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Planet
Peril: Doubts about us, Not Warming (By Donald F. Boesch, The Washington
Post, 10/15/09) [Article is by Dr. Donald Boesch, President of the University
of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]
Shore
communities are 'in danger': UMCES president: Social, economic, environmental factors threaten
region (By Kristyn Ecohard, The
Star-Democrat, 10/15/09) [Article
quotes Dr. Donald Boesch, President of the University of Maryland Center for
Environmental Science]
Environmentalists
call for action at annual summit (By Jeff Newman, Southern Maryland
Newspapers Online, 10/14/09) [Article quotes Dr. Donald Boesch, President of
the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]
University of
Maryland, College Park Wins America's Greenest Campus Contest - The
University of Maryland shares the honors with Rio Salado College for winning
the America's Greenest Campus Contest -- a six month contest encouraging
students, faculty, and staff to calculate their personal carbon footprints and
pledge to reduce their impacts. UM had more participants (2,257 students,
faculty, and staff) pledge to carbon reductions than any other college or
university. The Student Sustainability Committee (a committee of the SGA)
will receive $5,000 for coordinating the campus' effort. [Climate Culture,
10/14/09]
Maryland
Named Top Green Campus (UM Newsdesk, 10/14/09)
University
of Maryland, College Park Wins Greenest College Campus Award (Reuters,
10/14/08)
Green
Lecture Series Kicks off with Panel on Electric Vehicles (Universities at
Shady Grove Newsroom, 10/13/09)
Frostburg
State gets $850,000 from DOE (The
Associated Press as reported by The Daily Record, 10/13/09)
FSU
Sustainable Energy Research Facility Receives $856,000 Federal Grant (FSU
News Release, 10/13/09)
St. Martin
Hall Renovations Increase Building's Sustainability (Salisbury University
Press Release, 10/13/09)
State
sets new record for oyster restoration: 750
million spat placed in rivers that feed the bay (By Pamela Wood, The Capital,
10/12/09) [Article quotes the
staff of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science's Horn
Point Laboratory]
Public Announcement:
New Parking Structure - Please address
questions and comments to the Office of Capital Planning, Construction and
Contracts by email or call (410)
951-3780 not later than October 23rd, 2009. (Coppin State University, Capital
Planning, Construction and Contracts)
State of Maryland News
10/25 (Sunday) -
Potomac River Jam?- 8 am - 4 pm?- River
Center at Lockhouse 8, C&O Canal National Historical Park, Cabin John, MD.?Join Potomac Conservancy for our first annual Potomac
River Jam - a day-long celebration of the river and canal.
Trying
to get kids to walk to school: Advocates
for fitness, environmentalism say they're having some successes, but it's not
easy (By Joe Burris, The
Baltimore Sun, 10/15/09)
Vegetarian
Birds (By Susan Reimer, The Baltimore Sun, 10/12/09)
Wind
farm proposal draws criticism from residents (By Timothy B. Wheler, The
Baltimore Sun, 10/15/09)
National and International News
Energy
Firms Find No Unity on Climate Bill (By John Broder, The New York Times,
10/18/09)
Climate
concerns turn city's smell into cash cow (By Dina
Cappiello, The Associated Press as reported on Yahoo News, 10/18/09)
World's
Biggest Economies Hold Talks To Reach Climate Deal (By Robert Barr, The
Huffington Post, 10/18/09)
Republican
senator says open to U.S. climate bill (By Richard Cowan, Reuters,
10/17/09)
After year
without, family finds middle ground: No TV? Toilet paper?
Perceived sacrifices end up being nothing of the sort (The Associated Press as reported on
MSNBC.com, 10/17/09)
Climate
concerns turn city's smell into cash cow: Renewable natural gas
source - methane from manure - lures businesses (The
Associated Press as reported on MSNBC.com, 10/17/09)
The
Hydrogen Car Gets Its Fuel Back: Congress Restores Research Funding That
Administration Wanted to Cut (By Peter
Whoriskey, The Washington Post, 10/17/09)
U.S.
Chamber Fires Back at Critics (By David A. Fahrenthold, The Washington
Post, 10/16/09)
Germany
Takes Top Honors in Solar Decathlon (By Elizabeth Razzi, The Washington
Post, 10/16/09)
Ireland
Says Not In This Country - Bans Genetically Modified Crops (Treehugger.com,
10/16/09)
Bringing
Low-Cost Solar to the World's Poor (By Jeffrey Marlow, The New York Times -
Green, Inc., 10/16/09)
Huge
MTR news: EPA moves to veto Spruce Mine permit (By Ken Ward, Jr., The
Charleston Gazette, 10/16/09)
Carbon
emissions must peak by 2015: UN climate scientist (AFP, 10/16/09)
Hybrid
cars dominate EPA list of top 10 fuel sippers: More automakers are joining the trend. Nine of the top 10 vehicles in
the Environmental Protection Agency's fuel economy rankings for the 2010 model
year are hybrids, made by six companies. (By Martin Zimmerman, The Baltimore Sun,
10/16/09)
An
Isolated Village Finds the Energy to Keep Going (By Simon Romero, The New
York Times, 10/15/09)
Solar
Decathlon Daily Journals for September 30 - October 16, 2009 (U.S.
Department of Energy, 10/15/09)
More
homeowners looking to stoves for heat (By Caryn Rousseau, The Associated
Press as reported in The Baltimore Sun, 10/15/09)
Arctic to be
'ice-free in summer' (By David Shukman, BBC News, 10/14/09)
Farm
Bureau Aims to Kill Climate Bill (By Kate Galbraith, The New York Times -
Green, Inc., 10/14/09)
Arizona
wineries rise above desert climate: Boutique, family-run
businesses are a oenophile's treasure map (The Associated Press as reported on
MSNBC.com, 10/14/09)
Bush-era
EPA document on climate change released: The 2007 draft suppressed until now calls for
regulation of greenhouse gases, citing global warming as a serious risk to the
U.S. A finding by the Obama administration is nearly identical. (By Jim
Tankersley and Alexander C. Hart, The Los Angeles Times as reported in The
Baltimore Sun, 10/14/09)
Another
Company May Leave Chamber of Commerce Over Extreme Position On Climate Change
(By Shahien Nasiripour, The
Huffington Post, 10/13/09)
Team California Wins
the Communications Contest at U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon
(U.S. Department of Energy Press Release, 10/13/09)
City
prepares for green-building conference in 2012 (By Diane Mastrull, The
Philadelphia
Enquirer, 10/13/09)
Gas
prices fall below $2.50 a gallon: Demand expected to drop
when daylight saving time ends. (By Elizabeth Strott, MSNBC.com Money Central, 10/12/09)
Solar
power outshining Colorado's gas industry: But alternative energy
still produces only fraction of needed electricity (The Associated Press as reported on
MSNBC.com, 10/12/09)
Soros
to Invest $1 Billion in Clean Energy, Form Advisory Group (By
Katherine Burton and Jim Efstathiou Jr., Bloomberg.com, 10/12/09)
Obama
Urged to Intensify Push for Climate Measure: Backers Fear Administration Is Giving Issue
Short Shrift (By Juliet Eilperin
and Michael D. Shear, The Washington Post, 10/12/09)
Cleansing
the Air at the Expense of Waterways (By Charles Duhigg, The New York Times, 10/12/09)
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