USM National Green Campus
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USM Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change Initiative |
DOTS:
New signs will make biking safer - Cyclists are encouraged to use streets, not
sidewalks (By Leyla Korkut, The Diamondback
Online, 3/22/10)
State of Maryland Howard pushes wastewater reuse: Proposal would help county grow and keep bay clean (By Larry Carson, The Baltimore Sun, 3/28/10) Sludge by drainage ditch brings $4,000 fine: State environmental agency ends investigation of Shore farm (By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 3/27/10) Committee rejects delegate's wind energy regulation bills (By Kevin Spradlin, The Cumberland Times News as reported by The Baltimore Sun, 3/27/10) Sewer overflow releases 15,000 gallons into Loch Raven Watershed: Impact considered minimal, public works officials say (By The Baltimore Sun Staff, The Baltimore Sun, 3/25/10) National and International News Masdar: Abu Dhabi's carbon-neutral city (By Tom Heap, BBC News, 3/28/10) Attenborough aghast at global decline of butterfly population: Disappearance of species points to catastrophic environmental damage, says Sir David (By Michael McCarthy, The [UK] Independent, 3/26/10) EPA Proposes Veto of Mine Permit Under the Clean Water Act (EPA News Release, 3/26/10) Climate bill could face threats from left (By Ben Geman, The Hill, 3/26/10) Earth Hour - climate change campaigners urge global switch-off: The fourth annual lights-out event expects 1 billion participants, and will include international landmarks including the Eiffel Tower, the Empire State building and the Burj Khalifa (By Jonathan Watts, The [UK] Guardian, 3/26/10) Rajendra Pachauri - Climate scientists face 'new form of persecution': IPCC chair accuses politicians and sceptics of portraying scientists as 'criminals' through attacks on their credibility (By David Adam, The [UK] Guardian, 3/26/10) Disputed Bay of Bengal island 'vanishes' say scientists: A tiny island claimed for years by India and Bangladesh in the Bay of Bengal has disappeared beneath the rising seas, scientists in India say. (The BBC News, 3/24/10) Scientists Create New Super-Insulating Smart Roof From Cooking Oil (By Brit Liggett, Inhabit.com, 3/22/10) Trashless (Reported by Dick Gordon, The Story - NPR, 3/24/20) Ford Saves $1.2 Million and Reduces CO2 Emissions by Around 20,000 Tons by Turning Computers Off (By Michael Graham Richardson, Treehugger.com, 3/23/10) After Health, Obama allies zero in on Climate (AFP as reported by Yahoo News, 3/22/10) U.S. Bolsters Chemical Restrictions for Water (By Charles Duhigg, The New York Times, 3/22/10) |