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Week of January 4, 2011

News from Across the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Campuses

Jan. 11^th - . National Press Club at 11am. The National Press Club is located at 529 14^th St., NW, Washington DC. Credentialed press only. Public viewing available via live stream at . [Dr. Donald F. Boesch, President of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science is a member of President Obama's National Oil Spill commission]

- Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Seminars are held on Fridays at 2 PM in the Technology Research Center, Room 206, and are 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 shortly before seminar.

- University of Maryland, College Park

(By Deborah Gates, DelMarVaNow.com, 1/1/11) [Article cites University of Maryland Eastern Shore's solar energy collection system]

Jan 7^th - - Opening remarks for the forum will be at 9am, stakeholder breakout sessions will be at 10am, and the presentation and discussion with Governor O'Malley will be held at 1pm. This forum will be held at Chesapeake College, Rufus M. and Loraine Hall Todd Performing Arts Center at Routes 50 and 213 in Wye Mills, MD.  

Feb. 22^nd - - The symposium will take place Tuesday, February 22, 2011 from 9:00am to 4:00pm in Annapolis. Hosted by Bike Maryland, the Symposium will bring together advocates, industry leaders, on and off-road recreational cyclists and commuters, elected officials and staff from the Tri-State Region. Location: 11 Bladen Street, Annapolis, MD 21401?East Miller Office Building in the President's Conference Center.  

(By Nicole Fuller, The Baltimore Sun, 12/30/10)

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(By Ben Casselman and Daniel Gilbert, The Wall Street Journal, 1/3/11)

(Reported by The Washington Times - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX on TradingMarkets.com, 1/3/11)

(The Huffington Post, 1/2/11 updated 1/3/11)

(By Louise Gray, The [UK] Telegraph, 1/2/11)

(The Associated Press as reported by The Baltimore Sun, 1/2/11)

(By Alex Renton, The [UK] Independent, 1/2/11)

(By Michael R. Blood, The Huffington Post, 1/1/11)

(Reported by Bob Moon, NPR - Marketplace, 12/30/10)

(BBC News- Europe, 12/30/10)

(The Huffington Post, 12/29/10)

(By Tom Whipple, The Falls Church News-Press, 12/29/10)

(By Robin Yapp, The [UK] Telegraph, 12/29/10)

(By Steve LeBlanc, The Huffington Post, 12/28/10)