USM National Green Campus
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USM Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change Initiative |
April 9th -
Dr. Katherine Squibb? Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of
Medicine?- "Health
Effects Characterization of Ambient Air Particulate Matter (PM) from Baltimore
and Maryland's Eastern Shore." Seminar will be held on Friday at 2pm in the
Technology Research Center, Room 206, on the University of Maryland, Baltimore
County campus. The seminar, which is a part of the CUERE Seminar Seriesm, is
free and open to the public. Registration is not required. Visitor parking
passes for the TRC lot may be purchased for $4.00 in the CUERE office in TRC
102/105 on the UMBC campus shortly before the seminar.
Get Off Oil (By Donald F. Boesch, The Washington Post - Planet Panel, 4/1/10) [Dr. Donald F. Boesch is the President of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science] EPA plan would allow 'no or very few valley fills' (By Ken Ward, Jr., The Charleston Gazette, 4/1/10) [Article quotes Margaret Palmer of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science] Henson School Hosts 'Smart Growth Day' April 28th (Salisbury University Press Release, 3/30/10) Heavy rainfall, snow may hurt bay (By Pamela Wood, The Capital, 3/30/10) [Article quotes Bill Dennison of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science] JP Morgan's War on Nature: How the Wall Street darling underwrites environmental Armageddon (By Andy Kroll, Mother Jones, 3/30/10) [Article quotes Margaret Palmer of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science] Mercury levels in some fish could counter health benefits (WLOX - Channel 13 TV [Louisana, 3/29/10) [Article quotes Andrew Heyes of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science] East Campus: Making the grass greener (By Matt Dernoga, The Diamondback Online, 3/29/10) State of Maryland News In Maryland, drilling meets resistance: Lawmakers, activists oppose Obama plan to seek oil off coast, warning of harm to bay, beaches (By Timothy B. Wheeler and Paul West, The Baltimore Sun, 4/1/10) Coalition rallies for more oversight on chemicals: Industry conference prompts calls for consumer protections (By Meredith Cohn, The Baltimore Sun, 3/31/10) 18K Gallons Of Sewage Spills Into Stream (The Associated Press as reported by WBAL-TV, 3/29/10) Group calls for more safeguards on chemicals (By Meredith Cohn, B'More Green Blog, 3/29/10)
DNR
gives update on water quality: State is
making progress, but season's snow and rain could cause problems (By Meredith Cohn, B'More Green Blog, 3/29/10) National and International News World's 4th Largest Lake Nearly Dried Up: Central Asia's Aral Sea Almost Totally Evaporated, Called One of Earth's Most Shocking Disasters by Head of U.N. (The Associated Press as reported by CBS News, 4/4/10) Emissions limits, greater fuel efficiency for cars, light trucks made official (By Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post, 4/2/10) New mileage rules: Pay more for cars, less at pump (By Ken Thomas, The Associated Press as reported by Yahoo News, 4/2/10) What's driving up oil prices again? Wall Street, of course (By Kevin G. Hall, McClatchys Newspspers, 4/1/10) Boehner rebukes Obama offshore drilling plan (By Michael O'Brien, The Hill, 3/31/10) American Industry's Thirst For Water (RedOrbit.com, 3/31/10)
Obama
administration to buy first 100 Chevy Volts (By Justin Hyde, Free Press
Washington, 3/31/10) Wall Street is driving up oil prices: Consumers still pay more even though supplies are up (By John W. Schoen, MSNBC.com, 3/31/10) Greenpeace - Big Oil funds Climategate echo chamber: Kansas-based giant found to have ‘spent millions' on research that casts doubt on climate change (By Tim Edwards, The First Post [UK], 3/31/10) Obama to unveil offshore drilling plans for oil, natural gas: The proposal through 2017 will open new areas of the mid-Atlantic region, Alaska and the eastern Gulf of Mexico for production but prohibit moves off California, Oregon and Washington. (By Jim Tankersley, The Los Angeles Times, 3/31/10) Inquiry - Climate data not manipulated: British lawmakers say science sound, but want transparency (By MSNBC.com News Services - The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report, 3/31/10) Climategate scientists didn't manipulate data: lawmakers (By Peter Griffiths, Reuters as reported by The [Canadian] National Post, 3/30/10) (By Andrew Hough, The [UK] Telegraph, 3/30/10) D.C. bag tax collects $150,000 in January for river cleanup (By Tim Craig, The Washington Post, 3/30/10) Obama to Open Offshore Areas to Oil Drilling for First Time (By John M. Broder, The New York Times, 3/30/10) Artificial leaves could provide cheap energy: Artificial leaves that mimic nature could in future provide a cheap way of generating hydrogen from sunlight and water, it was claimed. (The [UK] Telegraph, 3/29/10) EPA affirms delay in regulating power plant emissions (By Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post - Planet Panel- Post Carbon, 3/29/10) |