USM National Green Campus
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USM Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change Initiative |
Coastal
Bays: A year of accomplishments (By Anita Ferguson, DelMarVaNow.com,
1/5/10)
State of Maryland News D.C. heat stagnates Baltimore's air: Hot air rises off capital's buildings, pavement, blows north and gets trapped here (By Frank D. Roylance, The Baltimore Sun, 1/8/10) Schools look for ways to cover costs: Budget cuts means state won't pay tab for 6th-graders outdoors program (By Don Marcus, The Baltimore Sun, 1/4/10) Area lawmakers get high marks on green scorecard (By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 1/4/10) Christmas tree recycling (By Susan Reimer, The Baltimore Sun, 1/4/10) National and International News Gas prices edge close to $3 (CNN Money, 1/10/10) Coal-Burning Campuses Face Increased Pressure to Find Alternative Fuels: Under scrutiny from environmental groups and students, colleges seek alternatives to the popular fuel (By Scott Carlson, The Chronicle of Higher Education - Buildings and Grounds Blog, 1/10/10) Popular kids' trinkets loaded with toxic metal: Barred from using lead, Chinese makers using more dangerous cadmium (By Justin Pritchard, The Associated Press as reported by MSNBC.com, 1/10/10) Obama Awards $2.3 Billion Clean Energy Tax Credits (By Reuters as reported by The New York Times, 1/8/10) EPA proposes stronger smog standards (By Sam Eaton, National Public Radio - Marketplace, 1/7/10) Sustainability Tracking System to Be Released This Month (By Scott Carlson, The Chronicle of Higher Education - Buildings and Grounds Blog, 1/7/10) EPA Strengthens Smog Standard/Proposed standards, strictest to date, will protect the health of all Americans, especially children (Environmental Protection Agency News Release, 1/7/10) Winter blast sends oil prices to 14-month high (By Mark Williams, The Associated Press as reported by Yahoo News, 1/6/10) Renovation of 1968 Hamilton College Building Earns LEED Gold (By Lawrence Biemiller, The Chronicle of Higher Education - Buildings and Grounds Blog, 1/5/10) Outdoors delight: Maine triples conserved acreage (By Glenn Adams, The Associated Press as reported by Yahoo News, 1/4/10) Use of potentially harmful chemicals kept secret under law (By Lyndsey Layton, The Washington Post, 1/4/10) Federal appliance rebates modeled after Cash for Clunkers launch (By Vinnee Tong, The Associated Press as reported by The Baltimore Sun, 1/4/10) |