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Week of September 6, 2010

News from Across the USM Campuses

Shallow-water platform fire raises wider questions on oil safety (By David A. Fahrenthold and David S. Hilzenrath, The Washington Post, 9/3/10) [Article quotes Dr. Donald F. Boesch, President of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, and a member of the Gulf oil spill commission]

DOTS hopes number of campus Zipcars will double: Officials want students to see car-sharing as an alternative to having their own ride (By Alicia McCarthy, The Diamondback Online, 9/2/10)

Commission probes oil spill's impacts (By Nikki Buskey, The Daily Comet, 9/1/10) [Dr. Donald F. Boesch, President of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science is a member of the Gulf oil spill commission]

Administrators laud university achievement in national lists: Placement on green ‘honor roll' and among top 20 engineering schools validates faculty (By Yasmeen Abutaleb, The Diamondback Online, 9/1/10)

Grading your car (By Michael Cross-Barnet, The Baltimore Sun, Second Opinion, 9/1/10) [Article cites the work of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

Bivalve's dramatic demise is as 'quiet as a clam': Large clam species are collapsing throughout the Chesapeake (By Karl Blankenship, The Chesapeake Bay Journal, September 2010) [Article cites Mark Homer and Vic Kennedy of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

University creates sustainability grant: Student fees used to help students, faculty fund their own green projects (By Leyla Korkut, The Diamondback Online, 8/31/10)

Maryland team heads to Gulf to assess oil spill impact (By Katie Fitzpatrick, The Eason Star-Democrat as reported by The Capital, 8/31/10) [Article cites the work of UMCES Horn Point Laboratory's Mike Roman, Bill Boicourt and Jamie Pierson]

Scientists to begin Gulf mission: Horn Point Laboratory researchers have collected Gulf data for years (By Katie Fitzpatrick, The Easton Star-Democrat, 8/30/10) [Article cites the work of UMCES Horn Point Laboratory's Mike Roman, Bill Boicourt and Jamie Pierson]

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4 hearings set on state bay restoration plan (By The Associated Press as reported by The Baltimore Sun, 9/2/10)

States' Bay cleanup plans due - Virginia dragging feet? (By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 9/1/10)

JFX getting greenery makeover: Invasive vines sprayed, trees removed for new plantings (By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 9/1/10)

National and International News

Subsidiary of Koch Industries donates $1M to suspend California's global warming law (By The Associated Press as reported by The Baltimore Sun, 9/4/10)

Anxiety in the Gulf: Latest fire leaves oil industry wondering when it can get back to work (By Matthew Daly, The Associated Press as reported by The Baltimore Sun, 9/3/10)

Time To Get Tough, Environmentalists Say (Reported by Ira Flatow, NPR - Science Friday, 9/3/10)

BP Says Limits on Drilling Imperil Spill Payouts (By Clifford Krauss and John M. Broder, The New York Times, 9/2/10)

AP IMPACT: Feds fail to use land for solar power (By Jason Dearen, The Associated Press as reported by Google.com, 9/1/10)

9 of the Most Polluted Places in the World (By Barbara Fenig, The Huffington Post Blog, 8/31/10 updated 9/1/10)

Greenpeace 'shuts down' Arctic oil rig: Environmental campaigners slip through security boats to scale Cairn Energy oil rig in dawn raid (By Severin Carrell and Bibi van der Zee, The [UK] Guardian, 8/31/10)

As U.S. Troops Move Out Of Iraq, Oil Companies Move In (By Brian Winfield, Forbes - Business in the Beltway Blog, 8/31/10)

New York Court Blocks Closing of Stony Brook U.'s Sustainability Campus (By Scott Carlson, The Chronicle of Higher Education - Buildings and Grounds Blog, 8/31/10)

Judge Sides With UVa Over State Attorney General's Climate-Research Inquiry (By Paul Basken, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 8/30/10)

Greenhouse-Gas Regulation Backed by a Majority in Defense Council's Poll (By Jim Efstathiou Jr., Bloomberg News, 8/30/10)

Friends of the Earth urges end to 'land grab' for biofuels: Charity predicts more food shortages in Africa because of EU target to produce 10% of all transport fuels from biofuels by 2020 (By Katie Allen, The [UK] Guardian, 8/30/10)