State
of Maryland News
Smart
power meters? Well, sure. Someday. (By Jay Hancock, The Baltimore Sun,
3/14/10)
ExxonMobil
ordered to resume well tests, free water deliveries in Baltimore County: Groundwater was contaminated by gas station
leak in 2006 (By Nick Madigan, The Baltimore Sun, 3/13/10)
Johns
Hopkins University to spend $74M to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half
(By Gary Haber, Baltimore Business Journal, 3/11/10)
Maryland
is making plans for future growth: Effort
is aimed at helping localities guide development (By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - Green
Living, 3/8/10)
National
and International News
DC Environmental
Film Festival - March 16-28 - 56 Venues throughout Washington, DC - From
sustainable food culture to colony collapse disorder to school lunches, the
vital connection between food and the environment is a major theme of the 18th
annual Environmental Film Festival, to be held March 16-28. Film buffs and
environmentally aware citizens will have the opportunity to see 155
documentary, feature, animated, archival, experimental, and children's films
selected to provide fresh, thought-provoking perspectives on environmental
issues facing our planet. The festival takes place at 56 venues throughout the
city, including museums, embassies, libraries, universities and local theaters
-- and most of the screenings are free.
FEMA's
sale of Katrina trailers sparks criticism (By Spencer S. Hsu, The Washington
Post, 3/13/10)
Climate
change 'makes birds shrink' in North America (By Matt Walker, BBC-Earth
News, 3/12/10)
US
attorney general, agriculture secretary begin hearings on competition in
farming system (By Christopher Leonard, The Associated Press as reported by
The Los Angeles Times, 3/12/10)
Genetically
Modified Crops (Reported by Ira Flato, NPR - Science Friday, 3/12/10)
Secretary
Salazar Releases New "State of the Birds" Report Showing Climate Change
Threatens Hundreds of Species (News Release, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 3/11/10)
Electric
Vehicles May Energize Elkhart's Future (By David
Schaper, NPR - 3-Part Series, 3/11/10)
Nearly
half of Americans believe climate change threat is exaggerated: US belief in
climate science lowest since polling began 13 years ago (By Suzanne Goldenberg, The [UK] Guardian, 3/11/10)
Pennsylvania
Avenue to have dedicated bike lanes (By
Ashley Halsey III, The Washington Post, 3/11/10)
Scientists
Make Eco-Friendly Plastic: IBM and Stanford University team to develop a green generation of
plastics (ABC News, 3/10/10) [VIDEO]
Air Quality Bad for
40 Percent of Americans (Courthouse News Service, 3/10/10)
Google
Bike There feature (By Omar L. Gallaga, NPR - All Tech Considered, 3/10/10)
Obama,
Key Senators Make Their Pitch for Climate and Energy Bill (By Darren
Samuelsohn, The New York Times - Greenwire, 3/10/10)
Climate
Goal Is Supported by China and India (By John M. Broder, The New York
Times, 3/9/10)
The
trouble with trusting complex science: There is no simple way to battle public hostility
to climate research. As the psychologists show, facts barely sway us anyway (By George Monbiot, The [UK] Guardian, 3/8/10)
|