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Week of September 27, 2010

News from Across the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Campuses

Sept. 30^th - - How are city planners in major metropolitan areas like New York, Washington and Portland overcoming obstacles when it comes to integrating bicycling into community infrastructure? How can a city's "car culture" be adjusted to better accommodate bicyclists? Find the answers to these questions and more when the University of Baltimore and UBgreen host the National Association for City Transportation Officials' Cities for Cycling event on Thursday, Sept. 30 from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Langsdale Library Auditorium, 1420 Maryland Avenue, Baltimore, MD.

Oct. 1^st - Dr. Allen Klaiber? Pennsylvania State University - This seminar, sponsored by the Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education, 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.

(By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 9/26/10) [Article quotes Walter Boynton of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

(By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 9/23/10) [Article quotes Raleigh Hood of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

(By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, B'More Green Blog, 9/23/10) [Article cites the University of Maryland Environmental Law Clinic]

(By Matt Demoga, The Diamondback Online, 9/20/10)

(By Matthew Popkin, The Diamondback Online, 9/20/10)

(By Alicia McCarthy, The Diamondback Online, 9/20/10)

(By Claire Saravia, The Diamondback Online, 9/20/10)

(By Yasmeen Abutaleb, The Diamondback Online, 9/20/10)

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(By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 9/24/10)

(By Liz Bowie, The Baltimore Sun, 9/21/10)

(The Baltimore Sun - Our View, 9/20/10)

(By Michael Dresser, The Baltimore Sun, 9/20/10)

National and International News

(By Tom Bergin, Reuters as reported by Yahoo News, 9/26/10)

(By Juliette Jowit, The [UK] Guardian, 9/26/10)

(By Harry R. Weber, The Associated Press as reported by The Washington Post, 9/26/10)

(By Dina Cappiello, The Associated Press as reported by The Washington Post, 9/26/10)

(By Wired UK, Wired Magazine, 9/24/10)

(By John Vidal and agencies, The [UK] Guardian, 9/24/10)

(By Timothy J. Crone and Maya Tolstoy, Science Magazine, 9/23/10)

(By Terry Macalister. The [UK] Guardian, 9/23/10)

(Current TV, 9/23/10)

(By Julia Kollewe, The Sydney [Australia] Morning Herald, 9/22/10)

(By Reuters - Africa, 9/21/10)

(By Rory Carroll, The [UK] Guardian, 9/21/10)

(By Kent Atkinson, NZPA [New Zealand] Stuff, 9/21/10)

(AFP as reported by Yahoo News, 9/21/10)

(By Justin Gillis, The New York Times, 9/20/10)

(By George Monbiot, The [UK] Guardian, 9/20/10)

(The Washington Post - Editorial, 9/20/10)

(By Stephen Leahy, IPS News, 9/20/10)

(By J. David Goodman, The Washington Post - Green Blog, 9/20/10)