Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ National Green Campus
News Archive

Week of March 22, 2010

News from Across the Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ Campuses

March 26th -  Dr. Ryan Casey - Towson University -  Seminar will be held on Friday at 2pm in the Technology Research Center, Room 206, on the University of Maryland, Baltimore County campus. The seminar 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 Rebecca Tarbotton, The San Francisco Chronicle, 3/19/10) [Article quotes Margaret Palmer of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

(National Science Foundation as reported by US News and World Report, 3/15/10) [Article quotes Lou Codispoti of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

(By Ken Ward, Jr., The Charleston Gazette, 3/15/10) [Article quotes Carys Mitchelmore of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

(By James Bruggers, The [Louisville] Courier-Journal, 3/15/10) [Article quotes Carys Mitchelmore of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

State of Maryland News

(By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 3/19/10)

(By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 3/17/10)

(By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 3/16/10)

Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change Initiative

National and International News

(By Howard Schneider, The Washington Post, 3/22/10)

(By Andrew C. Revkin, The New York Times - Dot Earth Blog, 3/22/10)

(By Jason Dearen and Tracie Cone, The Washington Post, 3/21/10)

(By Claire Cain Miller, The New York Times, 3/21/10)

(Reuters as reported by The Washington Post, 3/21/10)

(By Andrew C. Revkin, The New York Times - Dot Earth Blog, 3/21/10)

- March 16-28 - 56 Venues throughout Washington, DC - From sustainable food culture to colony collapse disorder to school lunches, the vital connection between food and the environment is a major theme of the 18th annual Environmental Film Festival, to be held March 16-28. Film buffs and environmentally aware citizens will have the opportunity to see 155 documentary, feature, animated, archival, experimental, and children's films selected to provide fresh, thought-provoking perspectives on environmental issues facing our planet. The festival takes place at 56 venues throughout the city, including museums, embassies, libraries, universities and local theaters -- and most of the screenings are free.

(By Mary Clare Jalonick, The Associated Press as reported by The Baltimore Sun, 3/19/10)

(The Associated

(By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 3/18/10)

(By Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, U.S Department of Transportation - Fastlane Blog, 3/16/10)

(U.S. Department of Transportation - Federal Highway Administration, 3/15/10)

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