USM National Green Campus
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USM Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change Initiative |
An
ever-growing garden: St. Mary's Gardening Club prepares to grow and eat spring produce (By Kelly Farrell, The
Diamondback Online, 3/27/11)
UMES to activate state's largest 'solar farm' Monday: Nearly 8,000 panels will meet about 15 percent of campus' electricity needs, officials say (By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 3/27/11) Ice in Motion: As frozen lands disintegrate, researchers rush to catch the collapse (By Alexandra Witze, Science News, 3/26/11) Article quotes Robert Bindschadler and Michael Studinger, of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County) State of Maryland News Three all-electric buses to be part of Howard Co. public transit: Charging station at Howard Community College revives $4.7 million plan (By Larry Carson, The Baltimore Sun, 3/27/11) Sitting atop huge gas reserve, Maryland debates drilling practice known as fracking (By Darryl Fears, The Washington Post, 3/27/11) A low-tech 60 minutes to mark Earth Hour: Md. Science Center runs two exhibitions gadget-free (By Jonathan Pitts, The Baltimore Sun, 3/26/11) Baltimore mayor urges lights off for Earth Hour: City Hall, skyscraper lights to be shut off Saturday night (By Yeganeh June Torbati, The Baltimore Sun, 3/25/11) Concerns, assurances over Calvert Cliffs and Peach Bottom: Potential design issues, safety lapses spark criticism, but companies say nuclear power plants are safe (By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 3/21/11) National and International News April 6th - "Knowledge Institutions and the Imperatives of Sustainable Development," by Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Dr. Pachauri will be the featured speaker in the Delaware Environmental Institute (DENIN) Dialogue Series at 7:30 p.m., in Mitchell Hall, on the University of Delaware campus in Newark, DE. His talk will focus on how the cumulative effects of industrialization have affected the health of our natural resources and ecosystems. Unsustainable growth is creating problems that not only affect the environment, but also, in some heavily industrialized areas, pose a serious threat to human health. For more information on this event, contact the DENIN office at 301-831-4335. Libyan rebels capture key oil towns; Qatar recognizes rebel council (By Liz Sly, Tara Bahrampour and Mary Beth Sheridan, The Washington Post, 3/28/11) In the dark over oil reserves: Shell says we're entering a 'zone of uncertainty' over oil supply - a frank admission it hasn't a clue what's going to happen (By Andrew Simms, The [UK] Guardian, 3/28/11) Is New York really 'too New York' for cycling? Creating infrastructure and bike lanes is easy - the real challenge is changing perceptions about cycling and cyclists (By Matt Seaton, The [UK] Guardian, The Environment - Bike Blog, 3/25/11) Nuclear crisis forces Japan to rethink energy needs: The March 11 quake and tsunami left much of Japan with a shortage of electricity and fuel. But the dark age has inspired creative ways to make do and save energy. (By Barbara Demick, The Los Angeles Times, 3/25/11) California clean energy: "No on 23" is back (By Margot Roosevelt, The Los Angeles Times - Greenspace, 3/25/11) Earth Hour 2011: Cities Around The World Go Dark Saturday (PHOTOS) (The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 3/25/11) Envirosearch.org: A Search Engine That Helps The Environment (By Caleb Denison, The Earth Techling as reported by The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 3/25/11) A siege against the EPA and environmental progress (By William D. Ruckelshaus and Christine Todd Whitman, The Washington Post - Opinions, 3/24/11) A Race Against Time to Save Oiled Penguins (By John Collins Rudolf, The New York Times - Environment - Green Blog, 3/24/11) Initial loss of well control doomed Deepwater Horizon (By Joel Achenbach and Steven Mufson, The Washington Post, 3/23/11) German Energy Company Hits Headwinds in India (ByJack Ewing and Vikas Bajaj, The New York Times - Global Business, 3/23/11) Health Effects From the Gulf Oil Spill One Year Later (By Erin N. Marcus, MD, The Huffington Post - Health Blog, 3/23/11) After Gaining for 3 Days, Shares Slip on Oil Worries (By Christine Hauser, The New York Times - Business Day, 3/21/11) |