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Week of September 7, 2009

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September 11, 2009?- Dr. Howard Mielke,Xavier University . Seminar is sponsored by the Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education (CUERE), and will be held on Friday at 2 PM in the Technology Research Center, Room 206, on the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 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.

September 9, 2009 - The countdown to climate neutrality at FAU begins now. Be a part of it. . Wednesday, September 9, 2009 from 10am - 4:30pm, at the Lane University Center, Room 201, Frostburg State University: OPEN HOUSE: 10am - 4:30pm  (Grab a snack, review the plan, ask questions and provide feedback.) PRESENTATION: 3:30pm - 4:30pm (Presentation includes FSU's definition of sustainability, LGLG mission, vision, rationale for sustainability and climate neutrality, FSU's carbon footprint, hiring for permanent leadership in sustainability at FSU, foundation strategies, mitigation strategies, education and research, outreach strategies, financing sustainability. 

(By Christine MacDonald. E Magazine, September/October 2009)[Article quotes Margaret Palmer of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

(Salisbury University Press Release, 9/3/09)

The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science's invites the public to take part in its annual Community Open House on Saturday, Oct. 10, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. (The Easton Star Democrat, 9/3/09)

(By Karl Blankenship, The Bay Journal, 9/1/09) [Article cites research by University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science staff]

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(By Liudmila Chernova, DelMarVaNow.com, 9/4/09)

(By Rick Rojas, The Washington Post, 9/3/09)

(By David A. Fahrenthold, 9/2/09)

National and International News

(The Associated Press as reported on MSNBC.com, 9/5/09)

- Special series on high-speed rail in the U.S. (National Public Radio, 8/31/09 - 9/4/09)

(ByDana Hull, MercuryNews.com, 9/3/09)

(By Paul A. Einstein, MSNBC.com, 9/3/09)

(By Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post, 9/4/09)

(By Michael Hill, The Associated Press as reported on Yahoo News, 9/309)

(By The Associated Press as reported by MSNBC.com, 9/3/09)

(By The Associated Press as reported by MSNBC.com, 9/3/09)

(By Corey Christiansen, The Denver Channel - News Channel 7, 9/2/09) 

(By Ari Shapiro, National Public Radio - The Story, 9/2/09)

(National Public Radio - The Diane Rehm Show, 9/3/09)  

(By Rob Taylor, Reuters, 9/2/09)

(By Rob Perks, Natural Resources Defense Council, 9/2/09)

(The Associated Press as reported by MSNBC.com, 9/1/09) (By Robert Chew, Time magazine, 9/1/09)

(By Megan McArdle, The Atlantic, 9/1/09)

(By Stephen Leahy, IPS News, 8/31/09)

(By Emily Pierce, Roll Call, 8/31/09)

(CNNMoney.com, 8/31/09)