USM National Green Campus
News Archive
Week
of December 24, 2012
News
from Across the USM Campuses
Jan. 1st - Conference
registration opens for Smart and Sustainable Campuses Conference - Colleges
and universities are incubators of innovation, tackling the biggest challenges
of society through creative means. The 2013 Smart and Sustainable Campuses
Conference provides the setting to learn, share and explore how campuses are
using their passion for innovation to develop technologies, infrastructure,
programs and curricula that address the world's most pressing sustainability
challenges. Registration
Environmental
Insights magazine (Published by the University of Maryland Center for
Environmental Science, December 2012)
LEED Gold Certification
Awarded to UMD for Chincoteague Hall Renovation Project (University of
Maryland Division of Administration and Finance, December 2012)
State
of Maryland News
Eastern
Shore farmers, Perdue win pollution lawsuit: Federal judge rules Waterkeeper
group failed to make case (By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun,
12/20/12)
Towson
Bike Beltway Discussed in Public Meeting (By John Meoli, The Baltimore Sun,
12/18/12)
Baltimore
County to preserve 38 acres in Perry Hall (By Alison Knezevich, The
Baltimore Sun, 12/17/12)
National
and International News
Climate
Risks Have Been Underestimated for the Last 20 Years: The world's most
authoritative voice on climate science has consistently understated the rate
and intensity of climate change and the danger those impacts represent, say a
growing number of studies. (By Glenn Scherer, Daily Climate as reported by
Alternet.org - Environment Blog, 12/20/12)
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