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Tough call for scientists on safety of oil
‘dispersants' (By Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post as reported by
DelawareOnline, 5/10/10) [Article quotes Carys
Mitchelmore of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science ]
Frostburg State University Listed in
Princeton Review "Guide to 286 Green Colleges" (Frostburg State
University, Press Release 5/10/2010)
University Initiatives - Small Cans Can Make
a Big Difference (By Stacy Jones, Between the Columns, May 2010)
State of Maryland News
Baltimore
left out of Bay cleanup deal? (By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More
Green Blog, 5/14/10)
Schools
are honored for going green (By Christy Zucarrini, The Baltimore Sun -
B'More Green Blog, 5/14/10)
Senators
introduce new climate/energy bill (By Meredith Cohn, The Baltimore Sun,
5/12/10)
Bay
foundation settles lawsuit with EPA: New
measures, timetable aim to speed Chesapeake cleanup (By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More
Green Blog, 5/11/10)
National and International News
May 21st
- Bike to Work Day - Join thousands of area commuters for a
celebration of bicycling as a clean, fun and healthy way to get to work!
Meet up with your neighbors at one of 35 regional pit stops, ride into the city
with experienced commuter convoys and meet your fellow cyclists at Freedom
Plaza. Washington Area Bicyclist Association and Commuter Connections invite
you to try bicycling to work as an alternative to solo driving. Help the
Washington region become a better place to ride. Bike to Work Day is a FREE event and open to all area
commuters. There will be a raffle, prizes, food, drink and more at all
pit stops throughout the region. (The Washington Area Bicyclist Association).
BP: Tube is siphoning oil from leak: 'So far it's working extremely well,' company VP says of strategy
(MSNBC.com News Services, 5/16/10)
BP Reports Some
Success in Capturing Leaking Oil
(By Shaila Dewan, The New York Times, 5/16/10)
Giant
Oil Plumes Found In Gulf Depths (By Jeffery Collins, The Huffington Post,
5/16/10)
Obama
Vows End to ‘Cozy' Oversight of Oil Industry (John M. Broder and Helene
Cooper, The New York Times, 5/14/10)
U.S.
Said to Allow Drilling Without Needed Permits (By Ian Urbina, The New York
Times, 5/13/10)
Size of
Oil Spill Underestimated, Scientists Say (By Justin Gillis, The New York
Times, 5/13/10)
New climate
bill has drilling veto: States could block neighbors; Obama backs,
but how much? (MSNBC.com News Services, Reuters and The Associated Press; 5/12/10)
Moving our nation
beyond petroleum
(By Daphne Wysham, The Associated Press as reported by The Charleston Gazette,
5/12/10)
Canada's
tar sands: a dangerous solution to offshore oil: Alberta is the 'safe' option for US oil
needs - but its tar sands are far more environmentally damaging than Deep
Horizon (By Heather McRobie, The
[UK] Guardian, 5/11/10)
Obama
Seeks to Split Agency That Monitors Oil Drilling (By Sheryl Gay Stolberg
and John M. Broder, The New York Times, 5/11/10)
World
is failing to preserve biodiversity, UN report says: Human activity continues to threaten plants and animals; consequences
will be 'severe for us all' (By
Janet Lawrence, Reuters as reported by The Vancouver Sun, 5/11/10)
BP
shareholder sues company executives over Gulf oil spill: A BP shareholder from the United States is suing company executives over
ignoring safety issues prior to the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon and
subsequent Gulf oil spill. (By Kevin McGill, The Associated Press as reported
by The Christian Science Monitor, 5/10/10)
Oil leak is 5 times
greater than reported by officials (From Staff Reports, PNJ.com, 5/10/10)
Report:
Climate change could render much of world uninhabitable (By Doyle Rice, USA
Today, 5/10/10)
EPA
still working on Barnett Shale air pollution problem, agency says (By Mike
Lee, The Star-Telegram, 5/10/10)
Separate
Oversight for Offshore Safety? (By Tom Zeller, Jr., The New York Times,
Green Blog, 5/10/10)
Battle
for climate wages on in California: As Schwarzenegger sidelines offshore drilling he is
left fighting for climate laws to break California's oil dependency (By Vincent Bevins, The [UK] Guardian, 5/10/10)
U.S.
agency let oil industry write offshore drilling rules (By Les Blumenthal
and Erika Bolstad, McClatchy Newspapers, 5/10/10) [VIDEO]
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