Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ National Green Campus
News Archive

Week of April 6, 2009

News From Across the Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ Campuses

, 8:30am - 2:30pm, University Union, Chesapeake Rooms I & II (3rd Floor) on the Towson University campus. The conference is designed to raise awareness among students, faculty and staff about environmental topics, issues and solutions.

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This seminar will be held at 2 PM in the Technology Research Center, Room 206, on the campus of University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and is free and open to the public. Registration is not required. Visitor parking passes for the TRC lot may be purchased for $4.00 in the CUERE office in TRC 102/105, on the UMBC campus shortly before the seminar.

(By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 4/3/09) [University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science report]

(By Lindsay Perna, The Examiner, 4/3/09) [University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science's Bill Dennison is quoted in the story.]

(The Daily Record News Briefs, By Staff and Wire Reports, 4/2/09)

(By Tim Taylor, The Gazette, 4/2/09)

(Capital News Service Television, 4/2/09). Scientists took a good look at the Chesapeake Bay's water quality and they didn't like what they saw. Romney Smith delivers the Bay's report card and how YOU can help to boost its grade. University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science's staff, Bill Dennison and Margaret Palmer, are quoted. Download Full Packet (mov,flv,script,jpg) [249.5MB]

(The Daily Times - Delmarvanow.com, 4/1/09)

(UM Newsdesk, The University of Maryland, College Park, 4/1/09)

Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change Initiative

(By David Dishneau, The Associated Press as reported in The Baltimore Sun, 3/31/09) [Headquarters will be located at the Camille Kendall Academic Center at the Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ's Universities at Shady Grove]

[Grants awarded to University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science] (TheDaily Times - Delmarvanow.com, 3/31/09)

- Please join us this April in celebrating Earth Month! All month long, various departments and student groups will be hosting events on and around campus promoting green ideas and practices. University of Maryland, College Park.

(Frostburg State University, Learning Green - Living Green, Spring 2009)

. Events will focus on environmental stewardship, taking action, and celebrating and serving the Earth. All events are free and most are open to the public.  Frostburg State University.

- 10:00am - 3:00pm, sponsored by the University of Baltimore. Join the Aquarium in a party for Our Ocean Planet, honoring the new dolphin show and celebrating Earth's watery world. Explore what you can do to enjoy, protect and respect our blue planet-starting with your own backyard. Event is at the National Aquarium, 501 E. Pratt Street in Baltimore. Price: Adults- $29.95, Seniors- $28.95, Children- $19.95. For more information, the National Aquarium in Baltimore can be reached at 410-576-3800 (daily 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) or at .

. Events are held at The Clarice Smith Center for the Performing Arts, on the campus of University of Maryland, College Park. For more information about scheduled events, contact Laura Mertens, Communications Coordinator ?Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, at mertens@umd.edu or at?(301) 405-8151.

State of Maryland News

(By Miranda S. Spivak, The Washington Post, 4/6/09)

(The Baltimore Sun, Op-Ed, 4/5/09)

(The Washington Post, Op-Ed, 4/4/09)

(By Kamala Lane, The Associated Press as reported by Philly.com, 4/3/09)

(The Associated Press as reported in The Baltimore Sun, 4/1/09)

(By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 3/31/09)

(By Jonathan Pitts, The Baltimore Sun, 3/31/09)

National and International News

(By Charles J. Hanley, The Associated Press as reported in The Washington Post, 4/5/09)

(The Associated Press as reported in The Washington Post, 4/5/09)

(By Matthew Lee, The Associated Press, 4/5/09)

(By Steven Mufson, The Washington Post, 4/5/09)

(By Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek, 4/4/09)

(By Alister Doyle, Reuters, 4/4/09)

(AASHE Campus Sustainability Perspecitves Blog, 4/3/09). The intent of this wiki is to fill a climate action planning "resource gap" by providing a which is much more "how-to" oriented and comprehensive than existing campus greenhouse gas emissions reduction resources. Those resources are excellent but don't provide a lot of detail on how to actually get to climate neutrality. While developed with the support of the ACUPCC, this CAP wiki is intended to be helpful to all colleges and universities with an interest in reducing GHG emissions.  

(By Ayesha Rascoe, The Assoicated Press as reported in The Washington Post, 4/3/09)

(By Roger Harrabin, BBC News, 4/3/09)

(By David R. Baker, The San Francisco Chronicle, 4/2/09)

(By Randolph E. Schmid, Associated Press as reported on ABCNews.com, 4/2/09)

(By Yoni Levinson, The Baltimore Sun, 4/2/09)

(By Jim Tankersley, The Baltimore Sun, 3/29/09)

[photographs](The Boston Globe, 3/28/09)

Please send your ideas and comments regarding campus sustainability to green@usmd.edu