USM National Green Campus
News Archive
Week
of January 7, 2013
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, to be held April
15-16 in Bethesda, MD, 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
Jan. 29th - Garbology 101 -
In this hands-on recycling workshop, attendees will learn the difference
between trash and recyclables. Sorting "garbage" from recycling,
we'll talk fact vs. fiction about the entire recycling process. Sign up for
this workshop and leave a confident University recycler. After all, UM
recycles much more than just paper. Join us for Garbology 101, and learn about
what you can drop in those blue bins! This event will be held from Noon to 1
p.m., SMC Campus Center Green Room, on the campus of University of Maryland,
Baltimore.
UMCP
Spring and Summer 2013 Internships - 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,
College Park and surrounding region. Terps, thanks for leaving small footprints
and helping to make UMD a national leader in sustainability. Click here
to view all internship postings.
State
of Maryland News
Cycling
advocates find a lot to like in state, local bikeway plans (By Candy
Thomson, The Baltimore Sun, 1/3/13)
Board
of Public Works Approves Grants for Clean Water and the Chesapeake Bay Grants Will Reduce Nutrient Pollution,
Improve Infrastructure (Maryland Department of the Environment, Press
Release, 1/2/13)
Chesapeake
Bay improving, foundation says: Bay Foundation sees slight gains, says much
more needs to be done (By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 1/2/13)
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National
and International News
The
Year Ahead in Keystone XL: Climate Worry Introduces Big Unknown
New
leadership at the State Dept. and EPA-and the unexpected rise of climate change
concern-mean the pipeline decision is still anyone's guess. (By Lisa Song, InsideClimate
News, 1/7/13)
Study
Strengthens Link between El Niño and Climate Change: The cycle of Pacific Ocean
surface water warming and cooling has become more variable in recent decades,
suggesting El Niño may strengthen under climate change (By Lauren Morello
and ClimateWire, Scientific American, 1/5/13)
Chance
for Cheap Climate Change Solution Fades: Delays in reducing emissions of the
greenhouse gases causing global warming may mean combating climate change
becomes prohibitively expensive (By Lisa Friedman and ClimateWire,
Scientific American, 1/3/13)
Thirty Foot Waves,
Arctic Storm Batter Shell's Grounded Oil Rig: 'Shell stands to profit from
drilling in the Arctic Ocean, yet we all bear the risks.' (By Jon Queally,
CommonDreams.org, 1/2/13)
Shell
Drilling Ship Salvage Impeded By Storm (By Mary Pemberton, The Huffington
Post, 1/2/13)
Climate
Coverage Falls Further in 2012 (By Douglas Fischer, The Daily Climate as
reported by Climate Central, 1/2/13)
Midwest
Snowfall In 2013 Would Need To Be Extraordinary For Spring Drought Relief,
Experts Say (By Jim Suhr, The Huffington Post, 1/2/13)
Wind Subsidies Find
Renewal in Otherwise 'Lousy' Fiscal Deal: 'Supporting renewable sources energy
that must be developed if we are to reverse global warming' (By Jon
Queally, CommonDreams.org, 1/2/13)
What
Does The Fiscal Cliff Debacle Say About Our Chances To Avoid The Far More
Worrisome Climate Cliff? (By Joe Romm, ThinkProgress.org - Climate Progress
Blog, 1/1/13)
2012:
the year we did our best to abandon the natural world - Emissions are rising,
ice is melting and yet the response of governments is simply to pretend that
none of it is happening (By George Monbiot, The [UK] Guardian, 12/31/12)
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