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The
University of Maryland, College Park Office of Sustainability Seeks Interns for
Spring 2010 - The green industry is one of the fastest growing sectors of the US economy with
many exciting career opportunities for college graduates. Get your foot in the
"green jobs" door by working on sustainability initiatives at the University of Maryland, which is
recognized as one of the leaders in campus sustainability. The Office of
Sustainability is seeking interns for the following positions: Communications,
Measurement and Assessment, and Research Assistant. Undergraduate and graduate
students are encouraged to apply.
State of Maryland
News
Baltimore
County to switch to single-stream recycling (By Mary Gail Hare, The
Baltimore Sun, 12/10/09)
State
works to keep some pesticides out of the bay (By Meredith Cohn, The
Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 12/10/09)
Stimulus
funds to be used for water, energy savings (By Timothy B. Wheeler, The
Baltimore Sun, 12/10/09)
New
inn's owners going for 'deep green': Building
intended as showplace for environmentally friendly design (By Edward Gunts, The Baltimore Sun, 12/9/09)
The
state of green: college campuses, buses & an inn (By Tim Wheeler, The
Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 12/9/09)
Environmental
group alleges lax oversight in Maryland (By David A. Fahrenthold, The Washington Post, 12/7/09)
National and International News
United Nations Climate Change Conference (Copenhagen, Denmark - December 7-18, 2009)
Under
the icy north lurks a ‘carbon bomb': Tropical deforestation is a climate change
crisis, but scientists fear for boreal wilderness, too (By Beth Daley, The Boston Globe, 12/13/09)
Activists
long for the good old days when carbon levels were just at 350 parts per
million (By Seth Borenstein, The Associated Press as reported in the Baltimore Sun, 12/13/09)
Cities
with the best and worst tap water (By Lori
Bongiorno, Yahoo Green, 12/12/09)
Obama calls for
climate deal, U.S. target under fire (Reuters, 12/10/09)
Saudi
Arabia Tries To Stall Global Emissions Limits (By Kelly McEvers, National
Public Radio, 12/10/09)
U.S.
negotiator rejects climate reparation (United Press International,12/10/09)
It's
time to talk about human rights in the climate debate (By Steven Freeland,
The [Australia] Age, 12/10/09)
Giant
iceberg spotted south of Australia (AFP as reported on
Yahoo News, 12/9/09)
Poor
nations clamor for more help at UN climate summit; EPA chief to highlight
Obama's efforts (By John Heilperin, The Associated Press as reported by The
[Minneapolis-St. Paul] Star Tribune, 12/9/09)
Al Gore
rebuts Palin's climate change claims: Former Alaska governor
says Obama should boycott Copenhagen summit (NBC News and MSNBC.com, 12/9/09)
EPA
is preparing to regulate emissions in Congress's stead (By Steven Mufson
and David A. Fahrenthold, The Washington Post, 12/8/09)
Hold
the foam - greener packing on the way? (By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 12/8/09)
Climate
Change on the Move: Climate Migration
Will Affect the World's Security (By Michael
Werz and Keri Manlove, American Progress, 12/8/09)
Climate Rage
(By Paul Krugman, The New York Times - Op Ed, 12/8/09)
European
Green City Index Released: City of Copenhagen Ranks Highest, Kiev at Bottom
(By Warren Karlenzig, CommonCurrent.com, 12/8/09)
Paper
Battery Shows Promise for Grid, Vehicle Energy Storage (By Jenny Mandel,
Greenwire as reported as The New York Times, 12/8/09)
'Green'
cuisine not always as ordered: Founding Farmers still strives for goal of
'sustainable' food (By Jane Black, The Washington Post, 12/7/09)
An Effort to
Spread Green Power to Coasts (By Michael
L. Wald, The New York Times, 12/7/09)
Climate
Talks Open With Calls for Urgent Action (By Tom Zeller, Jr., The New York Times, 12/7/09)
Reporter's
Notebook - Under
Banner of Urgency, Delegates Tackle Policy (By Andrew C. Revkin and Tom Zeller, Jr., 12/7/09)
Dark
Side of a Natural Gas Boom (By Jad Mouawad and Clifford Krauss, The New York Times, 12/7/09)
Millions
in U.S. Drink Dirty Water, Records Show (By Charles Duhigg, The New York Times, 12/7/09)
Offshore drilling gets
go-ahead in Alaska's arctic (By Erika Bolstad, McClatchy Newspapers, 12/7/09)
Endangerment and
Cause or Contribute Findings for Greenhouse Gases under the Clean Air Act
(The Environmental Protection Agency, 12/7/09)
Scientists:
Dim Outlook for Climate Summit (By Jeanna Bryner, LiveScience.com as
reported by Yahoo News, 12/7/09)
EPA
says greenhouse gases endanger human health (By Dina Cappiello and H. Josef
Herbert, The Associated Press as reported on Yahoo News, 12/7/09)
Copenhagen
climate change conference: 'Fourteen days to seal history's judgment on this
generation': This
editorial calling for action from world leaders on climate change is published
today by 56 newspapers around the world in 20 languages (The [UK] Guardian, 12/7/09)
World
climate talks open with pressure on U.S.: U.N.: This could be the
last, best chance for deal to combat global warming (The Associated Press as reported by
MSNBC.com, 12/7/09)
Brazil
girds for massive offshore oil extraction: State-run Petrobras is poised to become a
major global player (By Juan Forero, The Washington Post, 12/7/09)
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