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Week of December 20, 2010

News from Across the USM Campuses

April 3^rd - 5^th - Smart and Sustainable Campuses Conference, to be held at The Inn and Conference Center, University of Maryland University College,?College Park, MD. Registration

Sand islands off Louisiana stopped little oil in gulf spill, commission finds (By David A. Fahrenthold, The Washington Post, 12/16/10) [Dr. Donald F. Boesch, President of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science is a member of President Obama's Gulf oil spill commission]

Ken Feinberg offers third option for Gulf oil spill claims payments (By David Hammer, The Times-Picayune, 12/13/10) [Dr. Donald F. Boesch, President of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science is a member of President Obama's Gulf oil spill commission]

State of Maryland News

City warms to cleaner heating fuel (By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 12/15/10)

Study puts Md. near top in transportation choices (By Michael Dresser, The Baltimore Sun - Getting There Blog, 12/14/10)

What price MD's energy future? (By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 12/13/10)

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Democrat seeks to force climate rule vote (By Darren Goode, Politico, 12/16/10 updated 12/17/10)

WikiLeaks cables: Dalai Lama called for focus on climate, not politics, in Tibet -

Exiled Buddhist leader told US ambassador to India that 'political agenda should be sidelined' in favour of climate issues (By Jason Burke, The [UK] Guardian, 12/16/10)

WikiLeaks cables: BP suffered blowout on Azerbaijan gas platform -

Embassy cables reveal energy firm 'fortunate' to have evacuated workers safely after blast similar to Deepwater Horizon disaster (By Tim Webb, The [UK] Guardian, 12/16/10)

Foxleaks: Fox boss ordered staff to cast doubt on climate science (By Ben Dimiero, Media Matters, 12/15/10)

Spotlight on Clinton Ties to Pipeline Lobbyist in Permit Battle (By Elizabeth McGowan, Reuters, 12/15/10)

WikiLeaks cables: Chevron discussed oil project with Tehran, claims Iraqi PM - Embassy cable reveals Nouri al-Maliki believed US energy firm negotiated with Iran about cross-border oilfield despite sanctions (Ewen MacAskill, The [UK] Guardian, 12/15/10)

Exxon Mobil sued over oil refinery, air laws (The Associated Press as reported by MSNBC.com, 12/14/10)

Deep Ocean Heat Is Melting Antarctic Ice (By Kevin Krajick, Columbia University Earth Institute - State of the Planet Blog, 12/14/10)

Antarctic Melting as Deep Ocean Heat Rises: Big melting along the Antarctic coast has researchers realizing that the deep sea has been holding Earth's warming. (By Larry O'Hanlon, Discovery News, 12/14/10)

What Happened (and Why): An Assessment of the Cancun Agreements (By Robert Stavins, The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University, 12/13/10)

Leaked Memo Shows EPA Doubts About Bee-Killing Pesticide (By Brandon Keim, Wired magazine, 12/13/10)

Enviro chief challenges India on green development (By Katy Daigle, The Associated Press  as reported by The Washington Post, 12/13/10)