USM National Green Campus
News Archive
Week
of January 2, 2012
News
from Across the USM Campuses
UMCP Smart and Sustainable Campus Conference
- Call for Proposals - Unlike other conferences, SSCC sets itself apart
by creating a program that features in-depth discussions, dialogues and
workshops. The program features: Traditional 40-minute presentations:
Presentations, discussions, sharing in an interactive 40 minute session
(presentation should be 30 minutes, followed by 10 minutes of Q & A);
80-minute hands-on workshops: Learning, dialogue and sharing in an interactive
80 minute session and Posters. The 2012 Smart and Sustainable Campuses
Conference welcomes presentation proposals linked to the 2012 conference tracks:
1. Life Cycle of the Built Environment 2. Community Connections 3. The
Campus as a Learning Laboratory 4. Fostering Behavior Change 5. Strategic
Implementation. Proposals must be received by January 5, 2012.
State
of Maryland News
Polluted
water did little damage to Chesapeake Bay's grasses, but oysters may not be as
lucky (By Darryl Fears, The Washington Post - National, 12/29/11)
A Year in Review and a
Look Ahead (By Takirra Winfield, Deputy
Press Secretary - Office of Governor Martin O'Malley, 12/29/11)
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USM Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change Initiative
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National
and International News
Ohio Fracking Wells
Closed After Earthquakes (CNN as reported by CommonDreams.org, 1/2/12)
Climate
change must be addressed now (By Ted Kaufman, The Huffington Post - Green
Blog, 1/2/12)
Will
Fossil Fuel Companies Face Liability for Climate Change? It is one thing to
do your own research, but it is another to deliberately deceive people,
contributing to widespread harm primarily to retain profits. (By Christine Schearer, Alternet.org -
Environment, 1/2/12)
White
House, GOP battle for supremacy on Keystone pipeline (By Andrew Restuccia,
The Hill, 1/2/12)
Mild
weather redefines winter landscape (By Juliet Eilperin and Darryl Fears,
The Washington Post - Energy and Environment, 12/30/11)
US
Eyes First BP Criminal Charges Over Gulf Spill: The prosecutors are focusing on US-based BP
engineers and at least one supervisor who they say may have provided false
information to regulators on drilling risks. (AFP as reported by Alternet.org -
Environment, 12/30/11)
America
warns Iran that blocking oil route will 'not be tolerated': Tensions mount
between US and Iran as Fifth Fleet warns that any attempt to block Strait of
Hormuz will elicit naval response (By Paul
Harris, The [UK] Guardian, 12/28/11)
No Time Left to Adapt
to Melting Glaciers (By Stephen Leahy, CommonDreams.org, 12/27/11)
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