USM National Green Campus
News Archive
Week of January 11, 2010
News from Across the USM Campuses
Recyclemania is January 17 -
March 27, 2010 - University System of Maryland institutions typically
participate in this national event, which is a friendly competition among
college campuses to increase recycling participation, raise awareness about
waste management and recycling, and lowers waste generated on campus.
Coppin
State University - Sustainability
Taskforce Meeting - January 21, 2010 from 3:30 - 5:00pm in Room 218B of the
Dining and Meeting Hall, on the Coppin State University campus. For more
information, contact Dr. Monica Randall at 410-951-3845.
Scientists
say mountaintop mining should be stopped (By David A. Fahrenthold, The
Washington Post, 1/8/10) [Article quotes Margaret Palmer and Keith Eshleman of
the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]
Scientists
call for halt to mountaintop coal mining (By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun
- B'More Green Blog, 1/8/10) [Article quotes Margaret Palmer of the University of Maryland Center for
Environmental Science]
Scientists urge end to
mountaintop mining permits (By Ry Rivard, The Charleston Daily Mail,
1/8/10) [Article quotes Margaret Palmer and Keith Eshleman of the University of
Maryland Center for Environmental Science]
Pressure
builds against mountaintop coal mining: The
Obama administration, which has pledged to heed scientific expertise on the
issue, should reject all new mountaintop removal permits, scientists say,
citing environmental and health effects. (By Tom
Hamburger, The Los Angeles Times, 1/8/10) [Article quotes Margaret Palmer of the University of Maryland Center for
Environmental Science]
Scientists Call for
Moratorium on Mountaintop Mining Permits (By Genevieve Long, The Epoch
Times, 1/8/10) [Article quotes Margaret
Palmer of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]
Mountaintop
removal mining: EPA says yes, scientists say no (By David Biello,
Scientific American, 1/8/10) [Article quotes Margaret Palmer and Keith Eshleman of the University of
Maryland Center for Environmental Science]
Study:
Mining damage 'pervasive and irreversible' (By Ken Ward, Jr., The
Charleston Gazette, 1/7/10) [Article quotes Margaret Palmer and Keith Eshleman of the University of
Maryland Center for Environmental Science]
Experts
Urge Officials To End Mountaintop Mining (By Christopher Joyce, National
Public Radio - All Things Considered, 1/7/10) [Article quotes Margaret Palmer of the University of Maryland Center for
Environmental Science]
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