USM National Green Campus
News Archive
Week of May 2, 2011
News from Across the USM
Campuses
May 6th
- Dr. Moira Zellner, University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Urban Planning and Policy, and Institute
for Environmental Science and Policy - "Applying Complexity Theory
and Methods to Environmental Planning." This seminar, sponsored by the
Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education, will be held on Friday
at 2:00pm in the Technology Research Center, Room 206, on
the University of Maryland, Baltimore County campus, and
is free and open to the public. Registration is not required. Visitor parking
passes for the TRC lot may be
purchased for $4.00 in the CUERE office in TRC 102/105 on
the UMBC campus shortly before seminar.
Chesapeake Bay health
declines in 2010, analysis finds (WTOP
Radio - 103.5 FM, Washington, DC; 4/27/11) [Article cites University System of Maryland Center for Environmental
Science report, and quotes Heath Kelsey, of
UMCES]
Exploring
a crossroads: Center
to examine society, environment connections (By Claire Saravia, The Diamondback Online, 4/27/11)
Frostburg
State University Programs Join to Create Nature-Related Business Directory (Frostburg State University
Media Release, 4/27/11)
State of Maryland
News
Belair
Edison wins grant to control runoff (By Meredith Cohn, The Baltimore Sun, 4/29/11)
Constellation,
Exelon make case for merger's benefits: $100
credit per BGE household and other initiatives are touted by Shattuck (By Hannah Cho, The Baltimore Sun, 4/29/11)
Lung
Association says air quality better, but not good (By Meredith Cohn, The Baltimore Sun - Picture of Health Blog, 4/27/11)
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USM Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change Initiative
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National and International News
Gas
could top $4 nationwide this week (By Ben Rooney, CNN Money, 5/2/11)
Utah
Sues Federal Government Over Obama's Wilderness Protection Plan (By Lynn DeBruin and Matthew Daly, The Huffington Post
- Green Blog, 4/29/11)
Oil
prices to keep rising as peak production reached in 2006 (By Frank
McDonald, The Irish Times, 4/29/11)
Immediate Reductions
in EIA's Energy Data and Analysis Programs Necessitated by FY 2011 Funding Cut
(U.S.
Energy Information Administration Press Room, 4/28/11)
Tennessee
Valley Authority: "We have never experienced such a major weather event in our
history": Mal-adapation: Missouri levee
failure highlights need to increase infrastructure investments and prepare for
climate change (Climate Progress
Blog, 4/28/11)
The Oil
Crunch (The Energy Bulletin Blog, 4/28/11)
Exxon Profit Up 69
Percent as Gas and Oil Prices Boost Top Five Oil Companies
(By Susanna Kim, ABC News
reported by Common Dreams Blog, 4/28/11)
Chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Once Again Raises Alarm Bells on Global Warming
(By Jake Schmidt, NRDC - Switchboard Blog, 4/28/11)
Pain at the
Pump? We Need More (By Daniel C. Esty and
Michael E. Porter, The New York Times, 4/27/11)
Blowout could
spill 58 million gallons in Arctic (By Dan Joling, The Associated Press as
reported by Yahoo News, 4/27/11)
Watching
Climate Change Through a Farmer's Eyes (By Sara Reardon, AAAS - Science
Magazine, 4/26/11)
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