USM National Green Campus
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USM Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change Initiative |
Winds
of Change (By Donald F. Boesch, The Washington Post - Planet Panel, 5/6/10) [Dr. Donald F. Boesch is President of the University of Maryland
Center for Environmental Science]
Is BP's remedy for the spill only making it worse? The chemical dispersants BP is dumping in the Gulf of Mexico are a cosmetic solution only. And they're toxic (By Joseph Romm, Salon.com, 5/5/10) [Article quotes Carys Mitchelmore, of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science] University scores well for environmentalism: As Princeton Review praises campus, students call for further progress (By Dana Cetrone, The Diamondback Online, 5/5/10) Oil Spill May Impact East Coast Barrier Islands (WJZ-13 TV News, 5/4/10) [Article quotes Bill Bolcourt of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science] Princeton Review names UMBC as among the greenest colleges (By Tilly Ingleby, The Retriever Weekly, 5/4/10) State of Maryland News Adventures in urban farming (By Christy Zuccarini, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 5/7/10) City Council to hear pro-bicycle bills: Measures seek to make streets safer for those on two wheels (By Michael Dresser, The Baltimore Sun, 5/5/10) Coal ash permit delay sought: Arundel exec seeks delay in Baltimore coal-ash dumping (By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 5/5/10) EPA proposes coal-ash curbs: Nationwide rules similar to Maryland's (By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 5/4/10) Sharing the road with bicycles is hardly a hardship: Nobody's time is so important they can't look out for the little guy (By Michael Dresser, The Baltimore Sun, 5/3/10) Could Gulf oil leak tar Atlantic, Bay beaches? (By TimWheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 5/3/10) National and International News The Crisis Comes Ashore: Why the oil spill could change everything. (By Al Gore, The New Republic, 5/8/10) Report: Environmentally Induced Cancer Grossly Underestimated - Americans 'Bombarded' with Cancer Causes: Government Panel (By Maggie Fox, Reuters as reported by Commondreams.org, 5/6/10) EPA's new coal-ash rules - a punt, or a feint? (By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 5/5/10) Dispersant 'may make Deepwater Horizon oil spill more toxic': Scientists fear chemicals used in oil clean-up can cause genetic mutations and cancer, and threaten sea turtles and tuna (By Suzanne Goldberg, The [UK] Guardian, 5/5/10) Fox refuses climate ad (By Ben Smith, Politico, 5/5/10) EPA Announces Plans to Regulate Coal Ash: Agency proposals would address risks of unsafe coal ash disposal, while supporting safe forms of beneficial use (Environmental Protection Agency, Press Release, 5/4/10) New online network aims to bridge climate "collaboration gap" (By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 5/4/10) Flame retardants impact fertility, children's IQ, new studies suggest; EPA improves access to chemical risks data (By Bryant Furlow, The New Mexico Independent, 5/3/10) Coastal fears for oil's impact on fishing, resorts (By Simon Mann, The Sydney [Australia] Morning Herald, 5/3/10) Officials' forecast grim about massive oil spill as Obama tours part of the Gulf Coast (By Joel Achenbach and Anne E. Kornblut, The Washington Post, 5/3/10) Environmental certification becoming increasingly crowded and contested field (By Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post, 5/3/10) |