Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ National Green Campus
News Archive

Week of December 7, 2009

News from Across the Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ Campuses

Dec. 11th (Friday) - Dr. Robert Traver - Villanova Urban Stormwater Partnership, Villanova University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering - Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education (CUERE) Seminar Series. Seminar will be held on Friday at 2pm in the Technology Research Center, Room 206, on the University of Maryland, Baltimore County campus, 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 seminar. For more information, contact the CUERE office at 410-455-1763.

Dec. 8th (Tuesday) - - 7:30-10:30am, Student Involvement Suite, Stamp Student Union on the University of Maryland, College Park campus A networking and fellowship breakfast connecting Off-Campus Terps. Come enjoy bagels, muffins, fruit, juice, and coffee in the Student Involvement Suite on the ground floor of the Stamp Student Union.

(UM Newsdesk, University of Maryland, College Park, 12/6/09)

(By James B. Hale, WTOP News - Capital News Service, 12/4/09) [Article quotes Ken Paynter of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

(By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - Green Living, 12/4/09) [Article quotes Doug Lipton of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

(By Alex DeMetrick, WJZ-TV, 12/3/09) [Report quotes Dr. Donald F. Boesch, President of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

(News Channel 8, 12/3/09) [Article quotes Doug Lipton of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

(By Jessica Wunsch, BayWeekly.com, 12/3/09) [Article quotes Michael Kemp, Walter Boynton, and Chris Conner, of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change Initiative

(By Stacy Jones, UM Newsdesk, University of Maryland, College Park 12/2/09)

(By Staff and Wire Reports, The Bay Journal, 12/1/09) [Article cites Walt Boynton, Carolyn Keefe, Michael Kemp of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

(By Dana Cetrone, The Diamondback, 12/1/09)

[PDF] This report is an update to the Inventory of Greenhouse Gas Emissions for the University of Maryland, College Park, 2002-2007 and includes corrections to baseline data for the period Fiscal Year (FY) 2002-2007 as well as data for FY 2008.  The American College and University Presidents' Climate Commitment requires that participating institutions conduct biennial greenhouse gas inventories.  Although not required by the Commitment, the University chose to conduct this inventory update to refine its data collection methodology and determine whether progress was being made to reduce campus greenhouse gas emissions.  The FY 2008 inventory update identified data from the FY 2002-2007 report requiring correction.  Thus, this report is being reissued as a stand-alone volume covering FY 2002 - 2008 and replaces the FY 2002-2007 report issued in June 2008. 

 State of Maryland News

(By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 12/4/09)

(By Jessica Wunsch, BayWeekly.com, 12/3/09)

(By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 12/3/09)

(By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 12/3/09)

(By Hannah Cho, The Baltimore Sun, 12/1/09)

(By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - Green Living, 12/1/09)

National and International News

(By Ashley Halsey, The Washington Post, 12/6/09)

(By The Associated Press as reported by MSNBC.com, 12/6/09)

(By John Acher and Anna Ringstrom, Reuters as reported by Yahoo News, 12/6/09)

(By Michael Kennelos, CNET News, 12/6/09)

(By Mike Tidwell, The Washington Post - Op-Ed, 12/6/09)

(By Kari Lydersen and Peter Slevin, The Washington Post, 12/6/09)

(By Anne Thompson, NBC News, 12/5/09)

(By The Associated Press as reported by MSNBC.com, 12/5/09)

(By Arthur Max, The Associated Press as reported by Yahoo News, 12/5/09)

(By Daniel Robison, National Public Radio, 12/4/09)

(By Ted Strong, The Charlottesville Daily Progress, 12/4/09)

(Science Daily, 12/3/09)

(By The Associated Press, 12/3/09)

(By Sarah Arnott, The [UK] Independent, 12/3/09)

(By Meg Kissinger, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinal, 12/3/09)

 (By Suzanne Goldenberg, The [UK] Guardian, 12/2/09)

(By Bill McKibben, The Cap Times, 12/1/09)

(By Andrew C. Revkin, The New York Times - Dot Earth Blog, 12/1/09)

(By Jacob Gordon of Treehugger as reported by MSN Auto, 11/30/09)

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