USM National Green Campus
News Archive
Week
of February 11, 2013
News
from Across the USM Campuses
Feb. 12th - Food
and Sustainability at College Park - Colleen Wright-Riva, Director, Greg
Thompson, Assistant Director, Dining Services. This talk is a part of the
Sustainable Tuesday Speaker Series, which is co-sponsored by the University
Office of Sustainability, and ARCH 289i: Sustainability and the University of
Maryland, Ralph Bennett, Professor (Emeritus), Instructor. This event will be
held at the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Auditorium, at
4:30pm.
Feb. 13th - "Waste
to Energy: Anaerobic digestion and implications for the Chesapeake Bay," by
Dr. Stephanie Lansing, ENST. Lecture is a part of the Spring CBL Distinguished
Scholar Seminar Series - 2013. Seminar will be held on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m.,
BFL 1101, at the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory.
Spring
2013 Sustainability 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, which is
recognized as a national leader in campus sustainability. (University of
Maryland, College Park; Office of Sustainability)
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State
of Maryland News
RGGI
States Propose Lowering Regional CO2 Emissions Cap 40% (Maryland Department
of the Environment press release, 2/7/13)
Board
of Public Works Approves Funding for Clean Water and the Chesapeake Bay: Grants
and Loans Will Reduce Nutrient Pollution, Conserve Water, Improve
Infrastructure (Maryland Department of the Environment press release,
2/6/13)
Nominations
Being Taken for the 36th Annual Tawes Award
Individuals and Groups Working to Better the Environment Eligible for
Tawes Award, Government Employees Eligible for Coulter Award; Nomination
Deadline Is April 12 (Maryland Department of the Environment press release,
2/6/13)
National
and International News
Never
mind the State of the Union; here's what Obama can actually do on climate (By
David Roberts, Grist.org, 2/11/13)
Did
the Snow Storm That Socked the Northeast Have Ties to Climate Change? Climate
scientists speculate that the amount of snow and the ferocity of the storm,
named Nemo, may well have ties to global warming. (By Igor Volsky,
Alternet.org - Environment Blog, 2/10/13)
Kerry:
Keystone XL Decision Coming In 'Near Term' After 'Fair And Transparent' Review
(By Matthew Daly, The Associated Press as reported by The Huffington Post -
Green Blog, 2/8/13)
Obama's
Keystone XL decision could doom the tar sands ... or the planet (By Michael
T. Klare, Grist.org, 2/7/13)
States'
Group Calls for 45% Cut in Amount of Carbon Emissions Allowed (By Felicity
Barringer, The New York Times, Energy and Environment Blog, 2/7/13)
Lake Michigan Water
Level at Record Low: Above average temperatures, drought bring water level to
second record low in a row (By Andrea Germanos, CommonDreams.org, 2/6/13)
Switching Car Coolants Provides
Fast Climate Benefits for US, World: Current HFC coolants are super greenhouse
gases (Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development press release
as reported by Environmental News Network, 2/6/13)
Barack
Obama 'cannot cut emissions without decisive new actions': The US will fall
short of the president's commitment to a 17% reduction by the end of the
decade, a report by the WRI says (By Suzanne Goldenberg, The [UK] Guardian,
2/6/13)
Report:
Climate change could devastate agriculture (By Christopher Doering, USA
Today, 2/5/13)
Damage From US Navy Ship
to Pristine Reef Far Worse Than Estimated: UNESCO World Heritage site still
under threat as USS Guardian remains stuck in reef (By Andrea Germanos,
CommonDreams.org, 2/4/13)
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