Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ National Green Campus
News Archive

Week of October 3, 2011

News from Across the Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ Campuses

Oct. 8th - - Horn Point is holding their Open House this year on Saturday, October 8, 2011 from 10:00am to 3:00pm. This event highlights on-going research at the lab and offers activities for all ages. Join us for the day and learn about Bay investigations as well as global research being carried by our faculty.

This year's new attraction is a 5K Spat Dash fun run scheduled to start at 8:30 with a course traveling through the Horn Point campus. The run is an effort to raise funds for our Environmental Education Center. Click to read more about this event and register for this fun run.

(By Scott Carlson, The Chronicle of Higher Education - Buildings and grounds Blog, 10/2/11)

(UMD Newsdesk, 10/1/11)

(By Travis Brown, The Dispatch, 9/30/11)

(By Daniel J. Gross, The Gazette, 9/29/11)

(By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 9/29/11)

(Salisbury University Press Release, 9/28/11)

Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change Initiative

(By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 9/28/11)

State of Maryland News

(By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - Green Living, 10/3/11)

(NPR - WAMU Radio, 9/30/11)

(By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - Green Living, 9/30/11)

National and International News

(By Sarah Morrison, The [UK] Independent, 10/2/11)

(By Bryan Walsh, Time Magazine, 9/30/11)

(By the Associated Press as reported by The Sydney Morning Herald, 9/30/11)

(The Energy Bulletin Blog, 9/29/11)

(By John M. Broder and Kate Galbraith, The New York Times - Politics, 9/29/11)

(By Damian Carrington, The [UK] Guardian, 9/29/11)

(By Kate Galbraith, The New York Times, 9/29/11)

(By Jay Walljasper, Alternet.org, 9/29/11)

(By Stephen Lacey, Thinkprogress.org - Climate Progress, 9/29/11) 

(By Severin Carrell, The [UK] Guardian, 9/28/11)

(By Joe Romm, Thinkprogress.org - Climate Progress, 9/28/11) 

(By Brian Goebel, SFStreetsBlog.org, 9/27/11)

(By Clarence Eckerson, Jr., 9/27/11)

(By Ben Geman, The Hill - E2 Wire, 9/26/11)  

(By Julia Whitty, Mother Jones Magazine, 9/26/11)

(By The Associated Press as reported by The Washington Post - World, 9/26/11)

(The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 9/26/11)

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