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The winds of change brought some great progress to Maryland this week when the Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2013 passed through both houses of the legislature. The Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland was a major champion of the task force. MORE
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As you also know, I grew up in Maryland, lived there for 25 years and went to the University of Maryland for graduate school. In my 43 years, Maryland sports and the Atlantic Coast Conference have been synonymous. Uh oh : The University System of Maryland's Board of Regents will meet at 9. If Maryland goes from the ACC to the Big Ten, Rutgers of the Big. As you know, I'm a big sports fan. MORE
From John, via Newmark's Door, via Slate comes this intriguing story of the real origins of Maryland Blue Crabs: Lots of local [Maryland] diners have a taste for blue crab. So the market demands that crabs [from Louisianna] be shipped not to crabless parts of America but to America's crab-production heartland [Maryland]—the place where the secondary and tertiary elements of the crab economy are in place, and the finished product has maximum value. MORE
The Maryland General Assembly overruled a state high court ruling that claims pit bulls are an “inherently dangerous” breed of dog. Read More The post Maryland Bill Says Pit Bulls Are Not “Inherently Dangerous” appeared first on Ecorazzi. Animals Causes News Top News president obama Rebecca Corry MORE
But researchers on the Delmarva Peninsula in eastern Maryland and Virginia have found a solution: work with NASA to use existing tools for conservation purposes. The Conservancy helped NASA locate and secure a site near Newark, Maryland. MORE
*I had the pleasure of being taught Environmental Economics by Maureen during my PhD studies at the University of Maryland. OK, that's an exaggeration, but at least an environmental economist is an AEA Executive Committee VP candidate. Congrats Maureen Cropper*! MORE
Spinal Tap had better luck with drummers than Maryland is having with its quarterbacks. The Terps have now lost their top four quarterbacks to season-ending injuries, including three in the past two weeks. The latest casualty, true freshman Caleb Rowe, tore his ACL in last weekend's loss to Boston College. Coach Randy Edsall said freshman linebacker Shawn Petty, who played quarterback in high school, will move under center Saturday against Georgia Tech. via sportsillustrated.cnn.com. MORE
Here is the second round (hint: pick Maryland): Loading Who would've thought that round 2 started today! I haven't even recovered from UK's first round loss yet. MORE
Observations: 1) The first paper I ever wrote in college (at the University of Maryland, Ballmer Counny), for my freshman writing class, was titled "How 'Bout Dem O's." This video is an almost perfect depiction of my Maryland family. MORE
The Maryland Department of the Environment proposed a limit for how long chicken manure can be stored on farms. Environment Green News Fishing for Energy Maryland ocean pollution Spain trees MORE
WJZ out of Baltimore, Maryland has a cool time lapse video of the impact that Oysters can have on water clarity in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Here's the story : The Oyster Recovery Partnership in Maryland is trying to spread the word about the natural filtration powers of oysters. Both of these tanks were filled with water and algae from the Severn River in Maryland. MORE
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A new study from the National Institute on Aging and the National Institutes of Health in Baltimore, Maryland, has found that, contrary to what many people think, diet sodas are not conducive to weight loss. MORE
The video shows how the Montgomery County Maryland Recycling Facility in suburban Washington, DC, serves as one of the first links in the recycle-reuse chain. On Earth Day, time to think about what we trash. From the ACS , check out the latest video that reveals the journey recyclable materials take beyond those blue curbside bins. Take a tour of a typical recycling center to see out how these facilities sort the mountains of recyclables they receive everyday. MORE
A portion of the groundwater in the upper Patapsco aquifer underlying Maryland is over a million years old. A new study suggests that this ancient groundwater, a vital source of freshwater supplies for the region east of Washington, D.C. MORE
University of Maryland. I was recently advising an economics student about PhD programs in US economics departments (straight econ, not agricultural or other departments) with fields in environmental economics. I excluded ag econ because of the more limited teaching opportunities at the non-RI university (other than East Carolina University and Appalachian State University, who would hire an aggie in an economics department?): MORE
It’s true that many know the bird because of Baltimore’s baseball team, but the species’ history with Maryland goes back much further. In 1947 , Maryland made the oriole its state bird. Birds Baltimore Oriole Maryland state birdWe all know the feeling. We’re birding in the summertime, when a beautiful whistling calls catches our attention. We turn our eyes and binoculars to the canopy, where we peer through the thick, green foliage. MORE
For all my Maryland friends: Flushing out foul language. Maryland’s most popular beach town bans bad words. A recent study showed Maryland is the second most foul mouthed state in the country—but the new signs send a different message. When you go to Ocean City this summer, you’ll see the signs up and down the boardwalk. Watch your words the next time you head to Ocean City. Signs reading “No profanity, please” will soon be posted on every block of the Boardwalk. MORE
These uniforms made the game almost unwatchable [Insert joke about unwatchable Maryland football games]. MORE
And just the day before, during a long drive up to Maryland’s Nanjemoy Creek to help with a Conservancy-led kayak trip, I’d had plenty of time for reflection. Nestled between the first day of summer and Independence Day is another important date for my family: my daughter Katie’s birthday. MORE
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This is the halfway point of Maryland’s six-month oyster harvesting season, a time when poachers tend to seek out undersized oysters to make up for the increasing scarcity of the resource. MORE
My wife is a Marylander and she is obsessed with blue crabs and Old Bay, so we have tried many food items with Old Bay. MORE
Maryland is about to become the first state to enforce a ban on a type of footgear the organism uses to hitchhike from stream to stream: felt-soled fishing boots. MORE
Our “local retailer” turned out to be a horse farm situated on a thirty-acre plot in Western Maryland, USA. For about $8,000, not including government grants for green energy and state of Maryland rebates, should we buy a Skystream, it should pay for itself in about five years. MORE
Freeman Hrabowski, President of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County; AKA UMBC. “We’re known as an academic university. It’s a place for smart kids. And when you add the success of soccer, now it’s cool to be a student-athlete.”. via www.washingtonpost.com. That's from H. I graduated from UMBC in 1991. I like to think I went to an academic University. MORE
OK,it's Thursday, and this is about vodka, but being from Bawlmer (Baltimore) I couldn't pass this one up: On Monday – which was Maryland Day, for those of you not from the Old Line State – Philadelphia Distillers officially launched its new vodka, the Bay, which is flavored with “traditional Chesapeake seasoning,” an apparent relative of Old Bay. MORE
Here’s hoping that Charles County, Maryland, stands up to the feral cat mafia and moves ahead with plans to require cats be licensed and special “animal fancier” licenses be required for those who harbor ten or more cats on their property. MORE
Crabs are plentiful so far this year in Maryland, but that doesn't mean there'll be enough to go around on Independence Day weekend, when nearly every patriotic Marylander, it seems, dreams of feasting on the state's official crustacean. But on the 4th of July, Marylanders are crab nuts. MORE
CBF: Sad Day for Maryland. ANNAPOLIS, MD)—Alison Prost, Maryland Executive Director of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF), issued this statement following Governor Hogan''s withdrawal Wednesday of the Phosphorus Management Tool and nitrogen oxides (NOx) reduction regulations: "This is a sad day in the long fight to make Maryland waters clean enough for swimming and fishing. Press Statement. January 22, 2015. MORE
even Maryland!): Here is the form for the semifinals: Loading This must be the most poorly run NIT Challenge in the country. I've managed to miss the first game of the second round and the entire quarterfinals (I blame autocorrect). MORE
A study via the University of Maryland (UMD) indicates that particulates – a unique component of air pollution – cause drought by affecting the cloud formation mechanism that creates rain. MORE
But the world’s largest man-made oyster reef is in Maryland. The reef in the creek is the foundation of Maryland’s bid to resuscitate its troubled oyster population, overfished to near oblivion for decades and attacked by a couple of killer diseases as vicious as the bubonic plague. That’s why Maryland went through so much trouble to build 10 reefs where fishing isn’t allowed and stock them with more than 1 billion oysters. MORE
The Maryland Court of Appeals rules all pit bulls 'inherently dangerous,' while some argue against the new law. Read More. Animals News Top News MORE
The National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC), located in Annapolis, Maryland, invites applications for two-year postdoctoral fellowships to begin between May 1 and October 1, 2016. The SESYNC Postdoctoral Fellowship Program brings early-career scholars to SESYNC to: undertake individual research projects, participate in the Socio-Environmental Immersion Program, which immerses scholars in theory foundational to understanding socio-environmental systems, and. MORE
CBF: Sad Day for Maryland. ANNAPOLIS, MD)—Alison Prost, Maryland Executive Director of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF), issued this statement following Governor Hogan''s withdrawal Wednesday of the Phosphorus Management Tool and nitrogen oxides (NOx) reduction regulations: "This is a sad day in the long fight to make Maryland waters clean enough for swimming and fishing. Press Statement. January 22, 2015. MORE
A few days ago, a massive water main break just outside the Washington, DC city limits released 60 million gallons of water in a 30-foot geyser over the Maryland suburbs. Mark Tercek is the president and CEO of The Nature Conservancy. MORE
I went to pick-up my son from school yesterday evening, which brought me to the busy corner of Georgia and Forest Glen Avenue in Silver Spring, Maryland, at 6:00 pm. Compass. « COP 18: The Before and the Beginning | Main. Indias Coal Illusion » Cleaner Cars -- Its Time to Act. MORE
The Obama administration opened Maryland’s coast to offshore wind farms Monday and is seeking bidders to erect more than 300 turbines in a 206-square-mile area off the coast of Ocean City. The move makes Maryland the second state in the nation, after Delaware, to have reached this stage in off-shore wind development. Roughly 300 spinning turbines could power about 30% of Maryland’s energy needs, according to Gov. MORE
Maryland Terrapins It's fitting, then, that this edition crown a new. what's that, Maryland fans? The 2013-14 season -- when Maryland went 17-15 -- wasn't so long ago. Which means Maryland fans, who have gone from 17-15 and five transfers to title contention in 18 months, will spend the 2015-16 season cheering for a player who spent the first three years of his career at Duke. No-Longer-Way-Too-Early Top 25 1. MORE
Maryland Related Topics Environmental Economics
JANUARY 22, 2015
CBF: Sad Day for Maryland. ANNAPOLIS, MD)—Alison Prost, Maryland Executive Director of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF), issued this statement following Governor Hogan''s withdrawal Wednesday of the Phosphorus Management Tool and nitrogen oxides (NOx) reduction regulations: "This is a sad day in the long fight to make Maryland waters clean enough for swimming and fishing. Press Statement. January 22, 2015.
Environmental Economics
JANUARY 22, 2015
CBF: Sad Day for Maryland. ANNAPOLIS, MD)—Alison Prost, Maryland Executive Director of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF), issued this statement following Governor Hogan''s withdrawal Wednesday of the Phosphorus Management Tool and nitrogen oxides (NOx) reduction regulations: "This is a sad day in the long fight to make Maryland waters clean enough for swimming and fishing. Press Statement. January 22, 2015.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 22, 2016
It’s true that many know the bird because of Baltimore’s baseball team, but the species’ history with Maryland goes back much further. In 1947 , Maryland made the oriole its state bird. Birds Baltimore Oriole Maryland state birdWe all know the feeling. We’re birding in the summertime, when a beautiful whistling calls catches our attention. We turn our eyes and binoculars to the canopy, where we peer through the thick, green foliage.
Environmental Economics
SEPTEMBER 16, 2011
These uniforms made the game almost unwatchable [Insert joke about unwatchable Maryland football games].
Environmental Economics
JUNE 30, 2011
Crabs are plentiful so far this year in Maryland, but that doesn't mean there'll be enough to go around on Independence Day weekend, when nearly every patriotic Marylander, it seems, dreams of feasting on the state's official crustacean. But on the 4th of July, Marylanders are crab nuts.
Eccorazzi
MAY 8, 2012
The Maryland Court of Appeals rules all pit bulls 'inherently dangerous,' while some argue against the new law. Read More. Animals News Top News
Eccorazzi
APRIL 6, 2014
The Maryland General Assembly overruled a state high court ruling that claims pit bulls are an “inherently dangerous” breed of dog. Read More The post Maryland Bill Says Pit Bulls Are Not “Inherently Dangerous” appeared first on Ecorazzi. Animals Causes News Top News president obama Rebecca Corry
Eccorazzi
APRIL 3, 2012
The singer asked her fans to support the Humane Society's efforts to get the ban on shark fins passed in Maryland. Read More. Animals Causes News Top News kesha
Celsias
DECEMBER 7, 2011
A study via the University of Maryland (UMD) indicates that particulates – a unique component of air pollution – cause drought by affecting the cloud formation mechanism that creates rain.
Celsias
JUNE 21, 2012
A portion of the groundwater in the upper Patapsco aquifer underlying Maryland is over a million years old. A new study suggests that this ancient groundwater, a vital source of freshwater supplies for the region east of Washington, D.C.
Celsias
APRIL 21, 2012
The video shows how the Montgomery County Maryland Recycling Facility in suburban Washington, DC, serves as one of the first links in the recycle-reuse chain. On Earth Day, time to think about what we trash. From the ACS , check out the latest video that reveals the journey recyclable materials take beyond those blue curbside bins. Take a tour of a typical recycling center to see out how these facilities sort the mountains of recyclables they receive everyday.
Wind Power Ninja
NOVEMBER 9, 2010
The Obama administration opened Maryland’s coast to offshore wind farms Monday and is seeking bidders to erect more than 300 turbines in a 206-square-mile area off the coast of Ocean City. The move makes Maryland the second state in the nation, after Delaware, to have reached this stage in off-shore wind development. Roughly 300 spinning turbines could power about 30% of Maryland’s energy needs, according to Gov.
Environmental Economics
FEBRUARY 21, 2011
Maryland is about to become the first state to enforce a ban on a type of footgear the organism uses to hitchhike from stream to stream: felt-soled fishing boots.
Conservancy Talk
JULY 3, 2013
And just the day before, during a long drive up to Maryland’s Nanjemoy Creek to help with a Conservancy-led kayak trip, I’d had plenty of time for reflection. Nestled between the first day of summer and Independence Day is another important date for my family: my daughter Katie’s birthday.
Nature Conservancy - Science
OCTOBER 22, 2013
But researchers on the Delmarva Peninsula in eastern Maryland and Virginia have found a solution: work with NASA to use existing tools for conservation purposes. The Conservancy helped NASA locate and secure a site near Newark, Maryland.
Elephant Journal
OCTOBER 25, 2013
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Sierra Club Compass
NOVEMBER 30, 2012
I went to pick-up my son from school yesterday evening, which brought me to the busy corner of Georgia and Forest Glen Avenue in Silver Spring, Maryland, at 6:00 pm. Compass. « COP 18: The Before and the Beginning | Main. Indias Coal Illusion » Cleaner Cars -- Its Time to Act.
Conservancy Talk
MARCH 22, 2013
A few days ago, a massive water main break just outside the Washington, DC city limits released 60 million gallons of water in a 30-foot geyser over the Maryland suburbs. Mark Tercek is the president and CEO of The Nature Conservancy.
Elephant Journal
MARCH 11, 2013
Blog (always click 4 all blogs) Family, Youth, Enlightened Education Food Free Content to Partners Funny Health & Wellness Inspiring (Wow) WAYLON: Today Only Z ADMIN Family Featured Today gun control josh welch maryland lunacy pastry gun controlZero tolerance for ‘pastry’ guns? So, just what is this world coming to?
Green Living Ideas
AUGUST 22, 2009
Tags: Personal Fitness depression high energy dance Maryland United States University of Maryland
Environmental Economics
MARCH 21, 2013
Here is the second round (hint: pick Maryland): Loading Who would've thought that round 2 started today! I haven't even recovered from UK's first round loss yet.
Eco Friendly Daily
JANUARY 10, 2014
The Maryland Department of the Environment proposed a limit for how long chicken manure can be stored on farms. Environment Green News Fishing for Energy Maryland ocean pollution Spain trees
Eco Friendly Daily
OCTOBER 22, 2013
Our “local retailer” turned out to be a horse farm situated on a thirty-acre plot in Western Maryland, USA. For about $8,000, not including government grants for green energy and state of Maryland rebates, should we buy a Skystream, it should pay for itself in about five years.
Environmental Economics
MAY 7, 2018
*I had the pleasure of being taught Environmental Economics by Maureen during my PhD studies at the University of Maryland. OK, that's an exaggeration, but at least an environmental economist is an AEA Executive Committee VP candidate. Congrats Maureen Cropper*!
Environmental Economics
MARCH 26, 2014
For all my Maryland friends: Flushing out foul language. Maryland’s most popular beach town bans bad words. A recent study showed Maryland is the second most foul mouthed state in the country—but the new signs send a different message. When you go to Ocean City this summer, you’ll see the signs up and down the boardwalk. Watch your words the next time you head to Ocean City. Signs reading “No profanity, please” will soon be posted on every block of the Boardwalk.
Environmental Economics
FEBRUARY 28, 2014
Observations: 1) The first paper I ever wrote in college (at the University of Maryland, Ballmer Counny), for my freshman writing class, was titled "How 'Bout Dem O's." This video is an almost perfect depiction of my Maryland family.
Environmental Economics
MARCH 26, 2015
My wife is a Marylander and she is obsessed with blue crabs and Old Bay, so we have tried many food items with Old Bay.
Environmental Economics
NOVEMBER 19, 2012
As you also know, I grew up in Maryland, lived there for 25 years and went to the University of Maryland for graduate school. In my 43 years, Maryland sports and the Atlantic Coast Conference have been synonymous. Uh oh : The University System of Maryland's Board of Regents will meet at 9. If Maryland goes from the ACC to the Big Ten, Rutgers of the Big. As you know, I'm a big sports fan.
Environmental Economics
APRIL 2, 2013
even Maryland!): Here is the form for the semifinals: Loading This must be the most poorly run NIT Challenge in the country. I've managed to miss the first game of the second round and the entire quarterfinals (I blame autocorrect).
Environmental Economics
AUGUST 5, 2015
Maryland Terrapins It's fitting, then, that this edition crown a new. what's that, Maryland fans? The 2013-14 season -- when Maryland went 17-15 -- wasn't so long ago. Which means Maryland fans, who have gone from 17-15 and five transfers to title contention in 18 months, will spend the 2015-16 season cheering for a player who spent the first three years of his career at Duke. No-Longer-Way-Too-Early Top 25 1.
Environmental Economics
FEBRUARY 17, 2017
WJZ out of Baltimore, Maryland has a cool time lapse video of the impact that Oysters can have on water clarity in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Here's the story : The Oyster Recovery Partnership in Maryland is trying to spread the word about the natural filtration powers of oysters. Both of these tanks were filled with water and algae from the Severn River in Maryland.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 4, 2011
Here’s hoping that Charles County, Maryland, stands up to the feral cat mafia and moves ahead with plans to require cats be licensed and special “animal fancier” licenses be required for those who harbor ten or more cats on their property.
Green (Living) Review
DECEMBER 6, 2016
A new study from the National Institute on Aging and the National Institutes of Health in Baltimore, Maryland, has found that, contrary to what many people think, diet sodas are not conducive to weight loss.
Environmental Economics
DECEMBER 9, 2014
Freeman Hrabowski, President of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County; AKA UMBC. “We’re known as an academic university. It’s a place for smart kids. And when you add the success of soccer, now it’s cool to be a student-athlete.”. via www.washingtonpost.com. That's from H. I graduated from UMBC in 1991. I like to think I went to an academic University.
Environmental Economics
JANUARY 16, 2014
This is the halfway point of Maryland’s six-month oyster harvesting season, a time when poachers tend to seek out undersized oysters to make up for the increasing scarcity of the resource.
Environmental Economics
OCTOBER 8, 2013
From John, via Newmark's Door, via Slate comes this intriguing story of the real origins of Maryland Blue Crabs: Lots of local [Maryland] diners have a taste for blue crab. So the market demands that crabs [from Louisianna] be shipped not to crabless parts of America but to America's crab-production heartland [Maryland]—the place where the secondary and tertiary elements of the crab economy are in place, and the finished product has maximum value.
Eccorazzi
OCTOBER 6, 2015
This week at the second annual Our Ocean conference, President Obama announced plans to create two marine sanctuaries in Maryland’s Potomac River and Lake Michigan.
Environmental Economics
MARCH 28, 2013
OK,it's Thursday, and this is about vodka, but being from Bawlmer (Baltimore) I couldn't pass this one up: On Monday – which was Maryland Day, for those of you not from the Old Line State – Philadelphia Distillers officially launched its new vodka, the Bay, which is flavored with “traditional Chesapeake seasoning,” an apparent relative of Old Bay.
Environmental Economics
SEPTEMBER 24, 2015
But the world’s largest man-made oyster reef is in Maryland. The reef in the creek is the foundation of Maryland’s bid to resuscitate its troubled oyster population, overfished to near oblivion for decades and attacked by a couple of killer diseases as vicious as the bubonic plague. That’s why Maryland went through so much trouble to build 10 reefs where fishing isn’t allowed and stock them with more than 1 billion oysters.
Environmental Economics
JULY 17, 2015
University of Maryland. I was recently advising an economics student about PhD programs in US economics departments (straight econ, not agricultural or other departments) with fields in environmental economics. I excluded ag econ because of the more limited teaching opportunities at the non-RI university (other than East Carolina University and Appalachian State University, who would hire an aggie in an economics department?):
Environmental Economics
SEPTEMBER 29, 2015
The National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC), located in Annapolis, Maryland, invites applications for two-year postdoctoral fellowships to begin between May 1 and October 1, 2016. The SESYNC Postdoctoral Fellowship Program brings early-career scholars to SESYNC to: undertake individual research projects, participate in the Socio-Environmental Immersion Program, which immerses scholars in theory foundational to understanding socio-environmental systems, and.
Environmental Economics
OCTOBER 29, 2012
Spinal Tap had better luck with drummers than Maryland is having with its quarterbacks. The Terps have now lost their top four quarterbacks to season-ending injuries, including three in the past two weeks. The latest casualty, true freshman Caleb Rowe, tore his ACL in last weekend's loss to Boston College. Coach Randy Edsall said freshman linebacker Shawn Petty, who played quarterback in high school, will move under center Saturday against Georgia Tech. via sportsillustrated.cnn.com.
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