USM National Green Campus
News Archive
Week
of July 15, 2013
News
from Across the USM Campuses
Analysis:
800 miles of Md. roads would be affected by sea level rise (By Karl B.
Hille and Sydney Paul, Capital News Service as reported by WTOP - 103.5 FM
Radio, 7/12/13) [Article quotes environmental scientist, Court Stevenson, of
the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]
Rising
Sea Levels: Thursday July 11, 12-1 p.m. (Reported by Dan Rodricks, NPR-WYPR
- Mid-Day with Dan Rodricks, 7/11/13) [Show guest, Donald F. Boesch, is the
President of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]
US
government assessment of BP oil spill 'will not account for damage':
Efforts
to put a price on damage from disaster fails to capture full extent of environmental
losses in Gulf waters
(By Suzanne Goldenberg, The [UK] Guardian, 7/11/13) [Article quotes Donald F.
Boesch, President of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental
Science]
State
of Maryland News
July 20th - 28th- 2013 Buy Local Challenge - In addition to providing food that's fresh and nutritional, buying from local farms promotes cleaner air and water and reduces our carbon footprint on the planet. In Maryland, if every household purchased just $12 worth offarm products for eight weeks (basically the summer season), over $200 million would be put back into the pockets of our farmers. Where to Buy Local
Southern
Prince George's farmers grow market together (By Amber Larkins, The
Washington Post, 7/10/13)
Abridged
draft of Watershed Agreement available for feedback (Chesapeake
Bay Program, 7/10/13)
National
and International News
Sea
levels may rise 2.3 metres per degree of global warming, report says
Seas
will remain high for centuries after temperatures have risen, with the
likelihood of more frequent and damaging storms (Reuters as reported by The [UK]
Guardian, 7/15/13)
A
scientific storm is brewing over the hurricane-climate connection (By Chris
Mooney, Grist.org, 7/13/13)
Quebec's Lac-Mégantic Oil
Train Disaster Not Just Tragedy, But Corporate Crime
At the root of the explosion
is deregulation and an energy rush driving companies to take ever greater risks (Martin Lukacs, The [UK]
Guardian as reported by CommonDreams.org, 7/12/13)
A
Republican calls for climate action - and has to remain anonymous to keep job
(By Lisa Hymas, Grist.org, 7/11/13)
Air
Pollution Shorting Lives in China, Europe: Also
causing climate change and damaging crops Prime target for sustainable
development, climate protection (Institute for Governance and Sustainable
Development, 7/11/13)
Death
toll in Quebec oil train derailment expected to rise: As many as 50 people are
missing, as inspectors have been cleared to entered the disaster site (By
Benjamin Shingler and Rob Gillies, Salon.com, 7/9/13)
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