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Week of September 13, 2010

News from Across the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Campuses

Sept. 16^th - 3:30 pm (CSS 2400, Auditorium, University of Maryland, College Park campus) - with Dr. James Kinter Director of the Institute of Global Environment and Society at the Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies.

Sept. 16^th - 4:00 pm (1102 South Campus Commons, Building 1, University of Maryland, College Park campus) - - An unforgettable and shocking wake-up call, A Crude Awakening offers the rock-solid argument that the era of cheap oil is in the past. Relentless and clear-eyed, this intensively researched film drills deep into the uncomfortable realities of a world that is both addicted to fossil fuels and blissfully unaware of the looming "peak oil" crisis.

Sept. 17^th - Ned Tillman?- Seminar will be held on Friday at 2:00pm 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.

- The Campus Green Fund is supported by the Student Sustainability Fee and provides funding for projects that promote environmental sustainability and positively impact the student experience at the University of Maryland. Students, faculty, and staff of the University of Maryland community can apply for funds to support projects that will advance the sustainability of the College Park campus. Application materials must be submitted electronically to the UMCP's Office of Sustainability (sustainability@umd.edu) by Monday, November 1, 2010. Projects will be awarded by July 1, 2011.

The office is a fast paced, dynamic, and quickly changing organization and we seek talented individuals who thrive in this environment. Apply by September 27, 2010 for best consideration.

(National Science Foundation Press Release, 9/10/10) [The University System of Maryland, in conjunction with the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science; University of Maryland, College Park; Towson University, and University of Delaware, were awarded a 2-year, $1MM Climate Change Education planning grant, called MADE-CLEAR - Maryland and Delaware Climate Change Education, Assessment, and Research]

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(By Claire Saravia, The Diamondback Online, 9/10/10)

(By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 9/9/10) [Article quotes University of Maryland Environmental Law Professor, Rena Steinzor]

(By David A. Fahrenthold, The Washington Post, 9/8/10) [Article quotes Dr. Donald F. Boesch, President of the University of Maryland Center foe Environmental Science]

(By Candus Thompson, The Baltimore Sun - Outdoors Girl Blog, 9/7/10) [Article references the state oyster hatchery at UMCES's Horn Point Laboratory]

(By Richard A. Lovett, Nature News, 9/6/10) [Article quotes Margaret Palmer of the University of Maryland Center foe Environmental Science]

State of Maryland News

(Maryland Department of Agriculture Press Release)

(By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 9/8/10)

(By Christy Zuccarini, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 9/8/10)

(By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 9/8/10)

(By Susan Reimer, The Baltimore Sun, 9/7/10)

National and International News

(By Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post, 9/12/10)

(By Shaila Dewan, The New York Times, 9/12/10)

(By Garance Burke and Trevor Hunnicutt, Associated Press as reported by the Los Angeles Daily News, 9/12/10)

(USA TODAY - Green House, 9/10/10)

(USA TODAY - Green House, 9/10/10)

(By Lisa Rein, The Washington Post, 9/10/10)

(By Andrew C. Revkin, The New York Times - Dot Earth Bog, 9/10/10)

(By Kate Galbraith, The Texas Tribune, 9/10/10)

(By Matthew McDermott, Treehugger.com, 9/10/10)

(Reported by Richard Harris, NPR - All Things Considered, 9/10/10)

(By Mark Schapiro, California Watch Blog, 9/9/10)

(By Justin Gillis, The New York Times - Green Blog, 9/9/10)

(By Steven Mufson and David Hilzenrath, The Washington Post, 9/9/10)

(By Lisa Friedman, ClimateWire as reported by The New York Times, 9/9/10) 

(By William Douglas, McClatchy Newspapers, 9/8/10)

(By Leora Broydo Vestel, The New York Times - Green Blog, 9/8/10)

(By Ian Urbina, The New York Times, 9/8/10)