USM National Green Campus
News Archive
Week of June
17, 2013
News from
Across the USM Campuses
New
study shows that limiting fishing and improving habitat would allow oyster
population to rebound more quickly (Chesapeake Bay Laboratory, Press
Release, 6/13/13)
UMD
Scientists Show Environmental Impacts of Trade (UMD Right Now, Press
Release, 6/10/13)
Good
Tidings Catering Company is proud to open Green Tidings - a mobile food truck
serving the University of Maryland Campus. We feature local, sustainable
food and a offer new menu every two weeks!! Good Tidings Executive Chef Will
Rogers and his team are excited to work with local farmers and to showcase
their culinary skills! (University of Maryland
Dining, What's New, June 2013)
State of Maryland News
O'Malley
lobbies EPA to ease cruise ship pollution rule (The Baltimore Sun, By Timothy B. Wheeler, 6/16/13)
Board
of Public Works Approves Funding for Clean Water and the Chesapeake Bay: Grants
Will Reduce Nutrient Pollution, Conserve Water, Improve Infrastructure
(Maryland Department of the Environment, Press Release, 6/13/13)
Governor Martin O'Malley
Appoints Abigail Ross Hopper, Esq. Director of the Maryland Energy
Administration (The Governor's Blog, Office of Governor Martin O'Malley, 6/12/13)
Maryland
Green Registry Leadership Awards Announced: Members Report $74 million In
Savings Through Environmental Practices (Maryland Department of the
Environment, Social Media News Release, 6/12/13)
National and
International News
When
Drones Guard the Pipeline: The Militarization of Our Fossil Fuels - The
militarization of the energy fields is not new. It's just more apparent when
it's in a first world country. (By Winona LeDuke and Frank Molley, Honor
the Earth as reported by Alternet.org, 6/17/13)
June
17 News: Tar Balls Continue To Wash Up On Gulf Coast Beaches (By Ryan
Koronowski, ThinkProgress.org - Climate Progress Blog, 6/17/13)
Obama's
Keystone Silence Is Driving Green-Activists Away (By Lisa Lerer and Julie
Bykowicz, Bloomberg News, 6/17/13)
You
want to ration my what? (By Don Fitz, Grist.org, 6/17/13)
A
Franke discussion: How one artist fought back when the feds tried to shut her
up (By Claire Thompson, Grist.org, 6/17/13)
Fracking
Is Already Straining U.S. Water Supplies: Some of America's most intensive oil
and gas development is occurring in drought-prone regions where water is
scarce. (By Tom Kentworthy, ThinkProgress.org as reported by Alternet.org -
Environment Blog, 6/15/13)
This
is what your supermarket would look like if all the bees died off (By Holly
Richmond, Grist.org, 6/14/13)
Pentagon
bracing for public dissent over climate and energy shocks: NSA Prism is motivated in part by fears that
environmentally-linked disasters could spur anti-government activism (By Nafeed
Ahmed, The [UK] Guardian -
Earth InsightBlog, 6/14/13)
How
climate change climbed up the business agenda: The problem is not just an issue for activists, as extreme weather
events put sustainability centre stage for business (By Brendan
LeBlanc, The [UK] Guardian, 6/14/13)
Map:
Places That Will Flood More Often Due to Global Warming: Projected changes in
flood hazard areas by 2100, mapped. (By Kate Sheppard and James West,
Slate.com, 6/14/13)
FEMA
report: Climate change could increase areas at risk of flood by 45 percent
(By James West and Kate Sheppard, Grist.org, 6/13/13)
Chevron
CEO admits fracking raises "legitimate" safety concerns (By John Upton,
Grist.org, 6/13/13)
Congressman
Demands Obama Apologize To Oklahoma For Investing In Climate Change Research (By Rebecca Leber, ThinkProgress.org -
Climate Progress Blog, 6/12/13)
New
tool shows you how much money you can save by switching to an electric car
(By Jess Zimmerman, Grist.org, 6/12/13)
The
U.S. government is the fourth biggest greenhouse gas polluter in the country
(By Sarah Laskow, Grist.org, 6/11/13)
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