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Local,
vegetarian food comes to city schools: U.S.
officials impressed by visit to Hampstead Hill (By Laura Vozzella, The Baltimore Sun, 9/24/09)
National and
International News
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, the Solar Decathlon joins 20 college and
university teams in a competition to design, build, and operate the most
attractive and energy-efficient solar-powered house. Houses can be viewed on
the National Mall in Washington, DC from October 9-13 and October 15-18.
Price
of gas down 7 cents in the last two weeks: Lundberg survey
find that average cost for a gallon of regular is $2.52 (By The Associated Press as reported on
MSNBC.com, 9/27/09)
Stinky
blue-green algae blamed for dog deaths: Algae is blooming in
response to drought and fertilizer runoffs from farms (By The Associated Press as reported on
MSNBC.com, 9/27/09)
When
Your Dorm Goes Green and Local (By Charles Wilson, The New York Times, 9/25/09)
Fanged
frog, 162 other new species found: Environmental group
announces findings from Mekong River region (By Michael Casey, The Associated Press as
reported on MSNBC.com, 9/25/09)
Ken
Burns' 'National Parks' documentary has both beauty, brains (By David
Zurawik, The Baltimore Sun, 9/25/09) [Video and article]
Europeans
ready to plug into electric vehicles: But how soon will they
be ready for Europeans (and the rest of world)? (By Paul A. Einstein, MSNBC.com, 9/25/09)
Gore-Backed
Car Firm Gets Large U.S. Loan (By Josh Mitchell and Stephen Power, The Wall
Street Journal, 9/25/09)\
Drinking
water unsafe at thousands of schools: Federal government has
done little to monitor the problem, AP finds (By The Associated Press as reported on
MSNBC.com, 9/25/09)
It's Easy
Being Green (By Paul Krugman The New York Times, Op-Ed, 9/24/09)
With
Little Clout, Natural Gas Lobby Strikes Out (By Peter Overby, National
Pubic Radio - Morning Edition, 9/24/09)
Planned
emission cuts still mean far hotter Earth (By Seth
Borenstein, The Associated Press, 9/24/09)
Expect big
jump in temperatures, U.N. warns: 6-degree increase by
2100 forecast after review of scientific data (By The Associated Press as reported on
MSNBC.com, 9/24/09)
Oil settles 4.5
percent lower on demand doubts (By Rebekah Kebede, Reuters as reported on
Yahoo News, 9/24/09)
‘Clunker'
appliance plan still short on details: Program to roll out in
November; rebates, recycling rules will vary by state (By Eve Tahmincioglu, MSNBC.com, 9/24/09)
A
Pittsburgh Protocol: G-20 Needs to
Advance the Global Agenda on Climate Change (By Rajendra Pachauri
and John Podesta, Center for American Progress, 9/23/09)
Antarctic
coastal ice thinning surprises experts (By Alister Doyle, Reuters as
reported on Yahoo News, 9/23/09)
Resurgent
Environmentalism = More Movies (By Kate Galbraith, The New York Tomes,
Green, Inc. Blog, 9/23/09)
It Ain't Easy Being Green: But it is easy to say you are. Why some companies are pretending to be
more eco-conscious than they actually are.
(By Weston Kosova, Newsweek magazine, 9/21/09)
Most major
river deltas are sinking, study finds: Dams, other barriers
upstream and drilling in deltas cited as key factors (By LiveScience staff as reported on
MSNBC.com, 9/21/09)
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