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Smart power meters? Well, sure. Someday. (By Jay Hancock, The Baltimore Sun, 3/14/10) ExxonMobil ordered to resume well tests, free water deliveries in Baltimore County: Groundwater was contaminated by gas station leak in 2006 (By Nick Madigan, The Baltimore Sun, 3/13/10) Johns Hopkins University to spend $74M to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half (By Gary Haber, Baltimore Business Journal, 3/11/10) Maryland is making plans for future growth: Effort is aimed at helping localities guide development (By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - Green Living, 3/8/10) National and International News DC Environmental Film Festival - March 16-28 - 56 Venues throughout Washington, DC - From sustainable food culture to colony collapse disorder to school lunches, the vital connection between food and the environment is a major theme of the 18th annual Environmental Film Festival, to be held March 16-28. Film buffs and environmentally aware citizens will have the opportunity to see 155 documentary, feature, animated, archival, experimental, and children's films selected to provide fresh, thought-provoking perspectives on environmental issues facing our planet. The festival takes place at 56 venues throughout the city, including museums, embassies, libraries, universities and local theaters -- and most of the screenings are free. FEMA's sale of Katrina trailers sparks criticism (By Spencer S. Hsu, The Washington Post, 3/13/10) Climate change 'makes birds shrink' in North America (By Matt Walker, BBC-Earth News, 3/12/10) US attorney general, agriculture secretary begin hearings on competition in farming system (By Christopher Leonard, The Associated Press as reported by The Los Angeles Times, 3/12/10) Genetically Modified Crops (Reported by Ira Flato, NPR - Science Friday, 3/12/10) Secretary Salazar Releases New "State of the Birds" Report Showing Climate Change Threatens Hundreds of Species (News Release, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 3/11/10) Electric Vehicles May Energize Elkhart's Future (By David Schaper, NPR - 3-Part Series, 3/11/10) Nearly half of Americans believe climate change threat is exaggerated: US belief in climate science lowest since polling began 13 years ago (By Suzanne Goldenberg, The [UK] Guardian, 3/11/10) Pennsylvania Avenue to have dedicated bike lanes (By Ashley Halsey III, The Washington Post, 3/11/10) Scientists Make Eco-Friendly Plastic: IBM and Stanford University team to develop a green generation of plastics (ABC News, 3/10/10) [VIDEO] Air Quality Bad for 40 Percent of Americans (Courthouse News Service, 3/10/10) Google Bike There feature (By Omar L. Gallaga, NPR - All Tech Considered, 3/10/10) Obama, Key Senators Make Their Pitch for Climate and Energy Bill (By Darren Samuelsohn, The New York Times - Greenwire, 3/10/10) Climate Goal Is Supported by China and India (By John M. Broder, The New York Times, 3/9/10) The trouble with trusting complex science: There is no simple way to battle public hostility to climate research. As the psychologists show, facts barely sway us anyway (By George Monbiot, The [UK] Guardian, 3/8/10) |