Will US follow Maryland's green lead?

[OKIsItJustMe]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7857206.stm

19:53 GMT, Thursday, 29 January 2009

Will US follow Maryland's green lead?

By Katty Kay
BBC News, Washington

When Court Stevenson looks out on the Chesapeake Bay, he sees far more water and far less land than he used to.

"We've lost 30,000 acres right here," says Mr Stevenson, an environmental scientist who has been studying the bay since the early 1970s.

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Mr Stevenson took us out to James Island, which is now three islands, or patches of land.

The rising water has covered what was once a thriving community - 150 years ago there were two schools, a shop and a shipbuilding yard.

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[thrift_store_angel]

1. *Giggle*

Green? Maryland? The same Maryland I live in? They must mean a different Maryland right? Not the Maryland whose secret motto is "If you can step on it we can pave it".

[patriotvoice]

2. Now, now. From the NC DMV:

"Did you know NC has more paved surface area than any other state of the union, except Texas." It's advertised like that's a good thing!

Of course, I have no idea what the pavement density is -- probably a lot higher in tiny Maryland! :)

[invader zim]

3. state motto

I thought our state motto was "If you can dream it, we can tax it"....