USM National Green Campus
News Archive
Week
of July 23, 2012
News
from Across the USM Campuses
Key
Masters to Scientific Breakthroughs (By Barbara Pash, What's Up? Magazine,
7/17/12) Article cites the research work at the Institute for Marine and
Environmental Technology (IMET), including the work of the University of
Maryland Center for Environmental Science; The University of Maryland,
Baltimore; and the University of Maryland, College Park.
University of Maryland,
Baltimore - Farmers' Market - The farmers' market is open every Tuesday
from 10am
- 2:30pm through
November 22nd, and is located at University Plaza Park across from the Medical Center's main entrance in downtown Baltimore. By hosting a Farmers' Market, UMMC and
UMB are helping to improve the availability of fresh, locally grown food to its
employees, patients, visitors and area residents and businesses. Purchasing
food from local farmers not only supports the local agricultural community and
the local economy, but it also decreases "food miles."
State
of Maryland
News
Board
of Public Works Approves $37 Million in Grants for Clean Water and the
Chesapeake Bay Grants Will Reduce
Nutrient Pollution, Improve Infrastructure (Maryland Department of the Environment Press
Release, 7/20/12)
Green
group plugs electric cars in MD: Report says increased sales could curb
climate-altering pollution (By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More
Green Blog, 7/18/12)
Baltimore
County plants nearly 1,000 trees to provide shade, reduce energy costs: County
expects $2 million return on investment over next 30 years (By Mary Gail
Hare, The Baltimore Sun, 7/17/12)
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USM Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change Initiative
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National
and International News
Erratic Weather Across
Globe Fueling Impending Food Crisis (Common Dreams staff, CommonDreams.org,
7/23/12)
Continuing Drought, Heat
Bring Fear of Global Food Crisis (Common Dreams staff, CommonDreams.org, 7/19/12)
July
19 News: Severe Drought May Increase Odds Of Extremely Hot Days, Study Finds
(By Stephen Lacey, ThinkProgress.org - Climate Progress Blog, 7/19/12)
Record
Heat Wave Pushes U.S. Belief in Climate Change to 70% (By Mark Drajem,
Bloomberg News as reported by Business Week, 7/18/12)
Average
Chinese person's carbon footprint now equals European's: The per capita
emissions of the world's largest national emitter is almost on a par with the
European average, new figures show (By Duncan Clark, The [UK] Guardian - Environment, 7/18/12)
This
Drought is an Opportunity to Think About Replacing Lawns with Gardens (By
Ramon Gonzalez, TreeHugger.com - Lawn and Garden, 7/18/12)
Commuters
Pedal to Work on Their Very Own Superhighway (By Sally McGrane, The New
York Times - Europe, 7/17/12)
Petermann
Glacier In Greenland Breaks Off Iceberg Twice The Size Of Manhattan (By
Seth Borenstein, The Associated Press as reported by The Huffington Post -
Green Blog, 7/17/12)
When
National Disasters Go Global: Drought in the U.S., Food and Global Insecurity
(By Francesco Femia and Caitlin Werrell, The Center for Climate and Security, 7/17/12)
German Chancellor
Merkel Warns of Climate Urgency: "Time is of the essence," Merkel
tells delegates at Petersberg Climate Dialogue (By Common Dreams staff,
CommonDreams.org, 7/17/12)
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