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Week of September 28, 2009

News from Across the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Campuses

October 1^st - , Sustainability Speaker Series from 12:00 -1:00pm on Thursday in the Atrium, Stamp Student Union, University of Maryland, College Park campus - Come meet the Campus Energy Manager, Joan Kowal, and learn about how the campus produces and sources the energy needed to run our "city" of 46,000 people. Learn how the tri-generation power plant produces electricity, steam, and chilled water and ask your questions about future renewable energy prospects for the campus.

?(By Dustin Holt, The Easton Star Democrat as reported on the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science web site, 9/25/09) The Easton Star Democrat article quotes University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science staff member, Mike Roman

("The Latest" newsletter, University of Baltimore, September 2009)

State of Maryland News

(By John-John Williams IV, The Baltimore Sun, 9/27/09)

(By The Associated Press as reported by The Baltimore Sun, 9/25/09)

(MSNBC.com, 9/25/09) [video]

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National and International News

Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, the joins 20 college and university teams in a competition to design, build, and operate the most attractive and energy-efficient solar-powered house. Houses can be viewed on the National Mall in Washington, DC from October 9-13 and October 15-18.

(By The Associated Press as reported on MSNBC.com, 9/27/09)

(By The Associated Press as reported on MSNBC.com, 9/27/09)

(By Charles Wilson, The New York Times, 9/25/09)

(By Michael Casey, The Associated Press as reported on MSNBC.com, 9/25/09)

(By David Zurawik, The Baltimore Sun, 9/25/09) [Video and article]

(By Paul A. Einstein, MSNBC.com, 9/25/09)

(By Josh Mitchell and Stephen Power, The Wall Street Journal, 9/25/09)\

(By The Associated Press as reported on MSNBC.com, 9/25/09)

(By Paul Krugman The New York Times, Op-Ed, 9/24/09)

(By Peter Overby, National Pubic Radio - Morning Edition, 9/24/09)

(By Seth Borenstein, The Associated Press, 9/24/09)

(By The Associated Press as reported on MSNBC.com, 9/24/09)

(By Rebekah Kebede, Reuters as reported on Yahoo News, 9/24/09)

(By Eve Tahmincioglu, MSNBC.com, 9/24/09)

(By Rajendra Pachauri and John Podesta, Center for American Progress, 9/23/09)

(By Alister Doyle, Reuters as reported on Yahoo News, 9/23/09)

(By Kate Galbraith, The New York Tomes, Green, Inc. Blog, 9/23/09)

(By Weston Kosova, Newsweek magazine, 9/21/09)

(By LiveScience staff as reported on MSNBC.com, 9/21/09)