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News Archive

Week of January 19, 2009

News From Across the USM Campuses

Maryland's coastal protection laws addressing rising sea level (By Sara Michael, The Baltimore Examiner, 1/18/09) [Article quotes Dr. Donald Boesch, President of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

EPA: Climate change will have big effect on Md. coastal erosion (By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 1/17/09) [Article quotes Dr. Donald Boesch, President of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

Task force's recommendations near end (By Laura D'Alessandro, The Salisbury Daily Times, 1/16/09) [Article quotes Dave Nemazie University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science] 

National Teach-in on Global Warming (UMBC Insights, 1/15/09)

Aquaculture Benefits High, if Practiced Sustainably (By Véronique LaCapra
Washington, VOANews.com, 1/12/09) [Article quotes Don Webster, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science] 

State of Maryland News

Maryland to receive $5.1 million to help ease bay pollution (By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 1/16/09)

State, industry, environmental leaders agree on climate legislation: Measure would reduce climate-warming pollution 25 percent by 2020 (By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 1/16/09)

USM Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change Initiative

Montgomery Planners Back Rail (By Miranda Spivack, The Washington Post, 1/15/09)

Diseases killing fewer oysters in Chesapeake Bay, survey shows: But improvement in survival has not increased population or harvest (By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 1/14/09)

Green investment could benefit Maryland, advocates say (By Sara Michael, The Examiner, 1/14/09)

O'Malley Outlines Growth Strategy: Bills Proposed to Preserve Farmland, Limit Bay Pollution (By Lisa Rein, The Washington Post, 1/13/09)  

Environmentalists fret over governor's Smart Growth plans: O'Malley wants a law to reverse court's easing of master plan restrictions (By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 1/12/09)

Gov. O'Malley pushes new sustainability initiatives to control development (Baltimore Business Journal (By Daniel Sernovitz, Baltimore Business Journal, 1/12/09)

National and International News

Most glaciers will disappear by middle of century and add to rising sea levels, expert warns: Melt rates for 2007 fall but still third worst on record; Threat to livelihoods of 2bn dependent on rivers (By Juliet Jowitt, The [UK] Guardian, 1/19/09)

White House Directive Guides Policy on Arctic Bush Calls for Protecting U.S. Interests (By Juliet Eilperin and Spencer S. Hsu Washington Post, 1/19/09)

Torn Between Green Galas? At Least They're a Walk Apart (By Leslie Kaufman, The New York Times, 1/18/09)

Level Set for Chemical In Nonstick Products (By Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post, 1/17/09)

Wind Farm Off Cape Cod Clears Hurdle (By Abby Goodnough, The New York Times, 1/17/09)

New-Model Wood Stoves Burn Cleaner (By Camilla McLaughlin, The Associated Press as reported in The Washington Post, 1/17/09)

The Films Are Green, but Is Sundance? (By Michael Cieply, The New York Times, 1/17/09)

Fast Train to the 21st Century (By Joseph R. Paolino Jr., The Washington Post, 1/17/09)

The EPA on Campus (By Elizabeth Redden, Inside Higher Ed, 1/16/09)

Disposal of Coal Ash Rises As Environmental Issue: Recent Spill Spurs Proposals for Tighter Controls (By Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post, 1/16/09)

More Colleges Lock in Energy Rates to Avoid Volatile Markets (By Scott Carlson, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 1/16/09)

EPA to regulate mercury from cement plants (By John Flesher, The Associated Press as reported in The Washington Post, 1/16/09)

Feds: Cape wind farm OK for environment (By Andrew Miga, The Washington Post, 1/16/09)

E.P.A. Pick Vows to Put Science First (By John M. Broder, The New York Times, 1/15/09)

Schwarzenegger plans upset environmental groups (By Samantha Young, The Associated Press as reported in The Washington Post, 1/15/09)

Groups sue over EPA change in farm emissions rule (The Associated Press as reported in The Washington Post, 1/15/09)

Waxman Promises Quick Action on Climate (By H. Josef Herbet, The Associated Press as reported in The Washington Post, 1/15/09)

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