Week of January 7, 2008

UMCP Going for the Green to Make Campus More Environmentally Friendly (By Monique L. Robinson, UM Newsdesk, 12/12/07)

State of Maryland News

O'Malley, State GOP Spell Out Agendas: Governor Emphasizes Energy, Crime (By John Wagner and Lisa Rein, The Washington Post, 1/9/08)

State task force to tackle future growth challenges (By Robert J. Terry, Baltimore Business Journal, 1/8/08)  

Environmental Panel Wants County to Compost Food (by Mike Silvestri, The Baltimore Examiner, 1/8/08)

Tell It To The Watermen: Why are horses more deserving of state handouts than crabs and oysters? (Editorial, The Washington Post, 1/6/08)

USM Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change Initiative

• Practices
• Programs
• Policies

• Presentations (Power Point)
• Climate Change Definitions
• Facilities Master Planning
• Statewide Sustainability Efforts
• ACUPCC National Benchmarking
• Useful Links and References

Md. lawmakers likely to tackle global warming next session (The Daily Record - By The Associated Press, 1/1/08)

National & International News

A Critical Question in Climate Debate (By Kristen Sheeran and James Barrett, The Baltimore Sun, 1/8/08)

In Greenland, Ice and Instability (By Andrew C. Revkin, The New York Times, 1/8/08)

Paris offers drivers electric cars to beat pollution - for a small charge (By Charles Bremner, Times On-Line, London, 1/2/08)

College of the Atlantic is the First Institution to Achieve Climate Neutrality (By Scott Carlson, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 12/20/07)

A Threat So Big Academics Try Collaboration (By Claudia H. Deutsch, The New York Times, 12/25/07)

Reality Shorts out electricity goal: Utilities are submitting conservation proposals, but customers will pay (By Paul Adams, The Baltimore Sun, 12/18/07)