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Week of April 11, 2011

News from Across the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Campuses

- To celebrate Earth Day, April 22^nd, the Department of Civic Engagement and the Division of Administration and Finance at Towson University have planned a month of activities in April. Programs include an environmentally related NY Times Talk lunch, a recycling drop-off for hard to recycle materials, and the annual Environmental Conference on April 18^th. Other activities range from year to year and have included recycled art competitions, a sustainability music and arts festival, film screenings and more.

(By Claire Saravia, The Diamondback Online, 4/8/11)

(Salisbury University Press Release, 4/8/11)

(UM Newsdesk - University of Maryland, College Park, 4/8/11)

(By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 4/8/11) [Filmmaker, Michael Fincham, is from the Maryland Sea Grant College at University of Maryland, College Park]

(By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 4/7/11) [Article cites University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science and the University of Maryland]

State of Maryland News

(BethesdaGreen.org)

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(Urbanite Magazine April 2011 "Green" issue)

(By Ovetta Wiggins, The Washington Post, 4/8/11)

(By Timothy B. Wheeler, Julie Bykowicz and Annie Linskey, The Baltimore Sun, 4/7/11)

(By Laura Vozzella, The Baltimore Sun, 4/5/11)

(By Arthur Hirsch, The Baltimore Sun, 4/5/11)

(By Tim Stuhldreher, Central Penn Business Journal, 4/4/11)

National and International News

(By Chi-Chi Zhang, The Associated Press as reported by Yahoo News, 4/10/11)

(By Reuters and The Associated Press as reported by MSNBC, 4/10/11)

(By Fiona Harvey, The [UK] Guardian, 4/8/11)

(Reported by Ira Flatow, NPR - Science Friday, 4/8/11)

(By Tom Bawden, The [UK] Guardian, 4/8/11)

(By Timothy Gardner, Reuters, 4/7/11)

(By Todd Woody, The New York Times - Energy and Environment, 4/7/11)

(By Caleb Denison, Earth Techling, 4/7/11)

(BBC News - Scotland, 4/6/11)

(By Dan Froomkin, The Huffington Post Blog, 4/6/11)

(By Eyder Peralta, NPR/WYPR - The Two-Way Blog, 4/6/11)

(By Joan Lowy, The Associated Press as reported by The Huffington Post Blog, 4/6/11)

(The Associated Press as reported by The Washington Post, 4/5/11)

(By John Heilprin, The Associated Press as reported by Yahoo News, 4/5/11)

(By Reuters as reported by The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 4/4/11)