U.S. News and World Reports (Mon 15 Mar, 2010)
Aquatic 'Dead Zones' Contributing to Climate Change
Staff quoted: Lou Codispoti

Cambridge, Md.–The increased frequency and intensity of oxygen-deprived "dead zones" along the world's coasts can negatively impact environmental conditions in far more than just local waters. In the March 12 edition of the journal Science, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science oceanographer Dr. Lou Codispoti explains that the increased amount of nitrous oxide (N2O) produced in low-oxygen (hypoxic) waters can elevate concentrations in the atmosphere, further exacerbating the impacts of global warming and contributing to ozone "holes" that cause an increase in our exposure to harmful UV radiation.

The Charleston (WV) Gazette (Mon 15 Mar, 2010)
EPA report: Streams near mining toxic
Staff quoted: Carys Mitchelmore

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Water quality downstream from surface coal-mining operations in West Virginia and Kentucky greatly exceeds recommended toxicity limits, according to previously unreleased sampling data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Louisville (KY) Courier-Journal (Mon 15 Mar, 2010)
Petition asks EPA to take over part of Ky. enforcement of Clean Water Act
Staff quoted: Carys Mitchelmore

Environmental groups have petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to take over a key part of Kentucky's enforcement of the Clean Water Act, saying state regulators have failed to protect rivers and streams from mining pollution.

Lancaster Sunday News (Sun 14 Mar, 2010)
Conference on citizens, science at Millersville
Staff quoted: Keith Eshleman

The Millersville University Science and Technology Policy Conference will be held at the school March 25-27.

The Baltimore Sun (Fri 12 Mar, 2010)
Commentary: Storm water - Pay now and pay later
Staff quoted: Sujay Kaushal

Remember how this winter's snow, so pretty at first, morphed into gritty, grimy mounds laced with road salt, petroleum products and pet poo?

The Washington Post (Thu 11 Mar, 2010)
Planet Panel: Fix the Brakes First
Staff quoted: Don Boesch

Q: With the recent discovery that methane is bubbling out of the Arctic faster than expected, how worried should we be about abrupt changes in climate such as this one? Are there precautions we should be taking that both the political and scientific communities have been overlooking?

National Geographic News (Thu 11 Mar, 2010)
Time-Lapse: Mountaintop Mine Spreads Across Forest
Staff quoted: Margaret Palmer

Surface mining may not move mountains. But a series of satellite views of a Boone County, West Virginia coal mine shows that the practice—also called mountaintop mining—can wipe out whole swaths of forests.

The Easton Star Democrat (Mon 8 Mar, 2010)
19-year-old sentenced for destroying ram
Staff quoted: Mike Roman

CAMBRIDGE Dorchester County Circuit Court Judge Brett Wilson sentenced a 19-year-old Trappe man to 60 days in jail, 80 hours of community service and monetary restitution for destroying one of the historic Don Pedro du Pont ram statues last September.

The Associated Press (Mon 8 Mar, 2010)
Md. Man Get 60 Days In Jail In Ram Statue Theft
Staff quoted: Horn Point Laboratory

CAMBRIDGE, Md. (AP) ― A 19-year-old Trappe man has been sentenced to 60 days in jail for destroying one of the two historic Don Pedro statues taken from the entrance of a University of Maryland lab in Cambridge.

The Washington Post (Mon 1 Mar, 2010)
Manure becomes pollutant as its volume grows unmanageable
Staff quoted: Don Boesch

Nearly 40 years after the first Earth Day, this is irony: The United States has reduced the manmade pollutants that left its waterways dead, discolored and occasionally flammable.