USM National Green Campus
News Archive
Week of August 31, 2009
News from Across the USM Campuses
September 9th - The countdown to climate neutrality at FAU begins now. Be a part of it. FROSTBURG STATE UNIVERSITY'S CLIMATE ACTION PLAN OPEN HOUSE AND PRESENTATION. Wednesday, September 9, 2009 from 10am - 4:30pm, at the Lane University Center, Room 201, Frostburg State University: OPEN HOUSE: 10am -
4:30pm (Grab a snack, review the plan, ask questions and provide feedback.) PRESENTATION: 3:30pm -
4:30pm (Presentation includes FSU's definition of
sustainability, LGLG mission, vision, rationale for sustainability and climate neutrality, FSU's carbon
footprint, hiring for permanent
leadership in sustainability at FSU, foundation strategies, mitigation strategies, education and research, outreach strategies, financing sustainability.
September 4, 2009- Lee
Sobel - Smart Growth Program, US EPA, Washington DC "The Business Case for Smart Growth" - This seminar will be held on
Friday at 2 PM in the Technology Research Center, Room 206, on the University
of Maryland, Baltimore County campus. It 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 UMBC's CUERE office in TRC 102/105 shortly before
seminar.
U.S.
needs a strong energy bill from Senate (By Matt Dernoga, The Gazettte,
8/28/09) [The
writer is the campaign director of UMD for Clean Energy at the University of
Maryland.]
To
Some Chesapeake Crabbers, a $50 Document Is Priceless: Despite Industry's Woes, Many Watermen
Refuse to Sell Symbol of Old Way of Life (By David A. Fahrenthold, The Washington Post, 8/24/09) [Article quotes
Doug Lipton a University of Maryland professor]
The "green" industry is
one of the fastest growing sectors of the US economy with many exciting career
opportunities for college graduates. Get your foot in the "green
jobs" door by working on sustainability initiatives at the University of
Maryland, College Park, which is recognized as one of the leaders in campus
sustainability. The Office of Sustainability is seeking a Communications
Intern and an Energy Conservation Analyst. Deadline to Apply: Monday, September 7.
Applications will be reviewed immediately and interviews will take place
September 9th - 11th. The last day to add an internship to your fall schedule
is Monday, September 14. View application
details here.
State of Maryland News
Urban
garden to sow health, renewal: Oliver-area
residents create vegetable oasis, urban sanctuary in one day (By Susan Reimer, The Baltimore Sun, 8/28/09)
The 128th Maryland State Fair starts this weekend, and the Maryland
Department of Agriculture plans to have some eco-friendly and
consumer-focused displays that you may want to check out. (By Meredith Cohn, The Baltimore Sun - B'More
Green Blog, 8/27/09)
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Youth's
vigor makes a strong impression in environmental hearings: 15-year-old
Otana Jakpor has attended dozens of air-quality meetings and EPA hearings,
presenting data from her experiments and advocating for tighter restrictions to
improve public health. (By Amy Littlefield, The Baltimore Sun, 8/26/09)
National and International News
Battle
lines on energy emerge: Foes, backers
of next big Obama effort take cues from health care debate (By Jim Tankserley, Tribune Papers as
reported by the Baltimore Sun, 8/31/09)
Annual
cost of climate change 'will be £190bn': UN has underestimated
financial burden of global warming, study finds (By Steve Connor, The [UK] Independent, 8/28/09)
On
Energy, Obama Finds Broad Support: Poll Shows Backing for Reform Efforts, But
Cap-and-Trade Bill Is Harder Sell (By Steven
Mufson and Jennifer Agiesta, The Washington Post, 8/28/09)
Scientists
Find "Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch": Discover extensive plastic debris floating 1,000 miles from land (National Science Foundation
Press Release, 8/27/09)
More
Sun for Less: Solar Panels Drop in Price (By Kate Galbraith, The New York
Tomes, 8/26/09)
Conference
takes on economics of organic food (By Avery Yale Kamila, The Portland
Press Herald, 8/26/09)
Oil
companies undermining climate partnership (By David R. Baker, The San
Francisco Chronicle, 8/26/09)
Wind
Farms Can Appear Sinister To The Weatherman (By Dirk Lammers, The
Huffington Post, 8/26/09)
Deficit
Projected To Soar With New Programs: 10-Year Estimate of $9 Trillion Fuels Critics of
President's Agenda (By Lori Montgomery,
The Washington Post, 8/26/09)
Report:
Future U.S. heat waves will be worse (By Dan Vergano, USA Today, 8/26/09)
Oil falls 4
percent in profit-taking rush (By Richard Vladmanis, Reuters as reported on
Yahoo News, 8/25/09)
U.S.
Chamber of Commerce seeks trial on global warming: The business lobby, hoping to fend off potentially sweeping emission
limits, wants the EPA to hold a 'Scopes'-like hearing on the evidence that
climate change is man-made. (By Jim
Tankersley, The Los Angeles Times, 8/25/09)
Bottled-water
scam finally feels squeeze (By Derrick Z. Jackson, The Boston Globe,
8/25/09)
Do We Need Industrial
Agriculture to Feed the World? (By Sophia Murphy, CommonDreams.org from Think Forward, 8/24/09)
PepsiCo Chooses to
Continue Using GE Ingredients Despite Evidence of Harm (By
Dave Gabriele, CommonDreams.org from the Natural News Network, 8/24/09)
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