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Week of August 17, 2009

News from Across the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Campuses

Additional Â鶹ÊÓƵ institutions signed on to the Maryland Green Registry - As of 8/16/09, the following Â鶹ÊÓƵ institutions have signed on to the Maryland Green Registry: Other Â鶹ÊÓƵ institutions are in the process of joining the state's Green Registry.

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(By Sean R. Sedam, SoMdNews.com, 8/14/09) [Article quotes Dr. Donald Boesch, President of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

State of Maryland News

(By Meredith Cohn, The Baltimore Sun, 8/15/09)

(Maryland Department of the Environment Press Release, 8/14/09)

(By Meredith Cohn, The Baltimore Sun, 8/14/09)

National and International News

(By David A. Fahrenthold, The Washington Post, 8/16/09)

(By Kim Murphy, The Los Angeles Times, 8/16/09)

(By Patrik Jonsson, ABC News, 8/16/09)

(By Kirk Johnson, The New York Times, 8/16/09)

(Science Daily, 8/15/09)

(By Ylan Q. Mui, The Los Angeles Times, 8/14/09)

(By Phuong Le, The Associated Press as reported by The Washington Post, 8/14/09)

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(By Ylan Q. Mui, The Washington Post, 8/13/09)

(By John Horn, The Baltimore Sun, 8/13/09)

(By Ralph Vartabedian and Ken Bensinger, The Baltimore Sun, 8/13/09)

(By Monica Eng, The Baltimore Sun, 8/12/09)

(By Eric A. Morris, The New York Times - Freakonomics Blog, 8/13/09)

(By Kate Galbraith, The New York Times - Green, Inc. Blog, 8/13/09)

(By Alex Kaplun, The New York Times, 8/12/09)

(By Quirin Schiermeier, Nature News, 8/12/09)

(By Virginia Gewin, NatureJobs.com, 8/12/09)

(By The Associated Press as reported on MSNBC.com, 8/12/09)

(By Alok Jha, The [UK] Guardian, 8/11/09)

(By Ian Talley, The Wall Street Journal - Washington Wire Blog, 8/11/09)

(By Enrique Gili, IPS News - Environment-US, 8/11/09)

(By Keith Bradsher, The New York Times, 8/11/09)

(By Ken Thomas, The Associated Press as reported on Yahoo News, 8/11/09)

(By Kimberly S. Johnson and Tom Krisher, Associated Press as reported on Yahoo News, 8/11/09)