USM National Green Campus
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USM Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change Initiative |
US Military Takes Part in Reducing Ecological Footprint (By Richard Matthews, Global Warming is Real as reported by Environmental News Network, 11/16/12) More bad news about glaciers - and therefore sea levels (By Philip Bump. Grist.org, 11/16/12) "Writing Is on the Wall" at Upcoming Climate Summit (By Stephen Leahy, Inter Press Service, 11/15/12) Crime, No Punishment: BP Gulf Settlement Deal "Pathetic" say Groups 'Fine amounts to a rounding error for a corporation the size of BP' (By Common Dreams staff, CommonDreams.org, 11/15/12) How Google is Helping the Gas Lobby Support Fracking (By Michael Cocoran, Truth-out.org, 11/15/12) How Germany Is Getting to 100 Percent Renewable Energy (By Thomas Hedges, Center for Study of Responsive Law as reported by TruthDig.com, 11/15/12) Report: Wind Energy Could Provide One-Fifth of World's Electricity by 2030 (By Common Dreams Staff, CommonDreams.org, 11/15/12) BP Oil Spill: Employees Reportedly To Face Manslaughter Charges (By Michael Kunzelman, The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 11/15/12) Exxon: Carbon Tax Would ‘Play A Significant Role In Addressing Rising Emissions' (By Stephen Lacey, ThinkProgress.org - Climate Progress Blog, 11/15/12) BP Oil Spill Settlement: Fine For Deepwater Horizon Disaster May Be Largest Criminal Penalty In U.S. History (By Christopher Baltimore and David Ingram, The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 11/15/12) Fracking Industry Aims to Export Natural Gas While Touting False Claims of Energy Security (EcoWatch Blog - Food & Water Watch, 11/14/12) Obama Addresses Climate Change In First Press Conference Since Reelection (By James Gerken, The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 11/14/12) Did climate change controversy cause UVA's sacking of Teresa Sullivan? The University of Virginia board that fired, then reinstated UVA's president earlier this year owes us all a full account of its actions (By Robert P. Geraci, The [UK] Guardian, 11/14/12) Al Gore calls on Barack Obama to 'act boldly' on climate change: Former vice-president and climate champion urges re-elected president to immediately begin pushing for a carbon tax (By Suzanne Goldenberg, The [UK] Guardian, 11/13/12) IEA Report: Fossil Fuel Boom Is A Climate Disaster In The Making (By Lorne Stockman, Oil Change International as reported by ThinkProgress.org - Climate Progress Blog, 11/13/12) The U.S. Won't Be Energy Independent Even If We Pump More Oil Than Saudi Arabia (By Jordan Weissmann, The Atlantic, 11/13/12) The Fight to Save the Planet from the Fossil Fuel Industry Heats Up with Divestment Campaign (By Mary Bottari and Sara Jerving, PRWatch.org, 11/13/12) Our dependence on oil puts a glass ceiling on economic recovery (By Victoria Johnson, New Economics Foundation, 11/12/12) Climate change trumps terrorism as threat to national security (By Brent Blackwelder, The Daly News as reported by EnergyBulletin.net, 11/12/12) |