USM National Green Campus
News Archive
Week
of August 13, 2012
News
from Across the USM
Campuses
Aug. 15th - Climate
Change Photo Challenge - Submissions due by 2 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, August 15th to
the Marian Koshland Science Museum. 1.
Take a photo of a place that shows an example of a way to lower
greenhouse gases, a potential impact of global climate change, or a way to
adapt to the impacts of climate change. 2. Write a description of what you
photo shows and include location information*. 3. Upload it to Flickr
(www.flickr.com) and make it public.
Please include the lat/long coordinates (how to I get this information?)
in your brief description of the photo. 4. Fill out the form at the link below
to alert us of your submission. You will be asked for your name and e-mail
address, lat/long coordinates** for the location of the photo and a brief
description. (If you haven't already, you must register with the Koshland
website, using the simple form on the left column of this page in order to
enter.) 5. An example entry can be found here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/46319462@N08/7302867406/in/gallery-46936205@N05-72157629970756098/
[USM campuses are encouraged to submit
photos]
Russell Hill Appointed Director
of USM's Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology (University System
of Maryland, Newsroom, 8/10/12)
State
of Maryland
News
August 13th - 16th
- Public Meetings regarding
Maryland Electricity Outages (various locations) - Notice of Evening
Hearings for Public Comment: Evening hearings for the purpose of receiving
public comment on the performance of Baltimore Gas and Electric Company in
responding to the major outages caused by the June 29, 2012 Derecho Storm have
been scheduled by the Maryland Public Service.
Aging
public housing buildings in Annapolis get new solar panels: New business model
aims to put renewable energy in public housing (By Erin Cox, The Baltimore
Sun - Maryland News, 8/10/12)
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USM Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change Initiative
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National
and International News
US Drought Exposes
'Hydro-Illogical' Water Management (By Carlota Cortes, Inter Press Service
as reported by CommonDreams.org, 8/13/12)
Oil
prices rise to near $94 on mounting concerns about possible Israel-Iran
confrontation (The Associated Press as reported by The Washington Post, 8/13/12)
Ethanol
Production Slows From Drought, Pushes Gas Prices Higher (Reuters as
reported by The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 8/13/12)
US
wind energy industry breezes past 50GW milestone: Industry hails rapid growth,
as leading firms warn that end of production tax credit could lead to stalled
investment (By James Murray, The [UK] Guardian - Guardian Environment Network/Business
Green, 8/13/12)
For
oil driller Harold Hamm, Bakken boom brings more billions and a chance to
dabble in politics (By Steven Mufson, The Washington Post - Business, 8/12/12)
Rate
of Arctic summer sea ice loss is 50% higher than predicted: New satellite
images show polar ice coverage dwindling in extent and thickness (By Robin
McKie, The [UK] Guardian, 8/11/12)
Sea
Ice Retreats in the Northwest Passage (NASA Earth Observatory - Image of
the Day, 8/9/12)
Harnessing
pedal power to light up Africa (By Robyn Curnow and Teo Kermeliotis, CNN, 8/8/12)
Gen
Y Eschewing V-8 for 4G Threatens Auto Demand: Cars (By Hasan Dudar and Jeff
Green, Bloomberg.com, 8/7/12)
NASA
scientist's study quantifies climate change link to extreme weather: Study uses
recorded temperature data, rather than prediction models, to assert climate
change's impact on recent weather (By Amanda Holpuch, The [UK] Guardian, 8/7/12)
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