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Week of February 21, 2011

News from Across the USM Campuses

Feb. 24th - Gregory Hancock, The College of William and Mary - "A field-based evaluation of wet retention ponds:  How effective are they for stormwater control?"  This event is hosted by Andrew Elmore, and is a part of the Appalachian Laboratory Seminar Series. The seminar will be held on Thursday at 3:30pm, in Room 109 of the Appalachian Laboratory.

Towson U. taps head of green initiatives (By Emily Mullin, Baltimore Business Journal, 2/18/11)

Graduate students back county plan to add Rt. 1 cycling lanes: Idea not included in State Highway Administration plans (By Kelly Farrell, The Diamondback Online, 2/16/11)

River cleanup merits support: Wicomico needs our attention if waterway is to be an asset (DelMarVaNow.com - Opinion, 2/16/11) [Article quotes Judith Stribling of Salisbury University]

Terps climbing on the solar bandwagon (By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 2/14/11)

U-Md. goes green with solar panels (By Darryl Fears, The Washington Post, 2/14/11)

USM Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change Initiative

State of Maryland News

Earth Will be "Unrecognizable" by 2050 (By Stephen Messenger, Treehugger.com - Business and Politics, 2/20/11)

Bright idea: devices "track" sun for more power (By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 2/16/11)

Virginia congressman targets Bay 'diet' funding (By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 2/16/11)

Proposed septic ban worries installers, housing industry: Bill aims to reduce bay pollution, but could harm already struggling real estate market (By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 2/16/11)

A Message from the Governor: A More Sustainable Maryland (Office of the Governor, 2/15/11)

National and International News

Gulf Oil Spill Update: Scientist Finds Gulf Bottom Still Oily, Dead (By Seth Borenstein, The Associated Press as reported by The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 2/19/11)

OPEC Oil Exports Fall 2% as Saudi Shipments Decline (By Wael Mahdi, Bloomberg News, 2/19/11)

Oil Flows, but High Prices Jangle Nerves (By Steven Erlanger, The New York Times - World, 2/19/11)

House Votes To Block EPA From Regulating Greenhouse Gases (The Associated Press as reported by The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 2/18/11)

NASA climate change study back on the launch pad: The climate change instrument dates back to the 1970s (By Cory Nealson, The Baltimore Sun, 2/17/11)

BP to Feinberg: Stop Paying People So Much (By Rocky Kistner, The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 2/17/11)

Oil rises to $104 a barrel amid Middle East tensions: The price of oil held at two-and-a-half year highs amid fresh concerns that tensions in the Middle East could disrupt oil flows in the region. (By Ben Harrington, The [UK] Telegraph, 2/17/11)

Scientists Connect Global Warming To Extreme Rain (By Seth Borenstein, The Associated Press as reported by The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 2/16/11)

Heavy Rains Linked to Humans (By Justin Gillis, The New York Times - Environment, 2/16/11)

How much oil does Saudi Arabia actually have? Is it 260bn or 550bn barrels? Should we believe the Americans or the Saudis? The answer may lie in the provenance of the information (By John Vidal, The [UK] Guardian - Environment Blog, 2/15/11)

Suit alleges BP cut back on safety before oil spill (By Steven Mufson, The Washington Post, 2/15/11)

Alaska's National Parks Show Effects Of Climate Change (Reuters as reported by The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 2/15/11)

Kevin Lacy, BP Official, Resigned Prior To Gulf Oil Spill Due To Safety Issues (By Juan A. Lozano, The Associated Press as reported by The Huffington Post, 2/15/11)

Obama, House at odds over Bay funding (By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 2/15/11)

Few Significant Changes in Energy-Area Spending (By John M. Broder, The New York Times - Environment, 2/14/11)

Soaking Up the Sun to Squeeze Bills to Zero (By Kirk Johnson, The New York Times - Science, 2/14/11)

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