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The Washington Post (Tue 17 Apr, 2012)
Former Gulf oil spill commission gives Congress a 'D' on safety reforms
WASHINGTON — A presidential commission that investigated the Gulf oil spill blasted Congress for inaction Tuesday as it issued a report card on industry and government response to the massive BP oil spill.
The Hill (Tue 17 Apr, 2012)
Obama, Congress, industry get mixed grades two years after BP oil spill in Gulf
The Obama administration and oil companies have made progress on drilling safety since the massive BP spill, but Congress has shown little leadership, members of a disbanded commission that probed the 2010 Gulf of Mexico disaster say.
Delmarva Now (Tue 17 Apr, 2012)
Chesapeake Bay gets D+ in new report card
Staff quoted: Bill Dennison, Caroline Wicks
BALTIMORE — Heavy rains and a hot summer harmed the Chesapeake Bay's health last year, earning it the second worst grade on a yearly report card issued Tuesday by the University of Maryland's Center for Environmental Science.
WMDT (Salisbury) Television (Tue 17 Apr, 2012)
Chesapeake Bay gets grades in new report card
BALTIMORE (AP) - Heavy rains and a hot summer harmed the Chesapeake Bay's health last year. The University of Maryland's Center for Environmental Science gave the bay a D+ on Tuesday in its latest report card on the state of the bay.
The Annapolis Capital (Tue 17 Apr, 2012)
Report card gives Chesapeake Bay a D+
Staff quoted: Bill Dennison
BALTIMORE - The Chesapeake Bay's pollution grade dipped again in 2011, earning a D+ in the wake of a series of unusual weather events.
Lebanon Daily News (Pennsylvania) (Tue 17 Apr, 2012)
Chesapeake Bay gets D+ in new report card
Staff quoted: Bill Dennison, Caroline Wicks
BALTIMORE—Heavy rains and a hot summer harmed the Chesapeake Bay's health last year, earning it the second worst grade on a yearly report card issued Tuesday by the University of Maryland's Center for Environmental Science.
Bmore Media (Tue 17 Apr, 2012)
Md. Scientists Study Why Spring Came Early
Staff quoted: Andrew Elmore
A scientific study of the change in the seasons has implications for the tourism and travel industries. Researchers at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science found that spring is arriving earlier – and autumn will be later – in the suburbs of Baltimore and Washington, D.C.
Capital News Service (Tue 17 Apr, 2012)
EFFORTS UNDERWAY ACROSS STATE TO RESTORE THE TROUBLED MARYLAND OYSTER POPULATION
Staff quoted: Michael Wilberg
DEAL ISLAND — The struggles of the Maryland oyster have long been on the minds of people across the state. In the late 1800s, Maryland had the largest oyster fishery in the world, but overharvesting, disease, and habitat loss sent the oyster populations on a downward spiral, according to a recent study (http://wilberglab.cbl.umces.edu/pubs/Wilberg%20...%202011.pdf).
Nature (Tue 17 Apr, 2012)
Lessons of Deepwater Horizon still not learned - Commission gives mixed ratings to political and industrial response to 2010 disaster
Staff quoted: Don Boesch
Many of the problems that led to the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill have not been addressed, say the members of a commission set up by US President Barack Obama to study the disaster. The group releases a report (PDF) today on progress towards its 2011 recommendations for preventing future disasters and improving spill response.
The Frederick News-Post (Tue 17 Apr, 2012)
Chesapeake Bay gets D+ in new report card
BALTIMORE (AP) — Heavy rains and a hot summer harmed the Chesapeake Bay's health last year.