USM National Green Campus
News Archive
Week
of August 19, 2013
News
from Across the USM Campuses
University
joins United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (By Zoe Sagalow,
The Diamondback, 8/15/13)
Program
Seeks to Bring More Minority Students into Environmental Fields (By Spy
Desk, The Chestertown Spy, 8/15/13) [Article cites the Institute of Marine and
Environmental Technology (IMET), part of the University System of Maryland]
Gansler
weighs alternative energy options, offers ideas on poultry waste:
Md.
attorney general considers economic, environmental effects (By
Jennifer Shutt, DelMarVaNow.com, 8/14/13) [Article cites Salisbury University]
UM
ranks as 13th greenest campus: College Park moves up on Sierra mag's "Cool
Schools" list
(By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 8/14/13)
State
of Maryland News
Governor
O'Malley, Federal, State and Local Officials Celebrate 25th Anniversary of
Ocean City Beach Replenishment Program (Maryland Department of Natural
Resources - AccessDNR, 8/17/13)
Department
of Environment Issues Enforcement Actions: Agency Seeks Penalites, Corrective
Actions for Alleged Violations of Land, Air and Water Regulations (Maryland
Department of the Environment, Press Release, 8/15/13)
New
Report Will Help Protect Maryland's Water Supply (Maryland Department of
Natural Resources - AccessDNR, 8/13/13)
National
and International News
PHOTOS:
Idaho Wildfire Rages On As Media Avoids Mentioning Climate Change (By Joanna
M. Foster, ThinkProgress.org - Climate Progress Blog, 8/19/13)
It's
Not Just Carbon Emissions: Keystone XL Would Have ‘Permanent Impacts' On
Wildlife, Interior Department Says (By Katie Valentine, ThinkProgress.org -
Climate Progress Blog, 8/19/13)
A Movement for a New Planet:
What to Make of Change on an Overheating Planet (By Bill McKibben,
TomDispatch.com as reported by Commondreams.org, 8/19/13)
European forests
near 'carbon saturation point' (By Mark Kinver, BBC - Science and
Environment, 8/18/13)
GSA
‘green' building saving green: Congress weighs efforts to scrap energy
efficiency guidelines (By Sonny Goldreich, Gazette.net, 8/17/13)
Local
Businesses Need Not Fear New Bike Lanes, Seattle Study Suggests (By Jeff
Spross, ThinkProgress.org - Climate Progress Blog, 8/15/13)
Extreme
Heat Waves to Quadruple by 2040, According to New Study: Heat said to make
growing crops and surviving actually impossible. (By Rod Bastanmehr,
Alternet.org - Environment Blog, 8/15/13)
MSNBC's
Chris Hayes On Why So Many Conservatives Deny The Climate Problem: They Hate
The Solution (By Joe Romm, ThinkProgress.org - Climate Progress Blog, 8/14/13)
Coral Reefs in danger of
disappearing (By Alex Peel, Planet Earth Online as reported by
Environmental News Network, 8/13/13)
Media
Slammed For ‘Surprisingly Limited Analysis' Of Major Report On Climate Change's
‘New Normal' (By Joe Romm, ThinkProgress.org - Climate Progress Blog, 8/13/13)
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