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Earth Month Events - April 2010 - Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day with events all month at University of Maryland, College Park. View calendar
of events for the month, and the UMCP EcoHouse calendar
of events for the month.
They are the trash men: Alumni are on a mission to pick up trash from coast to coast (By Leyla Korkut, The Diamondbacl Online, 4/16/10) Some American Rivers Show Signs of Warming (EarthWeek, 4/16/10) [Article quotes Dave Secor of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science] Surface mining's high cost (By Bellarmine University Students, Louisville (KY) Courier-Journal - Commentary, 4/16/10) [Article quotes Margaret Palmer of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science] UM Earns Spot in International Solar Energy Competition: Team Building House To Run on Sun, Rain, Wind, and Wastes (By Neil Tickner, UM Newsdesk, 4/15/10)
Return of an Underwater Forest
(Reported by Tom Pelton, The Environment in Focus - WYPR Radio, 4/14/10) [Article quotes Bill Dennison of the
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science] River Heats Up With Warming : Twenty major U.S. streams and rivers have warmed significantly over the last few decades, according to new research. (By Emily Sohn, Discovery News, 4/12/10) State of Maryland NewsApril 20th - 25th - Earth Day Events in Baltimore - A variety of events celebrating Earth Day will be held in Baltimore. April 24th - Baltimore County Compost Bin and Rain Barrel Sale. Baltimore County will host a joint compost bin and rain barrel sale. The sale will be held on the parking lot of IKEA Baltimore in White Marsh, Honeygo Boulevard, across from White Marsh Town Center. This sale will be a one-day event from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., rain or shine. This sale will be a joint effort hosted by Baltimore County's Department of Public Works (DPW), Bureau of Solid Waste Management, and the Department of Environmental Protection and Resource Management (DEPRM). Maryland's Cash for Appliances kicks off on Earth Day: Save on energy-efficient refrigerators, clothes washers and certain water heaters (By Liz F. Kay, The Baltimore Sun, 4/18/10) A swimmable, fishable harbor? Local group proposes 10-year plan for cleaning harbor (By Edward Gunts, The Baltimore Sun, 4/17/10) Report: BGE lagging in energy efficiency (By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 4/15/10) National and International News Unplugged (The Washington Post - Editorial, 4/18/10) West Virginia mine disaster calls attention to revolving door between industry, government (By Kimberly Kindy and Dan Eggen, The Washington Post, 4/18/10) Ecuadorean threat to oil giants: The Ecuadorean government has threatened to take over foreign oil concessions if the companies resist growing state control of the industry. (BBC News, 4/18/10) Ice cap thaw may awaken Icelandic volcanoes: A thaw of Iceland's ice caps in coming decades caused by climate change may trigger more volcanic eruptions by removing a vast weight and freeing magma from deep below ground, scientists said on Friday. (Allister Doyle, Reuters, 4/16/10) Buying Back their Infrastructure: Small Towns Take On the Energy Giants (By Ralph Diermann, Spiegel Online International, 4/16/10) Earth City-based project makes pig manure hit the road - as asphalt (By Steve Giegerich, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 4/15/10) Senate Climate Bill to Be Unveiled April 26 (By John M. Broder, The New York Times - Green, Inc. Blog, 4/15/10) A 2nd garbage patch: Plastic soup seen in Atlantic (By Mile Melia, The Associated Press as reported by Google News, 4/15/10) US military warns oil output may dip causing massive shortages by 2015 (By Terry Macalister, The Guardian News, 4/13/10) World oil demand to hit record high this year: IEA (Reuters, 4/13/10) GE Announces new LED bulb will last 17 years (By Weston Sedgewick, GreenTechnologyDaily.com, 4/12/10) Glacier breaks in Peru, causing tsunami in Andes (Reuters, 4/12/10) Glacier breaks in Peru, causing tsunami in Andes (By Elisabeth Rosenthal, The New York Times, 4/12/10) Twelve Ideas. Choose the Best One: Here are the finalists in Slate's energy-efficiency crowdsourcing contest. Please vote for your favorite. (By Jenny Rogers, Slate.com, 4/12/10) |