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Week of March 23, 2009

News From Across the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Campuses

March 27, 2009 - Dr. Weixling Zhu - State University of New York - Binghamton, Dept. of Biological Sciences  University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education, Spring 2009 Seminar Series. Seminars are held on Fridays at 2 PM in the Technology Research Center, Room 206, on the UMBC campus, and are free and open to the public. Registration is not required. Visitor parking passes for the TRC lot may be purchased for $4.00 in the CUERE office in TRC 102/105 shortly before seminar.

March 27, 2009 - . The (MCE) invites you to the kick-off of a new campaign designed to help Marylanders improve their health and save money by growing fresh vegetables, fruits, and herbs using sustainable practices. The event will take place from 1-2pm at the , a half-acre urban farm, youth garden, and community garden operated by the University of Maryland Cooperative Extension Engaged University program at 2600 Sheridan Street, Riverdale, MD. If you plan to attend - please contact Ria Malloy at 410.531.5556; mmalloy@umd.edu.

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In May 2007, President Mote joined other higher education institution leaders in signing the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment. Signatories of the Commitment pledge to take significant steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from campus operations and move toward the goal of climate neutrality (zero net greenhouse gas emissions). UMD has inventoried its campus emissions and is devising a Climate Action Plan (CAP).

(Towson University, 3/22/09)

(University of Maryland, College Park Newsdesk, 3/20/09)

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State of Maryland News

(By Miranda S. Spivack, The Washington Post, 3/21/09)

(By The Associated Press as reported in The Baltimore Sun, 3/19/09)

(By David A. Fahrenthold, The Washington Post, 3/19/09)

(Chesapeake Bay Program, March 2009)

National and International News

(By Deborah Zebarenko, Reuters, 3/22/09)

 (By Andrew Martin, The New York Times, 3/21/09)

(By Mark Bittman, The New York Times, 3/21/09)

(By Vicki Smith, The Associated Press as reported in The Washington Post, 3/21/09)

(By Steven Mufson, The Washington Post, 3/21/09)

(By Clifford Krauss, The New York Times, 3/20/09)

(By Colin Sullivan, The New York Times, 3/20/09)

(By Nathaniel Growenwold, The New York Times, 3/20/09)

 (By Solmaz Barazesh, Science News, 3/19/09)

(By William Mullen, The Chicago Tribune, 3/19/09)

(By Marian Burros, The New York Times, 3/19/09)