USM National Green Campus
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USM Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change Initiative |
EPA
puts Chesapeake on pollution 'diet': Agency
pledges to hold states accountable for cleanup (By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 12/29/10)
National and International News
Drilling Is Stalled Even After Ban Is Lifted (By Ben Casselman and Daniel Gilbert, The Wall Street Journal, 1/3/11) Dramatic spike in gas prices forecasted (Reported by The Washington Times - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX on TradingMarkets.com, 1/3/11) Australia Floods Turn Deadly: 'A Disaster Of Biblical Proportions' (The Huffington Post, 1/2/11 updated 1/3/11) MPs rule out deep-water drilling ban: Deep water drilling could take place at hundreds of sites off the British coast after MPs ruled out a moratorium, despite concerns the practice could lead to a disaster worse than BP's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. (By Louise Gray, The [UK] Telegraph, 1/2/11) House Republicans pledge to fight Obama administration plan to limit greenhouse gas emissions (The Associated Press as reported by The Baltimore Sun, 1/2/11) India's hidden climate change catastrophe: Over the past decade, as crops have failed year after year, 200,000 farmers have killed themselves (By Alex Renton, The [UK] Independent, 1/2/11) Arnold Schwarzenegger's Next Act: Return To LA, Go Green (By Michael R. Blood, The Huffington Post, 1/1/11) New Yorkers debate over increasing number of bike lanes (Reported by Bob Moon, NPR - Marketplace, 12/30/10) Italy to begin ban on plastic bags in shops: A ban on plastic bags is coming into effect in Italy, which has one of the highest rates of consumption of the bags in Europe. (BBC News- Europe, 12/30/10) India Gripped By Freezing Weather (PHOTOS) (The Huffington Post, 12/29/10) The Peak Oil Crisis: 2011 - A Pivotal Year? (By Tom Whipple, The Falls Church News-Press, 12/29/10) Brazil to replace oil rigs with 'underwater cities': Traditional oil rigs will be replaced with "underwater cities" within a decade under ambitious plans being drawn up by Petrobras, Brazil's state-owned energy group. (By Robin Yapp, The [UK] Telegraph, 12/29/10) More Wind Farms Off Massachusetts Coast Eyed By Federal Bureau Of Ocean Energy Management (By Steve LeBlanc, The Huffington Post, 12/28/10) |