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Week of November 22, 2010

News from Across the USM Campuses

Balancing profits and people: Students get a lesson in responsible entrepreneurship (By Colleen Jaskot, The Diamondback Online, 11/17/10)

University of Maryland Gets Greener Thanks To Major Tree Donation (UM Newsdesk, 11/16/10)

Green leadership: A lesson for Loh (By Matt Dernoga, The Diamondback Online, 11/15/10)

UMBC scientists lead NASA flights to measure South Pole ice: Radar measurements taken from 39,000 in the air (By Frank D. Roylance, The Baltimore Sun, 11/15/10)

State of Maryland News

Can we grow without harming the Bay? (By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 11/16/10)

A green roof with a buzz (By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 11/16/10)

State Conservation Corps launches, will teach green job skills: Young adults to learn job skills while restoring environment (By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 11/15/10)

USM Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change Initiative

National and International News

Dec. 13th - 14th - "Creating the Clean Energy Economy" conference will be held at the University of Delaware, in the John M. Clayton Hall, on the University of Delaware campus in Newark, DE. The focus is primarily on policy issues facing Delaware and the region, and considering those in a national context. The purpose of this conference, and others in the series, is to engage university, government and business leaders in the challenges and opportunities for partnership. This conference will include global and national leaders from all sectors as well as experts in energy and economic development policy. A preliminary agenda [PDF] and registration for participants and exhibitors are available on-line.

Weak world economy cuts carbon pollution last year (By Seth Borenstein, The Associated Press, 11/21/10)

World mayors sign climate change pact (By Guillermo Barros, AFP as reported by Yahoo News, 11/21/10)

Siberia's Climate Time Bomb: Thawing Permafrost Could Spell Disaster (By Arthur Max, The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 11/21/10)

BP faces new fines over second Alaska spill: Oil giant BP 'failed to respond to alarms' and had suffered burst pipelines since 2001, Anchorage court told (By Edward Helmore, The [UK] Guardian, 11/20/10)

White House takes a more modest Plan B to Cancun climate talks (By David A. Fahrenthold and Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post, 11/20/10)

Gas prices should be on decline, although they'll be highest for Thanksgiving since 2007 (By Sandy Shore, The Associated Press as reported by The Baltimore Sun, 11/19/10)

Nicholas Stern: U.S. Trade Boycott Could Result If It Doesn't Address Climate Change And Reduce Carbon Emissions (By Travis Walter Donovan, The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 11/19/10)

Chevrolet wins green car prize (The Associated Press as reported by The Washington Post, 11/18/10)

World 'dangerously close' to new food crisis, United Nations says (By Javier Blas, The Washington Post, 11/17/10)

E.P.A. Finds Gas Mileage Improved in '09 Fleet (By Matthew L. Wald, The New York Times - Energy and Environment, 11/17/10)

Electric car industry working to get infrastructure in gear - Among the moves aimed at revving up the niche: Automakers have bought production plants, firms have invested heavily in battery makers, charging stations are going up and PR efforts are in full swing (By Tiffany Hsu, The Los Angeles Times as reported by The Baltimore Sun, 11/17/10)

BP deep-cleaning Gulf beaches amid new worries (By Jay Reeves, The Associated Press as reported by The Washington Post, 11/17/10)

Exxon to pay $25M in settlement over NYC oil spill (By David Caruso, The Associated Press as reported by The Washington Post, 11/17/10)

Outgoing Rep. Inglis Blasts GOP Skepticism on Global Warming (By Lauren Morello, ClimateWire as reported by The New York Times, 11/17/10)

Climate Change: India Faces Dire Increase In Floods, Droughts, Disease Due To Global Warming (By Katy Daigle, The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 11/17/10)

Electric cars are charging into the marketplace: With the Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf available by year's end, shoppers will for the first time be faced with choices that include whether they want a gas-powered car (By Jerry Hirsch and Tiffany Hsu, Los Angeles Times as reported by The Baltimore Sun, 11/17/10)

Urban farms could provide a majority of produce for Detroiters (Michigan State University News, 11/16/10)

Arnold Schwarzenegger Launches R20 Climate Change Nonprofit Coalition With Local Governments Around The World (The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 11/16/10)

Dire messages about global warming can backfire, new study shows (By Yasmin Anwar, UC Berkeley News, 11/16/10)

Halliburton's Stonewalling Works in Pa., but Sparks Subpoena at EPA (By Marie C. Baca, ProPublica, 11/16/10)

Diesel, Cleaner, Is Set to Make a Comeback (By Tom Zeller, Jr., The New York Times - Energy and Environment, 11/16/10)

Bloomberg Calls for Carbon Tax as a Way to Fight Terrorists (EconomicPolicyJournal.com, 11/16/10)

Banned: Plastic bags on way out in parts of L.A. County - More restrictive than San Francisco's ban, it includes 10 cent charge for paper (MSNBC.com, 11/16/10)

Hundreds gather in West Virginia as judges begin 3-day mediation of slurry pollution lawsuit (By Vicki Smith, The Associated Press as reported by The Chicgo Tribune, 11/15/10)

EPA sets water pollution limits for Florida (The Associated Press as reported by The Washington Post, 11/15/10)

Special Report: Was a Houston energy trader a one-woman Enron? (By Anna Driver and Eileen O'Grady, Reuters as reported by Yahoo News, 11/15/10)

California summit seeks to join jobs with climate regs (By Samantha Young, The Associated Press as reported by The Washington Post, 11/15/10)

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