UM
"barging" into fight vs invasive species (By Tim Wheeler, The
Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 9/28/11)
State
of Maryland News
Solar
home business shining in Maryland: Declining
panel costs, incentives spur growth (By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - Green Living, 10/3/11)
The
Legacy Of Traffic Gridlock On Local Bicyclists (NPR - WAMU Radio, 9/30/11)
Maryland
state offices going off the bottle: Cost
savings, environment prompt government move to tap water (By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun -
Green Living, 9/30/11)
National
and International News
The
Transition movement: Today Totnes... tomorrow the world: What began as one town's experiment with reducing its reliance on oil has
now spread to 35 countries around the globe (By Sarah Morrison, The [UK] Independent, 10/2/11)
The
Cleanest Cities is the US: A new World Health Organization report details
air-pollution rates around the globe. Here are the cleanest cities in the
country (By Bryan Walsh, Time Magazine, 9/30/11)
Canadian
Arctic loses nearly entire ice shelf (By the Associated Press as reported
by The Sydney Morning Herald, 9/30/11)
Climate
change, peak oil - the video game (The Energy Bulletin Blog, 9/29/11)
For
Perry, the E.P.A. Has Long Been a Favorite Target (By John M. Broder and
Kate Galbraith, The New York Times - Politics, 9/29/11)
Test
trial convicts fossil fuel bosses of 'ecocide': Top lawyers put fossil fuel bosses on trial
in the UK's supreme court in a mock case to explore if ecocide - environmental
destruction - could join genocide as a global crime (By Damian Carrington, The [UK] Guardian, 9/29/11)
Austin
Studies Power Grid, Including Plug-In Cars (By Kate Galbraith, The New York
Times, 9/29/11)
A
Surprising Town Is Now America's Top Bike City: Despite its cold weather and spread-out
development patterns, here's how a Midwestern city beat Portland, San Francisco
and Boulder for the title of #1 Bike City. (By Jay Walljasper, Alternet.org, 9/29/11)
Karma
News: As Nobel Laureates Call to Halt Tar Sands, Govt Panel Finds Warming Could
Cost Canada $500 B/yr by 2075 (By Stephen Lacey, Thinkprogress.org -
Climate Progress, 9/29/11)
Al
Gore: clear proof that climate change causes extreme weather: Former US vice
president tells Scottish green conference that evidence from floods in Pakistan
and China is compelling (By Severin Carrell,
The [UK] Guardian, 9/28/11)
An
Illustrated Guide to the Science of Global Warming Impacts: How We Know
Inaction Is the Gravest Threat Humanity Faces (By Joe Romm,
Thinkprogress.org - Climate Progress, 9/28/11)
Dutch
Cycling Embassy Releases Inspirational Video, Launches Website (By Brian Goebel,
SFStreetsBlog.org, 9/27/11)
Minneapolis's
Midtown Greenway: Good for Bikes, Good for Business (By Clarence Eckerson,
Jr., 9/27/11)
EU
climate chief ‘shocked' at US debate (By Ben Geman, The Hill - E2 Wire, 9/26/11)
Gulf
Fish Hammered by BP Oil (By Julia Whitty, Mother Jones Magazine, 9/26/11)
WHO:
Cities in Iran, South Asia among worst worldwide for pollution (By The
Associated Press as reported by The Washington Post - World, 9/26/11)
Peter
Shumlin, Vermont Governor, Takes On Climate Change (The Huffington Post -
Green Blog, 9/26/11)
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