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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) |