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Gas,
alcohol tax hikes might be on the table: Transportation commission looks at increased levy
as way to boost trust fund (By Sarah Breitenbach, The Gazette, 1/12/11)
Greens
plan State House 'swarm' for offshore wind (By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore
Sun - B'More Green Blog, 1/12/11)
O'Malley
to seek bill boosting offshore wind power: Legislation would require utilities to pledge electricity purchases
from turbines (By Timothy B. Wheeler,
The Baltimore Sun Blog, 1/12/11)
Purple
Line planners in D.C. suburbs face many concerns: Look, route, speed of planned Montgomery-Prince George's link in
question (By
Katherine Shaver, The Washington Post as reported by The Baltimore Sun, 1/12/11)
Maryland
Citizens Surpass Tree Planting Goal: 50,000
New Trees Planted in 2009-2010 through Marylanders Plant Trees Program (Maryland Department of Natural Resources Press Release, 1/12/11)
National and International News
Russian
oil giant Rosneft buys 5% of BP in Arctic drilling deal: Shares rise as $18bn
exchange backed by energy minister Huhne • US congressman Ed Markey attacks
'Bolshoi Petroleum' (By Julia Finch, Tim Webb and Terry Macalister,
Mark Kiver, The [UK] Guardian, 1/15/11)
Global
food chain stretched to the limit: Soaring prices spark
fears of social unrest in developing world (By John Schoen, MSNBC.com, 1/14/11)
Roman
rise and fall ‘recorded in trees': An extensive study of tree growth rings says
there could be a link between the rise and fall of past civilisations and
sudden shifts in Europe's climate. (By Mark Kiver, BBC News, 1/14/11)
Trans-Alaska
Oil Pipeline To Shut Down Again (The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 1/14/11)
$4-a-gallon
gas: What effect would it have? The fallout would be
felt far beyond the initial pain at the pump. (By Anthony Clark, The Gainesville Sun, 1/13/11)
Climate
change could happen much faster than previously thought: Humans are in danger of making large parts of
the Earth uninhabitable for thousands of years because of man made climate
change, according to new evidence based on geological records. (By Louise Gray, The [UK] Telegraph,
1/13/11)
World
hunger best cured by small-scale agriculture: report - A move from industrial farming towards local
food projects is our healthiest, most sustainable choice, says Worldwatch
Institute (By Nidhi Prakash,
The [UK] Guardian, 1/13/11)
Afghanistan's
Green Marines Cut Fuel Use by 90 Percent (By Spencer Ackerman, Wired
Magazine - Danger Room, 1/13/11)
EU
looks for long-term energy plans (UPI, 1/13/11)
A
Step Toward Car Fuel From Wood Waste (By Matthew L. Wald, The New York
Times - Green Blog, 1/13/11)
Spread
of Deadly Virus Tied to Forest Decline (By John Collins Rudolf, The New
York Times - Green Blog, 1/13/11)
Agency
Revokes Permit for Major Coal Mining Project (By John M. Broder, The New York Times, 1/13/11)
Auto
Makers Seek Help on Fuel Rules (By Josh Mitchell, The Wall Street Journal, 1/13/11)
NOAA:
2010 Tied For Warmest Year on Record (NOAA News, 1/12/11)
Chile
protests turn deadly as Latin America buckles under rising energy prices: With two people killed in the southern city of Punta Arenas during Chile
protests against hikes in natural gas prices, President Sebastián Piñera may be
facing his biggest crisis yet. (By Steven Bodzin, The Christian Science Monitor, 1/12/11)
Streetcars vs. Monorails: The
future of urban transportation looks a lot like the past. (By Tom Vanderbilt, Slate.com, 1/12/11)
Australia
Floods: Brisbane Suffers As Water Arrives (By John Pye, The Huffington Post, 1/12/11)
EPA
encourages regular testing for heavy metal in water: Cancer-causing hexavalent chromium, which attracted worldwide attention
from the movie 'Erin Brockovich,' was found in tap water from Chicago and more
than two dozen other cities. (By Michael Hawthorne, The Chicago Tribune as reported by The Baltimore
Sun, 1/11/11)
The
Globe's Limitations: How Peak Oil Threatens Economic Growth (By Richard
Heinberg, The Nation, 1/11/11) [Video]
On
Our Radar: U.S. Chamber Backs Growth of Fossil Fuels (By John Collins Rudolf, The New York Times - Green Blog, 1/11/11)
The Verdict on
the Spill (The New York Times - Editorial, 1/11/11)
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