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Written by Shaun Adamec, Governor's Media Office
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Tuesday, 27 July 2010 11:13 |
Continuing to lead Maryland toward a more sustainable future, Governor Martin O'Malley today signed Executive Order 01.01.2010.16 directing the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to prepare a Long-Term Electricity Report for the State by the end of next year. The first such report in 20 years will evaluate Maryland's long-term electricity needs and will include a comprehensive review of alternatives to meet those needs.
"There have been no major new electric power plants or transmission lines in Maryland in more than a decade," said Governor O'Malley. "Meanwhile alternative energy solutions like wind and solar have emerged and matured, and nuclear power is again being explored as an option. This report will provide data critical to addressing our long-term ... |
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Written by ]Suzanne Baazet, Vice President High Atlas Foundation.org
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Thursday, 15 July 2010 18:33 |
On June 18th, the Earth Day Network announced a $25,000 contribution to the High Atlas Foundation’s One Million Tree Campaign during a reception in Bethesda, Maryland, hosted by His Excellency Aziz Mekouar, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco to the United States.
The Moroccan Ambassador to the United States hosted the reception in his home to honor the contributions of the High Atlas Foundation to rural development in Morocco. Yossef Ben-Meir, president of the High Atlas Foundation, said, “the High Atlas Foundation aims to raise $200,000 to plant 200,000 fruit saplings in rural areas in 2011. Earth Day’s contribution represents a major milestone in meeting that goal.
The Foundation’s goal for 2011 is part of the One Million Tree Campaign launched by the Foundation ... |
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Written by Shaun Adamec, Governor's Media Office
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Thursday, 15 July 2010 08:38 |
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GOVERNOR O'MALLEY OUTLINES PLAN TO GROW GREEN JOBS AT MARYLAND'S FIRST GREEN ECONOMY FORUM
Moving forward on his goal to support 100,000 green jobs by 2015, Governor Martin O'Malley recently convened Maryland's first Green Economy Forum at Montgomery Park in Baltimore City and outlined an aggressive plan to create and retain green jobs, support clean and renewable energy, protect Maryland's communities and preserve the State's natural resources. The plan comes after months of work by the Green Jobs & Industry Task Force, a group of public and private sector leaders including green business owners, industry stakeholders, workforce development experts and Cabinet Secretaries that the Governor convened in March to develop recommendations to capitalize on the emerging green ... |
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Written by Maryland Governor's Office
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Thursday, 17 June 2010 08:16 |
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 Annapolis, MD (June 15, 2010) – Governor Martin O’Malley issued this statement today following President Obama’s appointment of Donald Boesch, President of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling.
“I want to congratulate Don Boesch on this appointment. Don’s expertise and experience in environmental science and his unique perspective on the impact of offshore oil and gas development on coastal ecosystems will serve the President and this Commission well.
“The President’s confidence in Don for this important post demonstrates the vast expertise within the University System of Marylandon today's most pressing environmental challenges.”
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Written by Andy Duncan
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Monday, 07 June 2010 20:48 |
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 We are all made of stars: Nobel winner urges Frostburg State audience to think its way across space and time.
Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist John C. Mather spoke to a standing-room-only crowd May 12 in Compton Science Center at Frostburg State University, but anyone expecting the visiting dignitary to utter cosmic certainties was certainly disappointed.
(Rob Forsythe, FSU assistant professor of mathematics (left), talks to Nobel winner John C. Mather about non-Euclidean geometry.)
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