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Week of November 19, 2012

News from Across the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Campuses

Nov. 26^th - - Want to save energy and money at work and home? Susan Carroll, of the Baltimore Energy Challenge and the Baltimore Office of Sustainability, has a few ideas. Join us for Kill a Watt: An Energy Assessment How-To and start saving! This event will be held from 12-1pm in the SMC Campus Center Green Room, in the campus of University of Maryland, Batimore.

Nov. 28^th - Seminar: , Jay Shimshack, Tulane University. This lecture is a part of the Agricultural and Research Economics Seminar Series. It will be held from 2 - 3pm in Symons Hall, Rm. 3121, on the University of Maryland, College Park campus.

Dec. 1^st - . The Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health and the Community Engagement, Environmental Justice and Health (CEEJH) lab are pleased to announce "First Annual Symposium on Environmental Justice and Environmental Health Disparities in Maryland and Washington, DC". The Symposium will be held on Saturday December 1, 2012, 9:00am to 4:00pm; at the Adele H. Stamp Student Union Building at University of Maryland, College Park, MD.

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Nov. 20^th - CAMEL Climate Change Continuing Education Symposium - -  Wil Burns, Associate Director, Master of Science, Energy Policy and Climate Program at Johns Hopkins University. Presenter will discuss a teaching resource and how to use it. The resources are designed for upper level education, but some may be modified for other levels or incorporated into hybrid teaching.  The resources are found on the CAMEL (Climate Adaptation and Mitigation E-learning) .  There is no charge for this event. Event will be held at 3pm, eastern time. NCSE will provide a Digital Badge of participation to registered faculty members.  

(Maryland Department of the Environment, Press Release, 11/14/12)

(Maryland Department of the Environment, Press Release, 11/14/12)

National and International News

(By Ellen Cantarow, TomDispatch.com as reported by Salon.com, 11/19/12)

(By Anna Yukhananov, Reuters as reported by The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 11/18/12) Download complete

(By Common Dreams staff, CommonDreams.org, 11/18/12)

(By Lisa Curtis, Grist.org, 11/17/12)

(By Reuters as reported by The [UK] Guardian, 11/16/12) [VIDEO]

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(By Richard Matthews, Global Warming is Real as reported by Environmental News Network, 11/16/12)

(By Philip Bump. Grist.org, 11/16/12)

(By Stephen Leahy, Inter Press Service, 11/15/12)

(By Common Dreams staff, CommonDreams.org, 11/15/12)

(By Michael Cocoran, Truth-out.org, 11/15/12)

(By Thomas Hedges, Center for Study of Responsive Law as reported by TruthDig.com, 11/15/12)

(By Common Dreams Staff, CommonDreams.org, 11/15/12)

(By Michael Kunzelman, The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 11/15/12)

(By Stephen Lacey, ThinkProgress.org - Climate Progress Blog, 11/15/12)

(By Christopher Baltimore and David Ingram, The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 11/15/12)

(EcoWatch Blog - Food & Water Watch, 11/14/12)

(By James Gerken, The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 11/14/12)

(By Robert P. Geraci, The [UK] Guardian, 11/14/12)

(By Suzanne Goldenberg, The [UK] Guardian, 11/13/12)

(By Lorne Stockman, Oil Change International as reported by ThinkProgress.org - Climate Progress Blog, 11/13/12)

(By Jordan Weissmann, The Atlantic, 11/13/12)

(By Mary Bottari and Sara Jerving, PRWatch.org, 11/13/12)  

(By Victoria Johnson, New Economics Foundation, 11/12/12)

(By Brent Blackwelder, The Daly News as reported by EnergyBulletin.net, 11/12/12)