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State of Maryland News
Builders protest higher erosion-control fees: Howard soil conservation agency seeks more for state-mandated reviews (By Larry Carson, The Baltimore Sun, 6/14/09) Community gets Maryland's first LEED gold rating (By Mary Gail Hare, The Baltimore Sun, 6/9/09) 152,000 trees planted; goal of 1 million by 2011 (By The Associated Press as reported in The Baltimore Sun, 6/9/09) Early Lesson in Eco-Activism Comes From Economics Book: Kids Seek Reusable Trays; Officials Cite Cost (By Daniel de Vise, The Washington Post, 6/9/09) National and International News Getting Up to Speed (By John Gertner, The New York Times Magazine - Infrastructure issue, 6/14/09) [Several articles regarding U.S. infrastructure and sustainability-related issues] White Rooftops May Help Slow Warming: Energy Secretary Pitches Low-Tech Idea to Reflect Solar Energy Back Into Space (By David A. Fahrenthold, The Washington Post, 6/14/09) Abrupt Global Warming Could Shift Monsoon Patterns, Hurt Agriculture (From Science Daily, 6/14/09) Green Jobs Grow: 770,000 Americans Already Have One (By Alexis Madrigal, Wired Science, 6/10/09) Make me Greener, Please (By Mireya Navarro, The New York Times, 6/10/09) Reviving American chestnuts may mitigate climate change (By Brian Wallheimer, Purdue University News Service, 6/10/09) A Farmer, His 'Tribe' And The Web That Brings Them Together (By Krishnadev Calamur, NPR - All Tech Considered, 6/10/09) Report blames petroleum industry for 25% of toxic pollutants (By AFP as reported on Yahoo News, 6/10/09) San Francisco OKs toughest recycling law in U.S. (By John Cote, The San Francisco Chronicle, 6/10/09) US wind farms face lack of fuel (By Suzanne Goldberg, The [UK] Guardian, 6/10/09) Congress abandoning Obama clean energy goals (By H. Josef Herbet, By The Associated Press as reported in the San Francisco Chronicle, 6/10/09) East Coast May Feel Rise in Sea Levels the Most (By David A. Fahrenthold, The Washington Post, 6/8/09) |