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USM Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change Initiative |
Ball is in Our Court (By Dr. Donald F. Boesch, The Washington Post - Planet Panel, 11/18/09) [Dr. Donald F. Boesch is President of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science] Recyclemania Logo Design Contest at University of Maryland, College Park. Design a Recyclemania at Maryland logo promoting Recyclemania, waste reduction, and recycling! Win a Wii !!! Designs due Friday, December 11, 2009 at midnight. State of Maryland News Critical Mass Bike Ride this Friday Eve (By Meredith Cohn, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 11/23/09) Maryland Public Service Commission approves 50-megawatt wind farm in Garrett County (By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 11/19/09) Climate-warming pollution dips (By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 11/12/09) National and International News World's largest ice sheet melting faster than expected: East Antarctic sheet shedding 57bn tonnes of ice a year and contributing to sea level rises, according to NASA aerial survey (By Ian Sample, The [UK] Guardian, 11/22/09) Warming's impacts sped up, worsened since Kyoto (By Seth Borenstein, The Associated Press as reported by Yahoo News, 11/22/09) The Washington Post - Outlook - Special Issue: Climate Change (The section contains several articles regarding climate change, The Washington Post, 11/22/09) Acid oceans leave fish at more risk from predators: Ocean acidification could cause fish to become "fatally attracted" to their predators, according to scientists. (BBC News, 11/21/09) Floods devastate UK Lake District, much of Ireland (By Scott Heppell, The Associated Press as reported by Yahoo News, 11/20/09) Individualism, Identity and Bicycles in Northern California (By Verlyn Klinkenborg, The New York Times - Op-Ed, 11/18/09) U.S. residents fight for the right to hang laundry (By Jon Hurdle, Reuters as reported by Yahoo News, 11/18/09) Senate to Put Off Climate Bill Until Spring (By Ian Talley, The Wall Street Journal, 11/18/09) Reality show: Calif. to require greener TVs: Goal to reduce energy use is opposed by retailers, some manufacturers (The Associated Press as reported by MSNBC News, 11/18/09) Giant jellyfish swarm north in warming world: Expanding range is ‘warning sign that our oceans are stressed,' expert says (The Associated Press as reported on MSNBC.com, 11/16/09) Windpower from Scratch (Reported by Marco Werman, National Public Radio - Living on Earth, 11/16/09) Is There Such a Thing as Agro-Imperialism? (By Andrew Rice, The New York Times, NYT, 11/16/09) |