR has proposal, but lawmakers have their own ideas (By Tom Pelton, The Baltimore Sun, 1/16/08)

To Save Oysters, a Culture May Have to Die: Panel Suggests Drastically Limiting Watermen's Harvests, Shifting to Shellfish 'Farms' (By David A. Fahrenthold, The Washington Post, 1/16/08)

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O'Malley energy plan could boost electric rates (By Jaime Malarkey, The Examiner, 1/15/08)

Another ban considered on detergents that harm Bay (By Michael Neibauer, The Examiner, 1/14/08)

State House Police Go Green (By Kate Elizabeth Queram, Capital News Service Friday, 1/11/08)

Wind Power Growth Gusts Strongly in USA in 2007 (By Paul Davidson, USA Today, 1/18/08)

Green Tech Investment Topped $5 Billion in 2007 (By Nichola Groom, editing by Leslie Gevirtz, Reuters, 1/17/08)

2007 Was Tied as Earth's Second-Warmest Year (NASA, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, 1/16/08)