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Week of October 21, 2013

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Oct. 22^nd - (2010) - The Towson University Office of Sustainability presents Gasland as a part of the Sustainability Film Series featuring thought-provoking documentaries on the most important issue facing this generation. In May 2008 Josh Fox received a letter from a natural gas company offering to lease his family's land in Milanville, Pennsylvania for $100,000 to drill for gas. Fox set out to see how communities are being affected in the west where a natural gas drilling boom has been underway for the last decade. Throughout the documentary, Fox reaches out to scientists, politicians and gas industry executives and ultimately finds himself in the halls of Congress. Gasland was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary in 2011. The film begins at 7pm in CLA 2110, on the Towson University campus.

(Reported by Tom Hall, National Public Radio - WYPR, 10/16/13) [Interview with Dr. Donald F. Boesch, President of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

(UMD Right Now, University of Maryland College Park, 10/16/13)

State of Maryland News

(Office of Governor Martin O'Malley, Governor's Blog, 10/15/13)

(By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 10/15/13)

(By Alyssa Morones, Ed Week Blog, 10/15/13)

National and International News

(By Reuters as reported by The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 10/21/13)

(By Lindsay Abrams, Salon.com - Sustainability Blog, 10/21/13)

(By Sharon Guynup, CommonDreams.org, 10/20/13)

(By Andrea Germanos, CommonDreams.org, 10/19/13)

(By Terrell Johnson, Weather.com, 10/18/13)

(By Chris Tackett, Treehugger.com - Energy/Fossil Fuels Blog, 10/17/13)

(By Sarah Lazare, CommonDreams.org, 10/17/13)

(By Andrew Freedman, Climate Central Blog, 10/17/13)

(By Reuters as reported by Huffington Post - Green Blog, 10/17/13)

(By Kate Sheppard, The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 10/17/13)

(By Gail Tverberg, PeakOil.com, 10/17/13)

(By Alex Hern, The [UK] Guardian - Technology Blog, 10/17/13)

(By Reuters, 10/17/13)

(By Alison Noon, The Denver Post, 10/16/13, updated 10/17/13)

(By Satoko Kishimoto, CommonDreams.org, 10/16/13)

(By Jeremy Hance, Mongabay.com as reported by Environmental News Network, 10/16/13)

(By Lloyd Alter, Treehugger.com - Transportation/Bikes Blog, 10/16/13)

(By Scott Martelle, Truthdig.com - Ear to the Ground Blog, 10/16/13)

(By Stephen Leahy, CommonDrems.org, 10/16/13)

(By Brad Plumer, The Washington Post - Wonk Blog, 10/15/13)

(By Kiley Kroh, ThinkProgress.org - Climate Progress Blog, 10/15/13)

(By John Upton, Grist.org, 10/15/13)

(By Andrew Breimer, ThinkProgress.org, Climate Progress Blog, 10/15/13)