Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ National Green Campus
News Archive

Week of October 31, 2011

News from Across the Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ Campuses

Nov. 10th - Join regional and national health care professionals, environmental industry experts, and educators for this learning and networking event designed to showcase the measurement practices of hospitals as they journey toward more sustainable environments for hospital staff, patients, and communities. Keynote speaker: Christina Vernon, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, senior director, sustainability and environmental strategy, Office for a Healthy Environment, Cleveland Clinic. 7:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., School of Nursing. For fees and registration information, please visit the . This event will be held from 7:30 am to 4:15 pm, at the University of Maryland School of Nursing, located at 655 W. Lombard St., Baltimore, 21201.

(Editorial by Don Boesch, The Baltimore Sun, 10/30/11) [Dr. Donald F. Boesch is president of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

(UMBC News Blog Stories, 10/27/11)

State of Maryland News

(By Hanah Cho, The Baltimore Sun, 10/31/11)

(By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 10/27/11)

(By Aaron C. Davis, The Washington Post - Post Local, 10/25/11)

Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change Initiative

National and International News

(By Ann Koh, Bloomberg News, 10/31/11)

(By Colin Moynihan, NY/Region, 10/30/11)

(By Seth Borenstein, The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 10/30/11)

(By , The National Journal - Environment, 10/28/11, updated 10/29/11)

(By Jay Walljasper, Alternet.org- Environment, 10/28/11)

(By Jonathan Wiseman, The Wall Street Journal - Washington Wire Blog, 10/28/11)

(By Peter Finocchiaro, Salon.com, 10/27/11)

(By Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post - National, 10/27/11)

(By Brad Johnson, Think Progress - Green Blog, 10/25/11)

(By Stephen Leahy, Inter Press Service as reported by CommonDreams.org, 10/24/11)

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