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Week of October 8, 2012

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Oct. 11^th - - Interested in installing rain barrels at your home or just want to learn how to conserve water? Come to this workshop by Blue Water Baltimore to learn how easy it is to set up your own rain barrels! This workshop will be held from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm at SMC Campus Center, Green Room at University of Maryland, Baltimore, located at 621 W. Lombard St. Baltimore, MD 21201.

Oct. 12^th - Dr. James Connolly, Department of Urban Policy and Political Science, Northeastern University - Seminar will be held on Friday at 2:00pm in the Technology Research Center, Room 206, on the campus of University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 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.

Oct. 17^th - The boom in natural gas drilling, a process called "fracking," raises concerns about health and environmental risks. Learn more at this screening of  "Gasland." The screening and discussion will be held from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm at the SMC Campus Center, Room 351, located at 621 W. Lombard St. Baltimore, MD 21201. The event, sponsored by UM Go Green, is free, and snacks will be provided. For more information, please email gogreen@umaryland.edu.

State of Maryland News

(By News Editor, Shawn J. Soper, The Maryland Coast Dispatch, 10/5/12)

(Maryland Department of the Environment Press Release, 10/3/12)

(By Rachel Pacella, Southern Maryland Online, 10/3/12)

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(By Stephen Lacey, ThinkProgress.org - Climate Progress Blog, 10/5/12)

(By Gillian Flaccus, The Associated Press as reported by The Huffington Post, 10/5/12)

(By Common Dreams staff, CommonDreams.org, 10/5/12)

(By Joe Romm, ThinkProgress.org - Climate Progress, 10/3/12)

(By Nick DeSantis, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 10/3/12)

(By Brian Merchant, Treehugger.com - Business/Environmental Policy, 10/2/12)

(By A.K. Streeter, Treehugger.com - Transportation/Bikes, 10/2/12)

(By Mark Hertsgaard, The Nation, 10/2/12)

(The Institute of Physics as reported by Science Daily, 10/2/12)

(Reuters.com, 10/2/12)

(By Garry Blight and Guardian Readers, The [UK] Guardian, 10/1/12)

(By Common Dreams Staff, CommonDreams.org, 10/1/12)