USM National Green Campus
News Archive
Week
of October 28, 2013
News
from Across the USM Campuses
Nov. 1st
- Deadline
for University of Maryland, College Park's Applications for Sustainability Fund Grants -
$350,000 is available this year! The University Sustainability Fund provides
funding for projects that promote environmental sustainability, and positively
impact and enhance the student experience at University of Maryland. The Fund
will allocate funds to projects that increase the use of renewable energy on
campus and/or in the local community, increase the energy efficiency of our
facilities, reduce the amount of waste created and material resources used on
campus, encourage sustainable behaviors, and integrate sustainability into
teaching, research, and service at the university. The Fund is supported by
student fees and administered through a student-majority subcommittee of the
University Sustainability Council.
Bipartisan
Joint Ocean Commission Initiative Announces New Members: Influential Ocean
Leaders Join Effort to Catalyze Change in the Way We Manage the Nation's Oceans
and Coasts (Joint Ocean Commission Initiative, Press Release, 10/28/13)
[Dr. Donald F. Boesch, new member of the Joint Ocean Commission, is President
of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science] [PDF]
Sustainability
says bye to second director in three years (By Jonathan Munshaw, The
Towerlight, 10/23/13)
State
of Maryland News
Oct.
31st - Better
Choices, Better Results Sustainability Forum - Join Governor Martin
O'Malley
and Lt. Governor Anthony Brown to discuss critical issues surrounding three
themes:
(1) Protecting
Our Water Quality and the Chesapeake Bay (2) Sustaining our Natural Resources
and
(3) Sustainability
Communities. This event will be held from 12:00 - 1:30pm at the North Laurel
Community
Center, located at 9411 Whiskey Bottom Road, Laurel, MD. Doors open at
11:30am.
Investing in Our Future:
Zero-Emission Vehicles (Governor's Blog, The Office of Governor Martin
O'Malley, 10/25/13)
Report
finds reforms stymied in poultry, livestock industries (By Tim Wheeler, The
Baltimore Sun, 10/22/13)
National
and International News
BBC
coverage criticised for favouring climate change sceptics: A letter from the
BBC in response to the science committee's criticism defends airing
'misinformed' arguments (By Fiona Harvey, The [UK] Guardian - Environment
Blog, 10/28/13)
Bikes
are Outselling Cars in Europe (By Lily Kuo, The Atlantic Cities Blog,
10/28/13)
Big Oil's Bid to Crush
Small Town Stand Against Tar Sands: Industry cash and lobbyists pour into
coastal Maine town in effort to defeat residents' initiative to block dirty oil
project (By Sarah Lazare, CommonDreams.org, 10/28/13)
The
U.S. Cities Where the Fewest Commuters Get to Work by Car (By Emily Badger,
The Atlantic Cities Blog, 10/28/13)
Leaked
Documents Reveal the Secret Finances of a Pro-Industry Science Group: The
American Council on Science and Health defends fracking, BPA, and pesticides.
Guess who their funders are. (By Andy Kroll and Jeremy Schulman, Mother
Jones - Politics Blog, 10/28/13)
Opinion:
The climate change era is already upon us (By Jane Lubchenco and Thomas E.
Lovejoy, The Daily Climate, 10/28/13)
Major
Pension Funds Push Fossil Fuel Companies To Address How They'll Deal With
Climate Change (By Katie Valentine, ThinkProgress.org - Climate Progress
Blog, 10/25/13)
Fukushima Water
Radiation Doubles Overnight: TEPCO says heavy rains to blame; two large
typhoons headed for Fukushima over weekend (By Sarah Lazare,
CommonDreams.org, 10/24/13)
A
Tour of a Whole Country That Has 'Transformed Itself for Cycling' (By Sarah
Goodyear, The Atlantic Cities Blog, 10/23/13)
Bike Lanes To Somewhere:
On Race, Health, and Equity (By Jay Walljasper, PeopleForBikes.org as
reported by CommonDreams.org, 10/23/13)
Chicago
makes it easier to put solar panels on roofs (By John Upton, Grist.org,
10/23/13)
Neither 'Hooliganism'
Nor 'Piracy': Peaceful Protest a Right for All, says Greenpeace - Drilling
protesters arrested in the Arctic still face up to 7 years in a Russian penal
colony (By Jacob Chamberlain, CommonDrems.org, 10/23/13)
The United States of
Drought (By Ramy Srour, Inter Press Service as reported by
CommonDreams.org, 10/22/13)
How
9 major papers deal with climate-denying letters (By Jeremy Schulman,
Grist.org, 10/21/13)
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