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Overhaul
of Chesapeake Bay cleanup strategy a challenge: Three proposals on
table; Bay Foundation under fire for not playing politics well (By David A. Fahrenthold, The Washington Post
as reported by Delawareonline.com, 12/20/09) [Article quotes Dr. Donald Boesch,
President of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]
Bay Advocates Send
Obama Restoration Strategy (Report by Mike Schuh, WJZ-TV, 12/20/09) [Article quotes Bill
Dennison of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]
Planet
Panel - Too little, too late (By Donald F. Boesch, The Washington Post, 12/19/09) [Dr. Donald Boesch is the President of the University of Maryland Center
for Environmental Science]
Planet
Panel - Common but different responsibilities (By Donald F. Boesch, The Washington Post, 12/18/09) [Dr. Donald Boesch is the President of the University of Maryland Center
for Environmental Science]
Bay
foundation faces test in face of federal cleanup effort (By David A.
Fahrenthold, The Washington Post, 12/17/09) [Article quotes Dr. Donald Boesch, President of the University of
Maryland Center for Environmental Science]
Maryland
Home Heat Efficiency Aid = Jobs, Consumer Savings, Less CO2 (By Neil Tickner,
University of Maryland, College Park Newsdesk - University Initiatives, 12/17/09) View
full report [PDF]
Global
warming may be the end of the world; cap and trade is not (By Andy Green,
The Baltimore Sun - Second Opinion, 12/16/09) [Article cites University of Maryland's Center
for Integrative Environmental Research]
Spending
bill to send millions to region: Needy,
transportation, military, to receive funds (By Alan Brody, SoMdNews.com, 12/16/09) [Article cites Chesapeake Biological Laboratories project]
Bay
'dead zone' still bad in '09 (The Maryland Gazette, 12/16/09) [Article quotes Bill Dennison of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental
Science] (Scroll down linked page to view article)
Finding
the right home for oysters: With old
shells scarce, Army Corps tests alternative materials (By Pamela Wood, The Capital, 12/14/09) [Article quotes the staff
of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]
State of Maryland
News
5
Baltimore watershed groups to merge (By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 1/2/10)
EPA:
Bay "consequences" start now (By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun -
B'more Green Blog, 12/31/09)
Consequences
- or empty threats - for bay failure? (By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 12/30/09)
States
must meet bay cleanup goals, U.S. warns: EPA
threatens sanctions, but activists question resolve (By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 12/30/09)
Walking
the walk (Frederick News Post, Op-Ed, 12/16/09)
National and International News
Large Oil
Spill Reported in China (By David Barboza, The New York Times, 1/3/10)
Gardening
is good for health (By Susan Reimer, The Baltimore Sun, 12/31/09)
Fight
global warming, get $1,100 a year (By
Steve Hargreaves, CNN Money, 12/30/09)
Green
top 10 for '09 (By Tim
Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 12/29/09)
Investors
see farms as way to grow Detroit: Acres
of vacant land are eyed for urban agriculture under an ambitious plan that aims
to turn the struggling Rust Belt city into a green mecca. (By P.J. Huffstutter, The Los Angeles Times, 12/27/09)
Rise of Wind
Turbines Is a Boon for Rope Workers (By Kate Galbraith, The New York Times, 12/24/09)
Tax-free
bond program can create jobs, spur energy-efficiency projects (By John
Sarbanes, The Baltimore Sun - Op Ed, 12/24/09)
Plants
and animals race for survival as climate change creeps across the globe: Lowland tropics,
mangroves and deserts at greater risk than mountainous areas as global warming
spreads, study finds (By David Adam, The
[UK] Guardian, 12/23/09)
Animals
'on the run' from climate change: Plants and animals will need to move at an average
rate of a quarter of a mile a year to escape climate change over the course of
this century, according to scientists. (The [UK] Telegraph, 12/23/09)
EPA
Seeks to Disclose Pesticide Inert Ingredients (The Environmental Protection
Agency, News Release, 12/22/09)
Do It
Yourself: Building Your Own Bamboo Bike (By Jon
Kalish, National Public Radio, 12/20/09)
U.N.
Climate Talks ‘Take Note' of Accord Backed by U.S. (By Andrew C. Revkin and
John M. Broder, The New York Times, 12/19/09)
Oil shale development and
climate change (By Karin P. Sheldon and Paul
Komo, The Denver Post, 12/18/09)
A
Change Of Weather In Washington (By Margaret Kriz Hobson, The National Journal, 12/18/09)
Obama's
Copenhagen Speech: The Collapse of a Deal? (By Daivd Corn, Mother Jones, 12/18/09)
Byrd's coal
comments rock West Virginia (By Alex Eisenstadt, Politico, 12/18/09)
Copenhagen
deal not binding: Obama hails 'breakthrough' agreement, others not as positive
as leaders begin to depart from 12-day summit (The [Toronto] Star, 12/18/09)
Global
warming may be the end of the world; cap and trade is not (By Andy Green,
The Baltimore Sun, Op-Ed, 12/16/09)
"It's Our
Climate, Not Your Business," Protesters Say (By Anne Thompson, MSNBC News -
Worldblog, 12/16/09)
Suddenly
the world hates Canada: How did a country with two per cent of the
world's emissions turn global villain? (By
Jonathon Gatehouse, Macleans, 12/15/09)
At
Copenhagen global warming conference, alarms on ocean acidification: At the Copenhagen global warming conference, researchers have been
seeking attention to what's often been an "orphan" issue in the
climate change debate: increasing ocean acidity and its risks for fisheries. (By Peter N. Spotts, The Christian Science
Monitor, 12/15/09)
US
in plan to aid poor nations develop clean energy (AFP as reported by
Google News, 12/14/09)
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