USM National Green Campus
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USM Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change Initiative |
Students
celebrate 40th anniversary of Earth Day: Groups mark environmental holiday with week of
events and discussions on the campus (By Dana
Cetrone, The Diamondback Online, 4/22/10)
Become more earth-savvy at SU (By Calum McKinney, DelMarVaNow.com, 4/22/10) O'Malley visits SU: Governor promotes greener society, government's role in protecting environment (By Deborah Gates, DelMarVaNow.com, 4/21/10) UMBC Included in "Guide to 286 Green Colleges" by Princeton Review and U.S. Green Building Council (UMBC News, 4/21/10) SALISBURY: SU named among nation's 'greenest' colleges (DelMarVaNow.com, 4/20/10) Solar Decathlons and other sustainability news (By Daniel de Vise, The Washington Post - College, Inc. Blog, 4/20/10) Energy Legislation: Time to Clean Up (By Matt Dernoga, The Diamondback Online, 4/20/10) TU named to Princeton Review's Guide to 286 Green Colleges: New guidebook profiles TU as one of most environmentally responsible U.S. colleges (Towson University News Room, 4/20/10) SU Named Among Nation's 'Greenest' Colleges (Salisbury University Press Release, 4/19/10) Registration ends soon for program at Horn Point: Summer center teaches kids environmental stewardship (By Calum McKinney, DelMarVaNow.com, 4/19/10) "Branching Out" - Coppin State University Sustainability News, Volume I, Issue I: Cultivating Our World by Planting Seeds in Our Community, April 2010 State of Maryland News Electric bills to decrease starting in June: Increased supply, lower demand means smaller power bills for residential customers (By Liz F. Kay, The Baltimore Sun, 4/22/10) To save money, Ocean City drops recycling program: Budget troubles prompt cancellation (By Meredith Cohn, The Baltimore Sun, 4/21/10) Air pollution limits tightened on Baltimore incinerator: EPA says Maryland improperly relaxed permit on trash-to-energy plant (By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 4/19/10) Baltimore details progress in move toward sustainability (By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 4/19/10) A swimmable, fishable harbor? Local group proposes 10-year plan for cleaning harbor (By Edward Gunts, The Baltimore Sun, 4/17/10) National and International News A National Network Of Bike Trails? It Could Happen (By NPR Staff, National Public Radio, 4/25/10) California Cyclists Split On Two-Wheel Texting Ban (By Molly Samuel, National Public Radio, 4/25/10) Climate bill placed on hold over Senate dispute (By Matthew Daly, The Associated Press as reported by Yahoo News, 4/25/10) Thousands Gather on the Mall for Earth Day (By Janie Lorber, The New York Times - Green Blog, 4/25/10) Cape Wind and Mr. Salazar (The New York Times - Editorial, 4/25/10) Loaded With Concessions, Climate Bill Wins Backing of Oil Companies (By Aaron Wiener, The Washington Independent, 4/23/10) Amtrak trials first cow-powered train: Biodiesel made from beef byproducts fuels rail operator's first green train, cutting carbon emissions and improving air quality (By Danny Bradbury, BusinessGreen.com, 4/23/10) Bill Gates and Friends Make Case for Energy R&D (By Alixis Madrigal, Wired - Science, 4/23/10) Windmill Boom Curbs Electric Power Prices for RWE (Update2) (By Jeremy van Loon, Bloomberg.com, 4/23/10) Climate change legislation unlikely this year, say sources (By Dana Bash, CNN Politics, 4/23/10) Greenpeace says no to energy bill (By Jeanne Cummings, Politico, 4/23/10) BP pledges to clean up Gulf of Mexico spill (The Associated Press as reported by Yahoo News, 4/23/10) CO2 Emissions Causing Ocean Acidification to Progress at Unprecedented Rate (National Academy of Science Press Release, 4/22/10) Senate Climate Bill: Five Hot Spots (Kate Sheppard, Mother Jones, 4/22/10) Kerry: Three Big Oil Companies Likely to Back Climate Bill (Kate Sheppard, Mother Jones - Blue Marble, 4/22/10) A New Climate Movement in Bolivia (By Naomi Klein, The Nation, 4/21/10) Generating Electricity by Going With the Flow (The New York Times - The Business of Green, 4/21/10) [Video diagrams] Earth Day at 40 - progress and pitfalls: Environmentalists see steps forward, backward on anniversary (By Meredith Cohn, The Baltimore Sun, 4/21/10) Aid for Sanitation and Water Projects Lags (By Andrew C. Revkin, The New York Times - Dot Earth Blog, 4/21/10)
Geologists
Drill into Antarctica and Find Troubling Signs for Ice Sheets' Future: New sediment cores from an Antarctic research
drilling program suggest that the southernmost continent has had a more dynamic
history than previously suspected (By Clay
Farris Naff, Scientific American, 4/19/10) The Geological Society of America Statement on Climate Change (The Geological Society of America Position Statement, Adopted in October 2006; revised April 2010) |