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Week of February 20, 2012

News from Across the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Campuses

Feb. 25^th - - Film screening and discussion sponsored by the College Park Committee for a Better Environment and the Sierra Club. This 78-minute award-winning film (sometimes funny, sometimes very sobering) chronicles "everyman" Jeb Berrier, who embarks on a global tour to unravel the complexities of our plastic world and, closer to home, pledges to stop using plastic bags at the grocery store. The film examines our society's use and abuse of plastic and the harm it causes our environment-and our health. The screening will be at 1pm at the College Park City Hall, Council Chambers, 2nd floor 4500 Knox Road, College Park, MD 20740. Film is free but registration is requested: Email janiso@erols.com or leave a message at 240-888-6972. [PDF]

(By Edward Gunts, The Baltimore Sun, 2/14/12)

(participating Â鶹ÊÓƵ campuses - Bowie, Frostburg, Salisbury, Towson, UMBC, UMCP, UMES)

State of Maryland News

(By Aaron C. Davis and Greg Masters, The Washington Post - Local, 2/19/12)

(By Jonathan Munshaw, The Towerlight, 2/19/12) 

(CBS Baltimore, 2/15/12)

(By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 2/14/12)

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(By Ignacio de los Reyes, BBC News, 2/20/12)

(By Brad Plumer, The Washington Post - WonkBlog, 2/17/12)

(By Nina Burleigh, Salon.com - Global Warming, 2/17/12)

(By Suzanne Goldenberg and Dominic Rushe, The [UK] Guardian, 2/16/12)

(By Steven Mufson, The Washington Post - Business, 2/15/12)

(By Brad Johnson, Think Progress - Green Blog, 2/15/12)

(The Associated Press as reported by The Washington Post - Business, 2/15/12)

(By Leo Hickman, The [UK] Guardian, 2/15/12)

(By Thomas Erdbrink and Joby Warrick, The Washington Post - World, 2/15/12)

(The Associated Press as reported by The Washington Post, 2/14/12)

(By Will Doig, Salon.com - Global Warming, 2/13/12)

(By Stephen Messenger, Treehugger.com - Climate Change, 2/13/12)