USM National Green Campus
News Archive
Week
of April 2, 2012
News
from Across the USM Campuses
Towson
University Bike Rental Program - The pilot program will begin with 25 unisex bikes. Sign up begins at noon on Burdick Field on
March 30th, and any student will have the opportunity to sign
up for the pilot program on a first come, first served basis. The Office of Civic Engagement and Campus
Recreation Services are responsible for the coordination of the program. To
participate, a student must first sign a registration form and liability
waiver. Any student who fails to sign both forms will be ineligible to
participate in the pilot program. Each student is responsible for any personal
injury to themselves, as well as damage done to the bicycle. A student will
rent the bike for the entirety of the semester and will be responsible to
return the bike at the end the term/the specified date of the agreement.
Semester dates will be set each year based on the academic calendar.
April 6th - Dr. Sacoby Wilson, University of Maryland, School of Public Health?- "The use of a
community-university partnership to address environmental stressors in
Charleston, SC." Seminar will
be held on Friday at 2 PM in the Technology Research Center, Room 206, on the
campus of University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 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 the seminar.
Earth Day
2012 Events at University of Maryland, Baltimore
Tracking marine life
migration in the North Atlantic (University of Maryland, Eastern Shore,
Office of Public Relations, 3/28/12)
State
of Maryland News
Offshore
wind bill clears test votes (By Michael Dresser, The Baltimore Sun,
3/29/12)
Chesapeake
Bay lost underwater grasses in 2011 (By Pamela Wood, The Annapolis Capital,
3/29/12)
Sewage
Overflow Prompts Temporary Closing of Shellfish Harvesting at Mouth of Patapsco
River: MDE
closes waters to harvesting after sewage main break in Baltimore
Highlands (Maryland Department of the Environment Press Release, 3/28/12)
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National
and International News
Neurotoxic Pesticides
Helping to Decimate Bee Populations, Studies Indicate: Two studies show that a class of chemicals known as neonicotinoids
created disorientation among bees and caused colonies to lose weight, which may
have contributed to a mysterious die-off. (Common Dreams staff,
CommonDreams.org, 3/30/12)
A
Message from A Republican Meteorologist on Climate Change (By Paul Douglas,
The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 3/29/12)
New
bee research details harm from insecticide (By Marc Kaufman, The Washington
Post - National, 3/29/12)
NRDC:
Continued Support of Oil Industry Tax Breaks is "Mindboggling" (Natural Resources Defense Council,
Environmental News - Media Center, 3/29/12)
Teaching
the children well at LA's Environmental Charter School (By Jessica Lass,
Natural Resources Defense Council - Switchboard Blog, 3/28/12)
Reports
link heat waves, deluges to climate change (By Juliet Eilperin and Brian
Vastag, The Washington Post, 3/28/12)
New EPA Rules Welcome,
But Loopholes Remain Warn Green Groups:
Climate change does not
recognize the nuance of industry-friendly loopholes, suggest critics (By Common Dreams staff, CommonDreams.org, 3/28/12)
Gas
prices in Washington surpass $4 a gallon (By Brad Plumer and Maggie Fazeli
Fard, The Washington Post - Business, 3/28/12)
Climate
Change Report: Natural Disasters In The Future Require Planning Now (By
Reuters as reported by The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 3/28/12)
The
Best Cities for Walking (The Huffington Post - Healthy Living, 3/27/12)
EPA
imposes first greenhouse gas limits on new power plants (By Juliet
Eilperin, The Washington Post - National, 3/27/12)
'Compost
bomb' is latest climate change ‘tipping point': Climate change could fuel a giant ‘compost bomb', scientists have
warned, as decaying vegetation stuck under the ice or in peat bogs starts to heat
up and tips the world into dangerous global warming. (By Louise Gray, The [UK] Telegraph, 3/27/12)
The
$20 Trillion Carbon Bubble: Interview With John Fullerton, Part One (By
Brad Johnson, Think Progress - Green, 3/26/12)
Must-See
Global Warming Video: What We Knew In 1982 (By Climate Guest Blogger, Think
Progress - Climate Progress, 3/26/12)
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