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Week of September 14, 2009

News from Across the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Campuses

(By Derby Cox , UMCP's Diamondback Online, 9/14/09)

September 18, 2009?- Dr. Sacoby Wilson? University of South Carolina, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics?- The seminar will be held on Friday at 2 PM in the Technology Research Center, Room 206, on the University of Maryland, Baltimore County campus, and is 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 on the UMBC campus shortly before seminar.

Virtually all Â鶹ÊÓƵ institutions have signed on to the Maryland Green Registry, which is a list of "Organizations Working Toward a Sustainable Maryland." For those campuses not yet signed up, and the completed form emailed to MarylandGreen@mde.state.md.us. For details about the specific activities on campuses, visit the .

Â鶹ÊÓƵ Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change Initiative

• Practices
• Programs
• Policies

• Presentations
• Climate Change Definitions
• Facilities Master Planning
• Statewide Sustainability Efforts
• Useful Links and References

(The Baltimore Sun, Editorial, 9/13/09)

(By Jim Tankersley, The Baltimore Sun, 9/11/09)

(By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 9/11/09)

National and International News

(OSHA Press Release, 9/13/09)

(By Lynn Neary, National Public Radio, 9/13/09)

(By Charles Duhigg, The New York Times as reported on MSNBC.com, 9/12/09)

(By Lisa Lerer, Politico, 9/11/09)

(EPA Press Release, 9/11/09)

(By Cate Nelson, Ecochildsplay.com, 9/11/09)

(By Robert Lee Hotz, The Wall Street Journal, 9/11/09)

(By David A. Fahrenthold, The Washington Post, 9/10/09)

(By Tina Casey, Cleantechnica, 9/10/09)

(By Rachel L. Swarns, The New York Times, 9/8/09)

(By Poornima Gupta, Reuters, 9/9/09)

(By Amanda Terkel, Thinkprogress.org, 9/8/09)