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State
of Maryland
News
Nov. 30th - Deadline
for Color Maryland Green Annual Art and Poetry Contest. Color Maryland
Green is an art and poetry contest designed to inspire Maryland students to enjoy and respect the
State's great outdoors and natural resources. Through the creative use of
poetry, art and digital tools, students expressed their appreciation for the
outdoors and Maryland's treasured natural resources. Entries
may be submitted individually or in bundles through the classroom. For further
information or to request COLOR MARYLAND GREEN instructional materials, contact
La Von Boston at lboston@dnr.state.md.us
or (410) 260-8009.
Transportation
remains county's No. 1 issue: Council wants state lawmakers to fund projects
(By Kate S. Alexander, Gazette.net, 11/6/12)
After
Sandy, Thousands In Garrett County Still Without Power (Reported by Meymo
Lyons, NPR/WAMU, 11/5/12)
National
and International News
Coffee
beans at risk of extinction: By the end of this century, climate change could
wipe out nearly all the world's coffee (By Natasha Lennard, Salon.com, 11/12/12)
Giant
pandas threatened by climate change: Global warming will wipe out much of the
bamboo on which the bears rely for food, according to a new study (By the
Press Association as reported by The [UK] Guardian - Environment Blog, 11/12/12)
Hurricane
Sandy Damage Amplified By Breakneck Development Of Coast (By John Rudolf,
Ben Hallman, Chris Kirkham, Saki Knafo and Matt Sledge, The Huffington Post -
Greeen Blog, 11/11/12)
Real
Adaptation Is As Politically Tough As Mitigation, But Much More Expensive And
Less Effective At Reducing Future Misery (By Joe Romm, ThinkProgress.org -
Climate Progress Blog, 11/11/12)
US
elections: five climate hawks who will take office in 2013 - Climate-minded
voters were pleased to hear President Obama call out "the destructive
power of a warming planet" in his victory speech. But they also scored
some notable wins in state houses and Congress this year (By Kate Sheppard,
Mother Jones Magazine for the Guardian Environment Network, 11/9/12)
Rasmussen
Poll: 68 Percent Of American Voters See Global Warming As A ‘Serious Problem'
(By Stephen Lacey, Thinkprogress.org - Climate Progress Blog, 11/9/12)
Gas
Rationing Begins In New York City With Odd-Even System While Power Outages From
Hurricane Sandy Persist (By Tom Hays and Michael Gormley, The Huffington
Post - New
York
Blog, 11/9/12)
After
Sandy, thousands left to freeze in public housing: As winter approaches, city
housing authorities in the Northeast scramble to fix damaged or faulty
infrastructure (By Laura Gottesdiener, Alternet.org as reported by
Salon.com, 11/9/12)
Worst Case Climate
Projections Likely: Study - Global warming "likely to be on the high side
of current projections," according to analysis from National Center for
Atmospheric Research scientists (By Common Dreams staff, CommonDreams.org, 11/9/12)
Climate
change, not the national debt, is the legacy we should care about: Worry about
the grandchildren? Then stop global warming, but don't pretend deficit
reduction by slashing pensions is for them (By Dean Baker, The [UK] Guardian, 11/8/12)
Climate Change's
'Terrifying Math' Coming to City Near You: 350.org launches national tour that
takes direct aim at fossil fuel industry (By Common Dreams staff,
CommonDreams.org, 11/8/12)
Warmer
still: Extreme climate predictions appear most accurate, report says (By
Brian Vastag, The Washington Post - Health and Science, 11/8/12)
For Champions of
Degrowth, Less Is Much More (By Malgorzata Stawecka, CommonDreams.org, 11/8/12)
Obama
to continue efforts to curb greenhouse gases, push energy efficiency (By
Juliet Eilperin and Steven Mufson, The Washington Post - Health and Science, 11/7/12)
Study:
We're Headed To 11°F Warming And Even 7°F Requires ‘Nearly Quadrupling The
Current Rate Of Decarbonisation' (By Joe Romm, Thinkprogress.org - Climate
Progress Blog, 11/6/12)
Obama
Wins Reelection, Now Must Become A Climate Hawk To Avoid Dust-Bin Of History,
Dust Bowl For America (By Joe Romm, Thinkprogress.org - Climate Progress
Blog, 11/6/12)
Sandy's
Blackouts Pressure Utilities to Bury Power Lines (By Julie Johnsson,
Benjamin Haas and Mark Chediak, Bloomberg News, 11/6/12)
Romney's Global Warming
Joke Should Haunt Him (By Dean Baker, CommonDreams.org, 11/6/12)
Obama
and Romney remain silent on climate change, the biggest issue of all: Despite
hurricane Sandy, neither Obama nor Romney will speak about global warming. The
danger this poses is huge (By George Monbiot, The [UK] Guardian - Elections 2012, 11/5/12)
Study: Predicted 6ºC
Rise by 2100 Should End "Business as Usual": 'This isn't about shock
tactics, it's simple maths' says global accounting firm (By Common Dreams
staff, CommonDreams.org, 11/5/12)
Seven
reasons bikes are for everyone-not just "cyclists" (By Christine Grant,
Transition Voice as reported by EnergyBulletin.net, 11/5/12)
New
Yorkers told to stock up ahead of nor'easter as thousands wait for shelter:
Thousands still lack power or heat after Sandy but elsewhere city's schools and
subway lines are almost back to normal (By Matt Williams, The [UK]
Guardian, 11/5/12)
How
the Religious Right Is Fueling Climate Change Denial: Radical religious
activists promote anti-science bills, in part, because they also seek to
undermine the teaching of evolution. (By Katherine Stewart, The [UK] Guardian as reported by Alternet.org -
Environment Blog, 11/5/12)
Now That Climate Silence
Has Been Broken, How about a Carbon Tax? (By Mijin Cha, Policy Shop/Demos
Blog as reported by CommonDreams.org, 11/5/12)
New
Ads Launched: Romney Attacked Over Climate Change as Activists Tap Post-Sandy
Concerns - Sandy finally made climate change an issue in the presidential
elections -- after months with virtually no mention from Obama or Romney on the
campaign trail. (By Suzanne Goldenberg, The [UK] Guardian as reported by Alternet.org, 11/5/12)
U.S.
Urged to Step Up Research Linking Climate Change to National Security (By
Paul Basken, The Chronicle of Higher Education - Government, 11/9/12)
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