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$5.1M
Awarded to Research Automated Irrigation Systems on Farms (By Stacy Jones,
UM Newsdesk, University of Maryland, College Park 12/2/09)
3 University of
Maryland Center for Environmental Science researchers lauded (By Staff and
Wire Reports, The Bay Journal, 12/1/09) [Article cites Walt Boynton, Carolyn Keefe, Michael Kemp of the University of
Maryland Center for Environmental Science]
Thinking
Upside Down: Topsy
Turvy Bus aims to make students reconsider energy usage (By Dana Cetrone, The Diamondback, 12/1/09)
UMCP
Revised GHG Inventory [PDF] This report
is an update to the Inventory of Greenhouse Gas Emissions for the University of Maryland, College
Park, 2002-2007 and includes corrections to baseline data for the period Fiscal
Year (FY) 2002-2007 as well as data for FY 2008. The American College and
University Presidents' Climate Commitment requires that participating
institutions conduct biennial greenhouse gas inventories. Although not
required by the Commitment, the University chose to conduct this inventory
update to refine its data collection methodology and determine whether progress
was being made to reduce campus greenhouse gas emissions. The FY 2008
inventory update identified data from the FY 2002-2007 report requiring
correction. Thus, this report is being reissued as a stand-alone volume
covering FY 2002 - 2008 and replaces the FY 2002-2007 report issued in June
2008.
State of Maryland
News
Are
Christmas Trees Really Green? (By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 12/4/09)
Catch a Holiday Lift
in Historic Annapolis: E-cruisers give an e-xemplary ride (By Jessica Wunsch, BayWeekly.com, 12/3/09)
Bay
cleanup: 'More federal beef, heat needed' (By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore
Sun - B'More Green Blog, 12/3/09)
State
creating new oyster sanctuaries, pushing aquaculture (By Tim Wheeler, The
Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 12/3/09)
BGE
customers to get $100 credit in February bill: Relief is condition on PSC approval of Constellation's nuclear joint
venture (By
Hannah Cho, The Baltimore Sun, 12/1/09)
Garrett,
Charles to get wind, solar power plants: CEG
and Silver Spring firm invest in renewable energy (By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - Green
Living, 12/1/09)
National and International News
More
bus routes, less congestion? Fairfax drafts a cost-effective solution, but would it be enough to
pull drivers from their cars?
(By Ashley Halsey, The Washington Post, 12/6/09)
U.N. holds
out hope for climate deal:Delegates arrive for global conference on
reducing greenhouse gases (By The Associated Press as reported by MSNBC.com, 12/6/09)
U.N.
says biggest climate talks in history must deliver (By John Acher and Anna
Ringstrom, Reuters as reported by Yahoo News, 12/6/09)
Solar
cell breaks efficiency record (By Michael Kennelos, CNET News, 12/6/09)
To
Really Save the Planet, Stop Going Green (By Mike Tidwell, The Washington Post - Op-Ed, 12/6/09)
Fish
kill called necessary to save the Great Lakes: Saying ecosystem is threatened, officials
use poison on invasive carp (By Kari
Lydersen and Peter Slevin, The Washington Post, 12/6/09)
What's at
Stake in Copenhagen? (By Anne Thompson, NBC News, 12/5/09)
Thousands
march in London for climate action: Protest ahead of
Copenhagen summit; Berlin activists use rising seas theme (By The Associated Press as reported by
MSNBC.com, 12/5/09)
"Climate
Express" to Copenhagen lowers footprint (By Arthur Max, The Associated
Press as reported by Yahoo News, 12/5/09)
University
To Use Earth's Temps To Heat Its Buildings (By Daniel
Robison, National Public
Radio, 12/4/09)
Author
says large-scale farms killing land as well as towns (By Ted Strong, The Charlottesville Daily
Progress, 12/4/09)
A Greener
Way to Get Electricity from Natural Gas (Science Daily, 12/3/09)
Granholm:
Close locks near Chicago to keep carp out (By The Associated Press, 12/3/09)
Farmers
sue Shell over oil spills in Niger Delta (By Sarah Arnott, The [UK]
Independent, 12/3/09)
BPA found
in 90% of newborns (By Meg Kissinger, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinal, 12/3/09)
Copenhagen
climate change talks must fail, says top scientist - Exclusive: World's leading
climate change expert says summit talks so flawed that deal would be a disaster (By Suzanne Goldenberg, The [UK] Guardian, 12/2/09)
Bill
McKibben: No-drama Obama needs to feel the heat (By Bill McKibben, The Cap
Times, 12/1/09)
Inquiries
Begin on Climate Files; Head of British Climate Unit Steps Aside (By Andrew
C. Revkin, The New York Times - Dot Earth Blog, 12/1/09)
First
Look: Volvo Plug-In Hybrid: The safety-obsessed Swedes get serious about zero emissions. (By Jacob Gordon of Treehugger as reported by MSN Auto, 11/30/09)
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