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USM Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change Initiative |
U.S.
change could benefit Baltimore Red Line: Obama
administration relaxes cost-benefits test, to consider 'livability issues' (By Michael Dresser, The Baltimore Sun, 1/15/10)
A 'greener' Baltimore: U.S. stimulus to fund 22 jobs to reduce trash, bay pollution (By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 1/13/10) Getting around just got easier - and it's free: Circulator rolls as Dixon promises a 'cleaner and greener' ride (By Michael Dresser, The Baltimore Sun, 1/12/10) EPA announces storm water, farm animal waste rules (By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 1/11/10) National and International News NCSE 10th National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment: The New Geen Economy - January 20-22, 2010, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Washington, DC Hansen and Watts Agree: Cold Weather, Warm Climate (By Andrew C. Revkin, The New York Times - Dot Earth Blog, 1/17/10) Gravel beaches trapping oil from 1989 Exxon spill (By Mary Pemberton, The Associated Press as reported by The Washington Post, 1/17/10) Portland high-rise to get 250-foot-tall trellises (By Tim Fought, The Associated Press as reported by The Washington Post, 1/16/10) An Ice Shelf the Size of Rhode Island Breaks Up in Just 24 Hours: 3 time-lapsed photos show the incredible disintegration of the Filchner ice shelf in Antarctica. (By Dan Shapley, The Daily Green, 1/16/10) Does your carpet need to be watered? (By Meredith Cohn, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 1/15/10) Trading commission proposes curbing speculation in oil prices (By Kevin G. Hall, McClatchy's Newspapers, 1/14/10) Arctic permafrost leaking methane at record levels, figures show: Experts say methane emissions from the Arctic have risen by almost one-third in just five years, and that sharply rising temperatures are to blame (By David Adam, The [UK] Guardian, 1/14/10) US cult of greed is now a global environmental threat, report warns: Excessive consumption has spread to developing countries and could wipe out efforts to slow climate change, Worldwatch Institute says (By Suzanne Goldenberg, The [UK] Guardian, 1/13/10) Green Civil War: Projects vs. Preservation (By The Editors, The New York Times, 1/12/10)Farm Bureau Fires Back Against Climate Bill's 'Power Grab' (By Allison Winter, The New York Times, 1/11/10) Ford Fusion Hybrid wins '10 car of year; Ford Transit Connect takes top truck prize (By Jeff Karoub and Tom Krisher, The Associated Press as reported by The Baltimore Sun, 1/11/10)
Report - Transforming Cultures: From
Consumerism to Sustainability (Worldwatch Institute, January 201 |