USM National Green Campus
News Archive
News from Across the USM Campuses
April 3rd - 5th - Smart
and Sustainable Campuses, The Inn and Conference Center (LEED Certified),
University of Maryland University College, College Park, MD. Colleges and
universities are uniquely positioned to serve as living laboratories for
sustainability. The Smart and Sustainable Campuses Conference is a
comprehensive symposium that features sessions and workshops on smart growth
and sustainable practices that serve the economy, the community, and the
environment. This year's theme, Connecting the Classroom to the Campus to the
Community, emphasizes the importance of the relationship between the physical
space of campus buildings and infrastructure, curriculum, culture, capital, and
community.
April 18th - Sustainability:
Reducing Our Carbon Paw Print - 3rd Annual Environmental Conference - Towson University in the University Union, 2nd
and 3rd Floors - 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM. The annual conference is designed to raise
awareness among students, faculty and staff about environmental topics, issues
and solutions. Each year members of the campus community gather to hear
presentations from faculty, students and environmental leaders in the Baltimore
region. The conference addresses the impact of individuals and communities on the
environment and actions that individuals and communities can take to positively
impact the environment and create a more sustainable world.
Guest
column: A success for green activists (By Matthew Popkin, The Diamondback
Online, 3/17/11)
Student
group asks council to adopt green building standard: Group finds city
developers favor resolution (By Lauren Kirkwood, The Diamondback Online,
3/17/11)
State of Maryland News
Electric
power: Can't use it if you can't move it: Maintaining, expanding grid is a key part of the
electricity puzzle (By Dan Ervin, The
Baltimore Sun, 3/14/11)
Unions,
enviros unite over wind power (By Jim Strong and Mike Tidwell, The Gazette,
3/18/11)
The
bay 'diet' draws fire - Our view: Chesapeake Bay cleanup effort has a rare chance at success - if
Congress allows EPA to do its job (The Baltimore Sun - Our
View, 3/17/11)
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Week of March 21, 2011
National and International News
Developing
Nations Pledge Actions To Curb Climate Change (By Arthur Max, The
Huffington Post Blog, 3/21/11)
Fresh
Oil Continues to Wash Ashore in the Bayou (By Rocky Kistner, NRDC as
reported by The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 3/21/11)
The Devil We Know: What backpedaling on nuclear power would mean for
the rest of U.S. energy policy. (By Michael Levi, Slate.com,
3/21/11)
Japan's
200 mph trains sail through earthquake with flying colors (By Christopher
Mims, Grist.org, 3/18/11)
EPA
proposes 'first ever' emissions standards for power plants (By Darryl
Fears, The Washington Post, 3/17/11)
On
Nuclear Power in a Post-Tsunami World (By
Andrew C. Revkin, The New York Times - Dot Earth Blog, 3/17/11)
Google
Ventures Leads Financing of Biofuels Start-Up (By Todd Woody, The New York Times - Dealbook, 3/17/11)
‘Republicans
for Environmental Protection' - Endangered Species? (By Andrew C. Revkin,
The New York Times - Dot Earth Blog, 3/14/11)
The
Stern Interview, Part Three: CBO Analysis Of Climate Threat Is ‘Ludicrous' (Interview by
Brad Johnson, Think Progress - Wonk Room Blog, 3/14/11) [Part 3]
Full Steam Ahead: So far, no one in Washington is abandoning support
for nuclear power. (By David Weigel,
Slate.com, 3/14/11)
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