USM National Green Campus
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USM Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change Initiative |
Sustainability at Salisbury University - Sustainability Facts (April 2009) "Earth to College Park" (April 1-30, 2009) - Please join us this April in celebrating Earth Month! All month long, various departments and student groups will be hosting events on and around campus promoting green ideas and practices. University of Maryland, College Park. April Clarice Smith Center Events Explore "Living in Our Landscape" - Environment-themed performances and discussions celebrate Earth Day 2009. Events are held at The Clarice Smith Center for the Performing Arts, on the campus of University of Maryland, College Park. For more information about scheduled events, contact Laura Mertens, Communications Coordinator ?Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, at mertens@umd.edu or at (301) 405-8151. International Climate Change Researchers Meet [at University of Maryland, College Park], Review Latest Findings (UM Newsdesk - Science and Technology, 4/8/09) Patuxent watershed health gets D-: Chesapeake Bay watershed improved over last year (By Erica Mitrano, SoMoNewsOnline.com/The Recorder, 4/8/09) [Report by the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science] Asian oysters rejected for Chesapeake Bay (By Lindsay Perma, The Washington Examiner, 4/7/09) [President of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Dr. Donald Boesch, is quoted in the article] Development muddies paradise on Patuxent River: River slightly healthier, but researchers warn against optimism (By Greg Holzheimer, The Gazette, 4/7/09)
Incentives to save energy are many: Federal, state programs urge going green (By Jay Hancock, The Baltimore Sun, 4/8/09) EPA adds Fort Detrick dump site to Superfund list (By David Dishneau, The Associated Press as reported in The Baltimore Sun, 4/8/09) Corps Rejects Asian Oysters for Chesapeake Bay (Baynet.com, 4/8/09) University of Maryland demonstrates national leadership, vision for campus sustainability (Utility Products Press Release, 4/3/09) National and International News Earth Day 2009: The Green Generation. Earth Day 2009, April 22, will mark the beginning of The Green Generation CampaignTM which will also be the focus of the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day in 2010. In Boost for Detroit, Obama to Buy Fuel-Efficient Fleet for Uncle Sam (By Kendra Marr, The Washington Post, 4/10/09) Obama, Who Vowed Rapid Action on Climate Change, Turns More Cautious (John M. Broder, The New York Times, 4/10/09) EPA Is Reconsidering Dry Cleaners' Use of Cancer-Causing Chemical (By Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post, 4/8/09) Show Us the Ball (By Thomas Friedman, New York Time Op-Ed, 4/7/09) Oil Giants Loath to Follow Obama's Green Lead (By Jad Mouawad, The New York Times, 4/7/09) Belgium: Green-Car Loan Fund (By Reuters as reported in The New York Times, 4/7/09) An Environmental Brain Drain to D.C. (By Kate Galbraith, The New York Times - Green, Inc., 4/7/09)
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