Week of June 29, 2009

News From Across the USM Campuses

EPA: Agency must improve surface mining regulation (By Tim Huber, The Associated Press as reported in the Charleston Daily Mail, 6/25/09) [Article quotes Margaret Palmer of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

Mountaintop removal damage ‘irreversible,' U.S. Senate hears: DEP official only witness to defend practice (By Ken Ward, Jr., The Charleston Gazette, 6/25/09) [Article quotes Margaret Palmer of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

Mountaintop Mining Debate Reaches Capitol Hill: Hundreds of West Virginians flock to Washington, D.C., to listen to a hearing about the future of the controversial mining practice (WTRF-TV Channel 7, 6/25/09) [Article quotes Margaret Palmer of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

Lawmakers get lesson on global warming and the bay: With House vote looming, Chesapeake serves as site for hearing (By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 6/24/09) [Article quotes Dr. Donald Boesch, President of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

‘Sustainable' dairy farmer shows big gain (By Meredith Cohn, The Baltimore Sun, 6/24/09) [Article quotes Connie Musgrove of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

Experts: Climate change will harm bay: Some changes already apparent, politicians told (By Pamela Wood, The Capital/HometownAnnapolis.com, 6/24/09) [Article quotes Dr. Donald Boesch, President of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

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City Hall garden flourishes: Vegetables feed homeless at Our Daily Bread (By Susan Reimer, The Baltimore Sun, 6/28/09)

Urban farmers on the rise: More grow own food to save money or control what goes into it (By Meredith Cohn, The Baltimore Sun, 6/28/09)

Experts: Climate change will harm bay: Some changes already apparent, politicians told (By Pamela Wood, The Capital/Hometown Annapolis, 6/24/09)

Lawmakers get lesson on global warming and the bay: With House vote looming, Chesapeake serves as site for hearing (By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 6/24/09)

National and International News

Betraying the Planet (By Paul Krugman, The New York Times - Op Ed, 6/28/09)

Obama implores Senate to pass climate bill: House narrowly OK'd first legislation meant to curb global warming gases (By The Associated Press as reported on MSNBC.com, 6/27/09)

Iraqi oil contracts to be auctioned in live TV 'game show': More than 30 energy companies, including BP, Shell and ExxonMobil will be forced to tussle for contracts worth billions. (By Rowena Mason, The [UK] Telegraph, 6/26/09)

Auto-ban: German town goes car-free: Vauban hopes to forge a model community without that great staple of modern life - the car. Now the sound of birdsong has replaced the roar of traffic and children can play in the street (By Tony Paterson, The [UK] Independent, 6/26/09)

Climate bill showdown: Obama, Dems pressing hard (By H. Josef Herbert and Dina Cappiello, The Associated Press as reported on Yahoo News, 6/25/09)

Japan Backpedals on Emissions Targets (By Noah Buhayar, The Wall Street Journal - Blogs - Environmental Capital, 6/25/09)

Limits on Emissions Have Wide Support (By Steven Mufson and Jennifer Agiesta, The Washington Post, 6/25/09)

Eco-Friendly Bamboo Bicycles Ready To Take Off: CSU Grad Students Say They've Created The Bicycle Of The Future (By Christin Ayers, The Denver Channel - KMGH Channel 7 News, 6/24/09)

Air has elevated cancer risk in 600 neighborhoods (By Dina Cappiello, The Associated Press as reported on Yahoo News, 6/24/09)

GE to bring research center, 1,200 jobs to metro Detroit (By John Gallagher, The Free Press, 6/24/09)

Microsoft Offers To Monitor Your Home Power Usage (By Preethi Dumpala, The Business Insider, 6/24/09)

Climate Bill Set for Vote After Deal Is Reached (By Ian Talley and Siobhan Hughes, The Wall Street Journal, 6/24/09)

Deep in Bedrock, Clean Energy and Quake Fears (By James Glanz, The New York Times, 6/23/09)

Energy Bill Unfinished, but Vote Nears (By John M. Broder, The New York Times, 6/23/09)

The Green Revolution(s) (By Thomas L. Friedman, The New York Times - Op Ed, 6/23/09)

Powerful Ideas: Miles-High Kites Could Generate Electricity (By Charles Q. Choi, Live Science as reported by Yahoo News, 6/22/09)