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Week of October 26, 2009

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October 30 (Friday) Dr. Alan Vicory,   Ohio River Valley Water Sanitary Commission. Sponsored by the Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education (CUERE). The seminar will be held on Friday at 2pm 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 the seminar. For more information, call 410-455-1763.

October 29 (Thursday)  Professor Amir Sapkota, University of Maryland School of Public Health (). University of Maryland, College Park AOSC Seminar series. The seminar is on Thursday from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Auditorium (Rm. 2400) on the second floor of the New Wing of the Computer and Space Science Building, on the University of Maryland, College Park campus. Coffee, tea and cookies will be served in the adjoining Atrium at 3:00 p.m. For more information, contact Russ Dickerson.

(By Pamela Wood, The Annapolis Capital, 10/24/09) [Article quotes Andy Lazur of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

(By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 10/22/09) [Article quotes Christopher Rowe of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

(Salisbury University Press Release, 10/21/09)

State of Maryland News

(By Michael Dresser, The Baltimore Sun, 10/26/09)

(By Meredith Cohn, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 10/26/09)

(By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 10/23/09)

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(By Jamie Smith Hopkins, The Baltimore Sun, 10/22/09)

(By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 10/20/09)

(The Associated Press, 10/19/09)

National and International News

(The Editors, The New York Times, 10/25/09)

(The Associated Press as reported on MSNBC.com, 10/25/09)

(The Associated Press as reported on MSNBC.com, 10/25/09)

(Tom Hamburger and Alexander C. Hart, The Los Angeles Times, 10/25/09)

(By Andrew C. Revkin, The New York Times, 10/24/09)

(The Baltimore Sun, AFP/Getty and Associated Press Images, 10/24/09)  

(By Sarah Collerton, ABC News Australia, 10/24/09)

- On October 24, people in 181 countries came together for the most widespread day of environmental action in the planet's history. At over 5200 events around the world, people gathered to call for strong action and bold leadership on the climate crisis.

(By Tyler Hamilton, The Toronto [Canada] Star, 10/23/09)

(U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Atmospheric Programs, 10/23/09)

(By Christine Armario, The Associated Press, 10/23/09)

(By Zach Rosenberg, Wired Magazine - Autopia, 10/23/09)

(By Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post, 10/23/09)

(By Maria Glod, The Washington Post, 10/22/09)

(By Elisabeth Rosenthal, The New York Times, 10/22/09)

(By Daniel De Vise, The Washington Post, 10/22/09)

(By Rich McKay, The Orlando Sentinel as reported in The Baltimore Sun, 10/22/09)

(The Associated Press as reported on MSNBC.com, 10/22/09)

(By Tina Seeley, Bloomberg News, 10/20/09)

(By Paul R. La Monica, CNN - Money, 10/20/09)

(By Will Allen, The Boston Globe, 10/19/09)

(By Ken Ward, Jr., The Charleston Gazette, 10/19/09)

(By Susan Reimer, The Baltimore Sun, 10/19/09)

(By John Cote, The San Francisco Chronicle, 10/19/09)

(By Rama Lakshmi, The Washington Post, 10/19/09)

(By Matthew L. Wald, The New York Times, 10/19/09)