USM National Green Campus
News Archive
Week of May 31, 2010
News from Across the USM Campuses
BP
Prepares 'Top Kill' Plan (ABC's Good Morning America, 5/26/10) [Video
cites Carys Mitchelmore of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental
Science]
University
of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) Scientists Respond to Gulf
Oil Spill (UMCES Featured Project, UMCES web site, 5/24/10)
Chesapeake
Bay Health Report Card Shows Broad Improvements in 2009: Annual
geographically-detailed assessment reveals regional differences in Bay health (UMCES News and Events, UMCES web site, May
2010)
State of Maryland News
Gulf
oil seeps into Maryland politics: O'Malley wants Obama's administration to take
harder line against drilling; Ehrlich says U.S. should explore Alaska refuge
first (By Annie Linskey,
The Baltimore Sun, 5/31/10)
Gulf
spill pinches Maryland seafood industry: Oysters,
shrimp most affected, crabs ample for now but pricey (By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun,
5/28/10)
Likelihood
of the Gulf Oil Spill Affecting Maryland is Low (Maryland Department of the
Environment - Emergency Response, 5/26/20)
National and International News
Best
chance to stop Gulf oil leak 2 months away with relief well (By Matthew
Brown, The Associated Press as reported by The Baltimore Sun, 5/31/10)
Oil
spill creates huge undersea 'dead zones': Clouds of crude and
chemical dispersants have formed in the Gulf of Mexico and oceanologists fear
these could have devastating effects on the food chain (By Emily Dugan, the [UK] Independent, 5/30/10)
BP shifts to new
strategy to cap Gulf spill: Obama says flow is 'as enraging as it is
heartbreaking' after 'top kill' fails (The Associated Press and Reuters as reported by MSNBC.com, 5/30/10)
BP's
latest efforts haven't stopped flow of oil (By Vicki Needham, The Hill,
5/29/10)
An Unnatural
Disaster (By Bob Herbert, The New York Times - Op Ed, 5/28/10)
Our
Fix-It Faith and the Oil Spill (By Elisabeth Rosenthal, The New York Times,
5/28/10)
Scientists
Build Case for Undersea Plumes
(By Justin Gillis, The New York Times, 5/28/10)
Obama's
Katrina? Maybe Worse (By Frank Rich, The New York Times - Op Ed, 5/28/10)
22-mile
oil plume under Gulf nears rich waters (By Matthew
Brown and Jason Dearen, The Associated Press as reported by Yahoo News, 5/28/10)
Ex-EPA
Officials: Why Isn't BP Under Criminal Investigation? (By Jason Leopold, Truthout.org, 5/28/10)
Obama calls oil
spill 'assault on our shores': President visits Louisiana, says he will
increase manpower in region (The Associated Press as reported by MSNBC.com, 5/28/10)
Coverage of
the BP oil spill (The Washington Post - Planet Panel, 5/26/10 and previous)
Polar
bears face 'tipping point' due to climate change (By Matt Walker, BBC -
Earth News, 5/25/10)
Sanyo
EV Travels 624 Miles on One Charge (By Keith Barry, Wired Magazine,
5/25/10)
It's
Really Over: Last HUMMER H3 Rolls Off Louisiana Line (By John Voelcker, The
Car Connection, 5/25/10)
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