USM National Green Campus
News Archive

Week of September 5, 2011

News from Across the USM Campuses

Hurricane Irene leaves sewage spills in wake: Overflows a byproduct of inadequate upkeep, officials say (By Timothy B. Wheeler and Mary Gail Hare, The Baltimore Sun, 9/2/11) [Article quotes Bill Dennison of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

Study calls for halting oyster fishing in Chesapeake Bay (By Darryl Fears, The Washington Post, 9/1/11) [Article cites research by the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

Solar power goes to college (By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 9/1/11) [Article cites solar array at University of Maryland, College Park]

Maryland's oysters more depleted than thought, study says: Scientist call for ban on all commercial harvest (By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 8/31/11) [Article cites research by the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

State of Maryland News

Maryland Homegrown School Lunch Week begins Sept. 12 (By Richard Gorelick, The Baltimore Sun, 9/1/11)

Grand Prix aims to be green, but challenges remain: Recycling and other efforts to be launched in first year, but air pollution a concern for some (By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 8/31/11)

Calvert Cliffs nuclear plant due greater scrutiny: Security lapse prompts more inspections; Unit 1 resumes power (By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 8/31/11)

USM Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change Initiative

National and International News

The Republicans are now the anti-science party: On climate change and evolution, the party's presidential hopefuls are willfully ignorant (By Paul Krugman, The [UK] Guardian - Observer, 9/4/11)

Broken Windows, Ozone, and Jobs (By Paul Krugman, The New York Times - Conscience of a Liberal Blog, 9/3/11)

SolarWorld shuts production at U.S. plant (Reporting by Anneli Palmen and Christoph Steitz; Writing by Christoph Steitz and Maria Sheahan, Reuters, 9/2/11)

House GOP Proposes Ending Environmental Regulation That Saves Up To 36,000 Lives Each Year (By Marie Diamond, Think Progress - Health Blog, 9/1/11)

Australia's climate scientists expose shock-jock distortion tactics: Academics catalogue the deluge of spin and misinformation of climate science by various Murdoch-owned papers (By Stephan Lewandowsky, The [UK] Guardian, 9/1/11)

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