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Week of June 15, 2009

News From Across the USM Campuses

University of Maryland, College Park Construction projects remain on schedule (By Kara Estelle, The [UMCP] Diamondback On-line, 6/11/09) [UMCP Commons Building - Planning to apply for LEED Silver Certification]

Community takes measures to reduce pollutants in northeast branch of Anacostia River: Stormwater management tools put in place in Edmonston (By Rachael DeNale, The Gazette, 6/11/09) [Article cites the work of UMCP]

Guest Column: Green Lining (By Ivan Dario Valencia, The [UMCP] Diamondback On-line, 6/11/09)

Coastal bays get C+ for health from researchers (By James Fisher, DelMarVaNow On-line, 6/11/09) [Article cites report by the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

Cardin seeks federal aid for Southern Maryland: Military, higher education requests top wish list (By Alan Brody, SoMdNews.com, 6/10/09) [Article references funding for environmental projects]

Environmentalists Release Report Card on Coastal Bays (WBOC News TV-16, 6/10/09) [Report quotes Bill Dennison of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

In Bloom: Everything you ever wanted to know about the algae causing the Inner Harbor stench (By Chris Landers, The City Paper, 6/10/09) [Article quotes Pat Gilbert, of the UMCES Horn Point Laboratory and Allen Place, of the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute]

Water hazard - Our view: Worcester County's choice to ax planning and permitting jobs suggests the lackluster grade given coastal bays' health is only a start (Op Ed, The Baltimore Sun, 6/9/09) [Op-ed cites report by the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

Coastal bays are degrading: String of fragile lagoons west of Ocean City given a C-plus in first report card (By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 6/9/09) [Article cites Bill Dennison of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

Student Profile - Vicky Stafford  - Environmental Analysis and Planning (Frostburg State University, Undergraduate Admissions, May/June 2009)

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Builders protest higher erosion-control fees: Howard soil conservation agency seeks more for state-mandated reviews (By Larry Carson, The Baltimore Sun, 6/14/09)

Community gets Maryland's first LEED gold rating (By Mary Gail Hare, The Baltimore Sun, 6/9/09)

152,000 trees planted; goal of 1 million by 2011 (By The Associated Press as reported in The Baltimore Sun, 6/9/09)

Early Lesson in Eco-Activism Comes From Economics Book: Kids Seek Reusable Trays; Officials Cite Cost (By Daniel de Vise, The Washington Post, 6/9/09)

National and International News

Getting Up to Speed (By John Gertner, The New York Times Magazine - Infrastructure issue, 6/14/09) [Several articles regarding U.S. infrastructure and sustainability-related issues]

White Rooftops May Help Slow Warming: Energy Secretary Pitches Low-Tech Idea to Reflect Solar Energy Back Into Space (By David A. Fahrenthold, The Washington Post, 6/14/09)

Abrupt Global Warming Could Shift Monsoon Patterns, Hurt Agriculture (From Science Daily, 6/14/09)

Green Jobs Grow: 770,000 Americans Already Have One (By Alexis Madrigal, Wired Science, 6/10/09)

Make me Greener, Please (By Mireya Navarro, The New York Times, 6/10/09)

Reviving American chestnuts may mitigate climate change (By Brian Wallheimer, Purdue University News Service, 6/10/09)

A Farmer, His 'Tribe' And The Web That Brings Them Together (By Krishnadev Calamur, NPR - All Tech Considered, 6/10/09)

Report blames petroleum industry for 25% of toxic pollutants (By AFP as reported on Yahoo News, 6/10/09)

San Francisco OKs toughest recycling law in U.S. (By John Cote, The San Francisco Chronicle, 6/10/09)

US wind farms face lack of fuel (By Suzanne Goldberg, The [UK] Guardian, 6/10/09)

Congress abandoning Obama clean energy goals (By H. Josef Herbet, By The Associated Press as reported in the San Francisco Chronicle, 6/10/09)

East Coast May Feel Rise in Sea Levels the Most (By David A. Fahrenthold, The Washington Post, 6/8/09)