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Baltimore
Green Week: April 16-23, 2011 (BaltimoreGreenWorks.com)
Green
City: Sustainable Living in the Urban Ecosystem (Urbanite Magazine April
2011 "Green" issue)
Forum
explores outlook for ‘smart growth' in Prince George's (By Ovetta Wiggins,
The Washington Post, 4/8/11)
Lawmakers
table offshore wind bill for further study: Opponents of O'Malley's legislation worried about costs to ratepayers (By Timothy B.
Wheeler, Julie Bykowicz and Annie Linskey, The Baltimore Sun,
4/7/11)
The
new corner store: Local-foods movement
inspires a new breed of grocery (By Laura Vozzella, The Baltimore Sun, 4/5/11)
Five
years later, Jacksonville still grapples with gas spill: Residents tell of short showers, bottled
water; second civil trial under way (By Arthur Hirsch, The Baltimore Sun, 4/5/11)
Environmentalists
want feds to study gas drilling's effect on bay (By Tim
Stuhldreher, Central Penn Business Journal, 4/4/11)
National and International News
Debate
stirred over 1st major US tar sands min (By Chi-Chi Zhang, The Associated
Press as reported by Yahoo News, 4/10/11)
Japan to
stop pumping radioactive water into sea: Thousands in Tokyo attend
anti-nuclear demonstrations (By Reuters and The Associated Press as reported by MSNBC, 4/10/11)
Shell's
outgoing UK boss has seen oil firm's role shift in a changing climate: Chairman James
Smith says Shell has had to respond to the global warming challenge (By Fiona Harvey, The [UK] Guardian, 4/8/11)
Growing The
Technology For Artificial Leaves
(Reported by Ira Flatow, NPR - Science Friday, 4/8/11)
Libyan
unrest sends oil prices soaring to $124 a barrel: Gold and silver prices also rally amid
uncertainty caused by problems in the Middle East (By Tom Bawden, The [UK] Guardian, 4/8/11)
Senate
rejects measure to stop EPA on climate (By Timothy Gardner, Reuters,
4/7/11)
G.E.
Plans to Build Largest Solar Panel Plant in U.S. (By Todd Woody, The New
York Times - Energy and Environment, 4/7/11)
Playground
Concept Teaches Clean Energy (By Caleb Denison,
Earth Techling, 4/7/11)
Wind farm
efficiency queried by John Muir Trust study: Wind farms are much less efficient
than claimed, producing below 10% of capacity for more than a third of the
time, according to a new report. (BBC News - Scotland, 4/6/11)
How
The Oil Lobby Greases Washington's Wheels (By Dan Froomkin, The Huffington
Post Blog, 4/6/11)
Oklahoma
Facing Drought Comparable To Dust Bowl Days (By Eyder
Peralta, NPR/WYPR - The Two-Way Blog, 4/6/11)
High-Speed
Rail Funds Sought By Twenty-Four States, Amtrak (By Joan Lowy, The
Associated Press as reported by The Huffington Post Blog, 4/6/11)
Scientists
concerned massive pool of fresh water in Arctic Ocean could alter Atlantic
currents (The Associated Press as reported by The Washington Post, 4/5/11)
Ozone
layer faces record loss over Arctic (By John Heilprin, The Associated Press
as reported by Yahoo News, 4/5/11)
U.S.
Interior Secretary: 'Absolutely' No BP Deal To Resume Deepwater Drilling
(By Reuters as reported by The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 4/4/11)
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