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A
new smokestack cleans Baltimore's air: Constellation
power plant completes $875 million 'scrubber' project (By Timothy B.
Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 2/20/10)
BPA
bill gets hearing in Annapolis (By Meredith Cohn, The Baltimore Sun,
2/18/10)
The
U.S. Must Grab the Lead on Green (By Vijay Govindarajan, Harvard Business Review
Blog, 2/18/10)
Constellation
commits $90M for solar power (By Gus G. Sentementes,
The Baltimore Sun, 2/17/10)
Obama
makes pitch for nuclear power during Maryland visit: President announces loan guarantee for new reactors at Georgia plant (By Paul West,
The Baltimore Sun, 2/16/10)
Governor
O'Malley Touts New $8 Million Stimulus Investment and Legislation to Create Clean Energy Jobs in
Maryland: Project Sunburst expected to double amount of solar energy generated in the State for a Smart, Green and
Growing Maryland [PDF] (Maryland Energy Administration Press Release,
2/16/10)
Maryland aims for
100,000 solar rooftops in 10 years (By Meredith Cohn, The
Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 2/16/10)
National
and International News
February 25th
- 6:30-8:00pm, National Building Museum, Washington DC - A
Green Building is a Healthier One - Can working in a green
building make you healthier? And if you can prove this, would reduce a
company's health care insurance? Find out if this is a game changer when
considering how and when to build sustainably. A discussion with: Gregory Kats,
senior director and director of climate change policy, Good Energies, Michelle
Moore, Federal Environmental Executive, President's Council on Environmental
Quality, Mark Nicholls, Senior Vice President, Corporate Workplace Executive,
Bank of America, Vivian Loftness, Professor, Carnegie Mellon School of
Architecture, Moderator, Robert Ivy, Architectural Record Editor-In-Chief.
Climate Change
(The New York Times, Op-Ed, 2/21/10)
Saving
the Amazon may be the most cost-effective way to cut greenhouse gas emissions: If the U.S. adopts a cap-and-trade program,
companies facing carbon controls could meet part of their obligations by
preserving Earth's largest tropical forest. (By Margot Roosevelt, The Baltimore Sun,
2/21/10)
A
Small Price for a Large Benefit (By Robert H. Frank, The New York Times -
Op Ed, 2/20/10)
The
Toxic Ten: For all the environmental-speak coming out of
American corporations these days, many remain polluters. A look at 10 companies
that should be doing better. (By Harry Hurt III, Portfolio.com, 2/19/10)
World's
top firms cause $2.2tn of environmental damage, report estimates: Report for the UN
into the activities of the world's 3,000 biggest companies estimates one-third
of profits would be lost if firms were forced to pay for use, loss and damage
of environment (By Juliet Jowit, The [UK] Guardian, 2/18/10)
The
U.S. Must Grab the Lead on Green (By Vijay
Govindarajan, Harvard Business Review, 2/18/10)
Global
Weirding Is Here (By Thomas L. Friedman, The New York Times, Op Ed
Columnist, 2/17/10) [Responses to
column]
Part
2: A Scientist's Defense of Greenhouse Warming (By Andrew C. Revkin, The
Nre York Times - Dot Earth Blog, 2/17/10)
Environmental
Advocates Are Cooling on Obama (By John M. Broder, The New York Times,
2/17/10)
Car culture and global
energy conflict (By John Buell, Bangor Daily News, 2/16/10)
Bans
sought for chemical BPA in baby, toddler products (USA Today - Green House,
2/16/10)
An Ominous Warning on
the Effects of Ocean Acidification: A new study says the seas are acidifying
ten times faster today than 55 million years ago when a mass extinction of
marine species occurred. And, the study concludes, current changes in ocean
chemistry due to the burning of fossil fuels may portend a new wave of
die-offs. (By Carl Zimmer, Yale Environment360, 2/15/10)
Plastic
checkout bags in crosshairs again (By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun,
2/15/10)
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