USM National Green Campus
News Archive
Week
of July 8, 2013
News
from Across the USM Campuses
Road Hazard: Sea-Level
Rise Toll May Be Worse Than Predicted (By Karl B. Hille and Sydney Paul,
Southern Maryland Headline News, 7/8/13) [Article quotes Court Stevenson of the
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]
Calvert
prepares for 2-foot sea level rise by 2050: Calvert preparing for inevitable
flood plain increase (By Amanda Scott, SoMdNews.com, 7/5/13) [Article
quotes Donald F. Boesch, President of the University of Maryland Center for
Environmental Science]
Chesapeake
Bay health improving, earns C grade (WTOP - 103.5 FM News, 7/4/13) [Report
quotes Bill Dennison of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]
State
of Maryland News
Mixed
Report on Coastal Bays (By Shawn J. Soper, The Maryland Coast Dispatch,
7/5/13)
City
employees using Zipcar to get around town: Transportation, Parking Authority
see benefits of car-share service (By Scott Calvert, The Baltimore Sun,
7/5/13)
Volunteers
Needed to Teach Students about the Chesapeake Bay and Natural Resources (By
K. King, Maryland Department of Natural Resources - Access DNR, 7/3/13)
Senator
Mikulski touts National Weather Service computer upgrades (By Jason
Samenow, The Washington Post, 7/3/13)
Governor
O'Malley Proclaims July Lakes Appreciation Month (By K. King, Maryland
Department of Natural Resources - Access DNR, 7/2/13)
National
and International News
Oil Train Explosion:
Tragic Reminder of High Cost of Fossil Fuel Dependency
Explosion follows recent
direct action against oil train transport: "It's devastating that the the
thing we were most afraid of happening did." (By Lauren McCauley,
CommonDreams.org, 7/7/13)
Climate
Scientist Michael Mann Sums Up the Witch Hunt Against Him (By Phil Plait.
Slate.com, 7/7/13)
Solar
powered plane completes history-making cross-country flight, lands at JFK
airport (By The Associated Press as reported by The Washington Post, 7/6/13
updated 7/7/13)
'The
real threat to our future is peak water': As population rises, overpumping
means some nations have reached peak water, which threatens food supply, says
Lester Brown (By Lester Brown, The [UK] Observer as reported by The [UK]
Guardian, 7/6/13)
With
Rising Temperatures, Infrastructure Falters (Reported by Ira Flatow,
National Public Radio, 7/5/13)
EPA's
Abandoned Wyoming Fracking Study One Retreat of Many (By Abrahm Lustgarten,
7/3/13)
'Green'
Middlebury College Embroiled in Controversy Over Fracked Gas Pipeline in
Vermont: Middlebury College is now supporting a controversial pipeline that
would carry fracked natural gas through Vermont and under Lake Champlain to the
state of New York. (By Jay Saper and Anna Shireman-Grabowski, Alternet.org
- Environment Blog, 7/3/13)
Toxic
Fossil Fuels Are Invading Everyday Products, From Water Bottles To Kids' Toys,
Experts Warn (By Lynn Peeples, The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 7/3/13)
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