USM National Green Campus
|
USM Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change Initiative |
Howard's
Environmental Sustainability office focuses on green principles: Councilman Fox
questions progress of state's first 'green office' (By Lindsey McPherson, The Columbia
Flyer, 2/3/11)
Developers distressed over bid to curb septic systems: O'Malley proposes ban on large rural housing projects to aid bay, limit sprawl (By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 2/3/11) EPA moves to get perchlorate out of drinking water (By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 2/2/11) National and International News Princeton Plans Massive Solar Field (The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 2/4/11 updated 2/7/11) Droughts, Floods and Food (By Paul Krugman, The New York Times - Opinion, 2/6/11)
Einstein
was right - honey bee collapse threatens global food security: The bee crisis has been treated as a niche
concern until now, but as the UN's index of food prices hits an all time-high,
it is becoming urgent to know whether the plight of the honey bee risks further
exhausting our food security. (By Ambrose
Evans-Pritchard, The [UK] Telegraph, 2/6/11) Asia faces climate-induced migration 'crisis' (By Martin Abbugao, AFP as reported by Yahoo News, 2/5/11) Germany sells vision for 'green toys' to world (By Melissa Eddy, The Associated Press as reported by The Washington Post, 2/5/11) Surprising Home-Energy Hogs (By Oilver J. Chiang, Yahoo Finance, 2/5/11) Canada PM Harper Urges U.S. to Approve Oil Pipeline (The Associated Press as reported by Fox News, 2/4/11) President Obama's Plan to Win the Future by Making American Businesses More Energy Efficient through the "Better Buildings Initiative" (The White House - Office of Media Affairs, 2/3/11) Americans still hooked on gas guzzlers: Minivans, SUVS, crossovers and pickups: We can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em. The big question is whether rising fuel costs will squeeze our love for big vehicles and hurt the economy. (By Charley Baline, MSN - Money, 2/3/11) Amazon drought caused huge CO2 emissions: Experts fear it might happen regularly, turning forest into warming source (By Stuart Grundings, Reuters as reported by MSNBC.com, 2/3/11) In Pa., Obama Pushes Investment in Clean Energy (By Michael D. Shear, The New York Times - Politics, 2/3/11) US states take initiative on cap-and-trade (By Sheila McNulty, Financial Times, 2/3/11) EU Climate Commissioner Hedegaard - 'Reducing CO2 Emissions Early Can Save Money in the Longer Term' (Interview by Christoph Schult and Christian Schwägerl, Der Spiegel - International, 2/2/11) EU Climate Commissioner Hedegaard - 'Reducing CO2 Emissions Early Can Save Money in the Longer Term' (Interview by Christoph Schult and Christian Schwägerl, Der Spiegel - International, 2/2/11) Hamish McRae: Let's get real: cheap oil is never coming back (By Hamish McRae, The [UK] Independent - Opinion, 2/2/11) Environmental Outlook: Oil Subsidies and the Future of U.S. Energy Policy (NPR - The Diane Rehm Show, 2/1/11) Brent oil surges past $100 on Egypt anxiety (By Robert Gibbons, Reuters, 1/31/11) Senators vow to strip Obama climate power (AFP as reported by Google News, 1/31/11) In an Oil Price Gap, the Scent of Tar Sands (By Clifford Krauss, The New York Times - Green Blog, 1/31/11) |