USM National Green Campus
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USM Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change Initiative |
White House Honors SU Faculty For Green Earth Book Awards Service (Salisbury University Press Release, 4/9/10) Cyclists say bike safety week just first step: DOTS hosts week of events but lags on bike-friendly campus improvements (By Leyla Korkut, The Diamondback Online, 4/9/10) A global pour: Event panelists want you to think beyond your kitchen table when drinking your a.m. coffee (By Alissa Gulin, The Diamondback Online, 4/9/10) An oyster plan Maryland needs: DNR proposal's mix of aquaculture and public fishery would bring state's practices into line with rest of the world (By Vic Kennedy and Roger Newell, The Baltimore Sun - Commentary, 4/8/10)[Article is by Vic Kennedy and Roger Newell of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science] Study Shows Rising Water Temperatures In U.S. Streams And Rivers: Twenty major U.S. streams and rivers have shown statistically significant long-term warming (U.S. News and World Report - content provided by the National Science Foundation, 4/8/10) [Article quotes Sujay Kaushal and Dave Secor of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science] Stream and river temperatures increasing (United Press International, 4/8/10) [Article quotes Sujay Kaushal of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science] 'Bard of the Chesapeake' dies: Wisner was 79 (By Laura Buck, SoMdNews.com, 4/7/10) [Article quotes the staff of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science's Chesapeake Biological Laboratory] East by Eco-Friendly: Students aim to make campus' major development greener (By Dana Cetrone and Amy Hemmati, The Diamondback Online, 4/6/10) River temperatures are on the rise, study shows (By Meredith Cohn, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 4/6/10) [Article quotes Sujay Kaushal and Dave Secor of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science] Study Says U.S. Waterways Are Warming (By Sindya A. Bhanoo, The New York Times - Green, Inc., 4/6/10) [Article quotes Sujay Kaushal of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science] EPA: Reaching the Mountaintop (By Matt Dernoga, The Diamondback Online, 4/5/10) [Article quotes Margaret Palmer of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science] TU exceeds 2010 RecycleMania goals: Nearly 140 tons of material recycled by campus community over nine weeks (Towson University Newsroom, 4/5/10) Federal cash will expand university program: $951K earmark for Federal Semester program may help students get government jobs (By Alissa Gulin, The Diamondback Online, 4/5/10) Life After Congress: Gilchrest Teaches a Love of Outdoors (By Tricia Miller, Roll Call, 4/5/10) [Article cites Salisbury University] Two New Environmental Communications Classes at University of Maryland, College Park are being offered in May and June 2010 - Social Marketing for Sustainability: Influencing Greener Behaviors through Research-Based Messaging [PDF] and Environmental Communications State of Maryland News Maryland legislators' unsavory threat (The Washington Post Editorial, 4/9/10) Committee reaches tentative deal on $13.2 billion budget: $13.2 billion plan restores bay cleanup money, idles shifting of teacher pensions to local government (By Annie Linskey, The Baltimore Sun, 4/8/10) Funding restored to law clinic: Lawmakers reverse decision targeting school that launched lawsuit (By Annie Linskey, The Baltimore Sun, 4/7/10) Measure hastens adoption of solar: O'Malley priority that would target Md. utilities draws Republican criticism over costs (By Julie Bykowicz, The Baltimore Sun, 4/6/10) Storm-water showdown looms (By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 4/5/10) National and International News Climate aid threat to countries that refuse to back Copenhagen accord: Developing nations claim they are being offered cash to sign up to climate change deal (By John Vidal, The [UK] Guardian, 4/11/10) UN climate talks wrap up after fresh rows (By Jerome Cartillier, AFP as reported by Google.com, 4/11/10) Building a Green Economy (By Paul Krugman, The New York Times Magazine, 4/11/10) Nobel Prize Winner's Must Read ... with a significant omission (Get Energy Smart Now Blog, 4/10/10) Cows absolved of causing global warming with nitrous oxide: Livestock could actually be good for the environment according to a new study that found grazing cows or sheep can cut emissions of a powerful greenhouse gas. (By Louise Gray, The [UK] Telegraph, 4/8/10) 2 more glaciers gone from Glacier National Park (By Matthew Brown, The Associated Press as reported by Yahoo News, 4/7/10) Scientists' use of computer models to predict climate change is under attack (By David A. Fahrenthold, The Washington Post, 4/6/10) NASA Slated To Receive Billions To Study Earth (By Jon Hamilton, National Public Radio, 4/5/10) |