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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