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Week of September 16, 2013

News from Across the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Campuses

September 17^th - - The farmers' market, co-sponsored by the University of Maryland, Baltimore and the University of Maryland Medical Center, is entering its fourth year. It is open every Tuesday from May 14^th through November 26^th from 10:00am to 2:30pm. The location is at the University Plaza Park across from the Medical Center's .

September 19^th - , of the UMCES Chesapeake Biological Laboratory?- "Methane biogeochemistry: From natural hydrocarbon seeps to oil blow-outs." This event is hosted by . Seminar will be held on Thursday (9/19) at 3:30pm and the location is Room 109 of the Appalachian Laboratory.

September 20^th - Donal Baron?of the DC Water and Sewer Authority?- This event is a part of the UMBC's Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education (CUERE) Fall 2013 Seminar Series. The seminar 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 Technology Research Center lot may be purchased for $4.00 in the CUERE office in TRC 102/105 shortly before seminar.

(By The Associated Press as reported by The Washington Post, 9/12/13) 

(By Holly Cuozzo, The Diamondback Online, 9/9/13, updated 9/10/13)

State of Maryland News

September 19^th - This lecture is by Felipe Cabello, MD, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical College. The event, presented by the Johns Hopkins Center for a  Livable Future, will be held from 12:00 - 1:15 pm?at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, located at 615 North Wolfe Street?(Room W4030) in Baltimore, MD.

September 23^rd - 27^th - - Students in hundreds of public schools across the state will get a taste of fresh, Maryland-grown and produced food in their school lunches during the Sixth Annual Maryland Homegrown School Lunch Week. Maryland was the first state in the nation to have every public school system participate in Homegrown School Lunch, an element of the , which provides students with local food items in their lunches for the week and complementary educational activities that emphasize food, farming and nutrition.  Learn more about the

(CommonDreams.org - Newswire, 9/12/13)

National and International News

(By Kiera Butler, Mother Jones - Environment Blog, 9/16/13)

(By Ryan Lizza, The New Yorker Magazine, 9/16/13)

(By Common Dreams staff, CommonDreams.org, 9/16/13)

(By John Abraham and Dana Nuccitelli, The [UK] Guardian - Climate Consensus The 97% Blog, 9/15/13)

(By Lindsay Abrams, Salon.com, 9/13/13)

(By Ben Adler, Grist.org as reported by Mother Jones - Environment Blog, 9/13/13)

(By Chris Tackett, Truuhugger.com - Science Blog, 9/13/13)

(By Sarah Lazare, CommonDreams.org, 9/13/13)

(By Lindsay Abrams, Salon.com 9/12/13) 

(By Katie Valentine, ThinkProgress.org - Climate Progress, 9/12/13)

(By Daniel J. Weiss, ThinkProgress.org - Climate Progress Blog, 9/12/13)

(By Michael B. Gerrard, The New York Law Journal - Environmental Law, 9/12/13)

(By Kate Valentine, ThinkProgress.org - Climate Progress Blog, 9/12/13)

(By John Upton, Grist.org, 9/11/13)

(By Thomas Stackpole, Mother Jones Magazine - Blue Marble Blog, 9/11/13)

(By Mike Riggs, The Atlantic Cities Blog, 9/11/13)

(By Igor Volsky, ThinkProgress.org - Climate Progress Blog, 9/10/13)

(By Midwest Energy News as reported by Salon.com, 9/10/13)

(By Kiley Kroh, ThinkProgress.org - Climate Progress Blog, 9/10/13)

(By Jacob Chamberlain, CommonDreams.org, 9/10/13)

(By Lindsay Abrams, Salon.com, 9/10/13)

(By Tom Philpott, Grist.org, 9/10/13)

(By John Upton, Grist.org, 9/9/13)

(By M.L. Johnson, Salon.com, 9/9/13)

(By Aviva Shen, Alternet.org - Environment Blog, 9/9/13)

(By Bobby Magill, Salon.com, 9/9/13)