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State of Maryland News
Engaged
University: Master Peace Community Farm Harvest Festival - October 17,
11am-2pm, 62nd and Sheridan St, Riverdale, MD [PDF]
Goats
help planned rec center take a bite toward progress: Animals clear the weeds for planned recreation, environmental center in
city's Druid Hill Park (By Meredith Cohn, The Baltimore Sun, 10/10/09)
Trade in your gas-powered lawnmower and save (The Baltimore Sun, 10/9/09)
Bay
cleanup: the "hammer" and the helping hand (By Tim Wheeler, The
Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 10/8/09)
Novel
car-sharing biz sprouting here (By Time Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More
Green Blog, 10/7/09)
College
Sustainability Report Card 2010 is Released (Sustainable Endowments
Institute, 10/7/09)
Eating
locally for a year: New Tripoli woman plans to avoid any food that comes from more than 125
miles from her home (By Diane Stoneback, The Baltimore Sun, 10/7/09) [Video and article]
"Green"
Jobs Training Available (By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 10/6/09)
Open
water swims in Maryland - Polluted Chesapeake Bay safe to swim in (The
Examiner, 10/6/09)
Places
in the sun: Among the sites on B-More,
B-Green's Solar Tour is a 3-car garage made of straw and a building at a winery (By Eileen Ambrose, The Baltimore Sun,
10/5/09)
National and International News
Clean
Energy Splits France: It's Carbon vs. Countryside in Environmental Battle Over Plan for
Windmills Near Coastal Shrine (By Edward
Cody, The Washington Post, 10/11/09)
Chemicals
From Former Missile Sites Pose Water Contamination Risk (By Mead Gruver,
The Associated Press as reported by The Washington Post, 10/11/09)
All's
Possible Under the Sun: Twenty student teams take over the Mall to show that solar-powered
living is more than just a bright idea. (By Elizabeth Razzi, The Washington Post, 10/10/09)
China says
rich countries undercut climate talks (By Reuters, 10/10/09)
Last Time
Carbon Dioxide Levels Were This High: 15 Million Years Ago, Scientists Report
(Science Daily, 10/9/09)
Reduce
your pet's carbon footprint (By Morieka Johnson, McClatchy-Tribune as
published in The Baltimore Sun, 10/8/09)
Warning over
global oil 'decline' (By Sarah
Mukherjee, BBC News, 10/8/09)
Despite
Hard Times, Colleges Are Still Going Green (By Jack Kadden, The New York
Times, 10/7/09)
EPA
to re-evaluate health effects of popular farm weed killer found in drinking
water supplies (By Dina Cappiello, The Associated
Press, 10/7/09)
US
threatens to derail climate talks by refusing to include Kyoto targets: Protocol seen as
basis for Copenhagen negotiations but America refuses to be 'stuck with
agreement 20 years old' (By John Vidal, The
[UK] Guardian, 10/7/09)
Chemical
linked to aggression in girls (By Sarah Avery, The News and Observer,
10/7/09)
Apple
Leaves U.S. Chamber Over Its Climate Position (Bt David A. Fahrenthold, The
Washington Post, 10/6/09)
New
Report Details Costs of Cutting Greenhouse Gas Emissions (By Juliet
Eilperin, The Washington Post, 10/6/09)
‘Cleantech'
could be economy's next boom: Momentum around clean
energy reminds some of Internet's early days (By Jordan Robertson, The Associated Press
as reported on MSNBC.com, 10/6/09)
Lower
winter heating costs expected: Government report has good news for people who
heat homes with gas (The Associated Press as reported on MSNBC.com, 10/6/09)
Obama
orders federal government to cut emissions (By Reuters, as reported on
Yahoo News, 10/5/09)
Mighty
caribou herds dwindle, warming blamed (By Charles J. Hanley, The Associated Press as reported by The
Washington Post, 10/5/09)
Hurdles
Remain on Climate Change Goals (By Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post,
10/5/09)
High
Court Won't Review Oil Royalties Case (The Associated Press as reported by
The Washington Post, 10/5/09)
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