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Week of January 25, 2010

News from Across the USM Campuses

January 29, 2010 -  Dr. Miriam Diamond, University of Toronto - "Where the Water Hits the Road." Seminar will be held on Friday at 2 PM in the Technology Research Center, Room 206, on the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and is free and open to the public. Registration is not required. Visitor parking passes for the TRC lot may be purchased for $4.00 in the CUERE office in TRC 102/105, on the UMBC campus shortly before seminar. 

Salisbury University Climate Action Plan (Salisbury University News Release, January 2010) Download entire document [PDF]   

Governor Bobby Jindal pressed to take greenhouse gases more seriously (By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune, 1/21/10)[Article quotes Dr. Donald F. Boesch, President of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

On the Move - Business Edition (By Daily Record Staff, The Daily Record, 1/21/10) ["Boards" News - Donald F. Boesch, University System of Maryland vice chair for sustainability and president of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, has been appointed chair of the Ocean Studies Board of the National Research Council.]

Pollution regs: tough to swallow, but needed: Those whose livelihoods are affected by bay protections must be brought on board (By Robert Wieland, The Baltimore Sun, 1/21/10) [Article quotes Dennis King of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

Ahead of Debate, Coal Chief Says Environmental Concerns Are Exaggerated (By Tom Zeller, Jr., The New York Times - Green, Inc. Blog, 1/21/10)[Article quotes Margaret Palmer of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

USM Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change Initiative

UM Maverick Green Economist Gets Lifetime Achievement Award (UM Newsdesk, 1/20/10)

Hold the salt, if you please (By Iris Marie Bloom, The [Philadelphia] Weekly-Press, 1/20/10)

Mountain top removal mining controversy (Public Radio International - Living on Earth, 1/19/10) [Article quotes Margaret Palmer of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

What happened to global cooling? (By Donald F. Boesch, The Washington Post - Planet Panel, 1/19/10) [Dr. Donald F. Boesch is President of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

Mountain top removal mining controversy (Public Radio International - Living on Earth, 1/19/10) [Article quotes Margaret Palmer of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

What happened to global cooling? (The Washington Post - Planet Panel, 1/19/10) [Dr. Donald F. Boesch is the President of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

Discovery could curb Chesapeake fish kills (By Phil Sniderman, The JHU Gazette, 1/19/10) [Article quotes Allen Place of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

State of Maryland News

Solar panels in the stores but installation's not for novices: Home-improvement retailers, state law call for some expertise (By Meredith Cohn, The Baltimore Sun, 1/23/10)

Maryland League of Conservation Voters endorses O'Malley (By The Associated Press as reported by The Baltimore Sun, 1/22/10)

Baltimore County planners consider wind turbine proposal (By Arthur Hirsch, The Baltimore Sun, 1/21/10)

'Greener' city bars wood chip driveway: Woman fined, told to use asphalt or concrete (By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 1/19/10)

Storm over storm-water rules (By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 1/18/10)

National and International News

How Cows (Grass-Fed Only) Could Save the Planet (By Lisa Abend, Time magazine, 1/25/10)

Copenhagen dampens banks' green commitment: Banks are pulling out of the carbon-offsetting market after Copenhagen failed to reach agreement on emissions targets (By Tim Webb, The [UK] Guardian, 1/24/10)

Campaign to boost cycling in Beijing: Measures fail to ease capital's car-choked roads. Planners want city to be haven for cyclists (By Jonathan Watts, The [UK] Guardian, 1/24/10)

Shell to Scale Back on Tar Sands (By Reuters as reported by The New York Times, 1/24/10)

Crews Try to Protect Wildlife From Texas Oil Spill (The Associated Press as reported by The New York Times, 1/24/10)

The Case for a Climate Bill (The New York Times Editorial, 1/23/10)

One quarter of US grain crops fed to cars - not people, new figures show:

New analysis of 2009 US Department of Agriculture figures suggests biofuel revolution is impacting on world food supplies (By John Vidal, The [UK] Guardian, 1/22/10)

The electric car revolution will soon take to the streets (By Jim Motavalli, The [UK] Guardian, 1/22/10)

Energy and Climate Change: C+ (By Daphne Wysham, Foreign Policy in Focus, 1/22/10)

Technical Announcement: Venezuela Holds One of the Largest Oil Accumulations (U.S. Geological Survey Newsroom, 1/22/10)

BPA and the FDA (Reported by Ira Flatow, National Public Radio - Science Friday, 1/22/10)

Coal baron vs. Kennedy: Activists, industry in mountaintop mining debate for wide US audience (By Tim Huber and Tom Breen, The Associated Press as reported by The Baltimore Sun, 1/22/10)

Apple's solar powered iPhone and iPod? (By Gus Sentementes, The Baltimore Sun - BaltTech Blog, 1/21/10)

Past Decade Warmest on Record, NASA Data Shows (By John M. Broder, The New York Times, 1/21/10)

Senators Want to Bar E.P.A. Greenhouse Gas Limits (By John M. Broder, The New York Times, 1/21/10)

NASA Research Finds Last Decade was Warmest on Record, 2009 One of Warmest Years (NASA Press Release, 1/21/10)

Heightened Concern Over BPA (The New York Times, Editorial, 1/20/20)

"Slow Death by Rubber Duck: The Secret Danger of Everyday Things" (National Public Radio - The Diane Rehm Show, 1/20/10)

Oil rises above $81 as cold weather chills U.S.: Some experts are concerned that energy costs are outpacing job recovery  (By The Associated Press as reported by MSNBC.com, 1/20/10)

Can the Eastern U.S. get a fifth of its power from wind by 2024? (By Tiffany Hsu, The Los Angles Times as reported in The Baltimore Sun, 1/20/10)

Chemicals coat apples decades after Alar scare (By Shannon Dininny, The Associated Press as reported by Yahoo News, 1/18/10)

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