Press Release
School of Natural Resources and Environment In the News: July 1 – July 31
School of Natural Resources and Environment In the News: July 1 - July 31
The following media citations were compiled by the Dean's Office from paid-subscription news-clipping services and other sources. Current school news is available at www.snre.umich.edu/newsroom.
SNRE
July 7 - Los Angeles Times: Campus Innovations Point to Green Future: Universities and colleges once struggled to find eco-fluent builders, but now the field is multiplying
http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jul/07/local/me-ecocollege7
July 17 - On the Wilder Side: Dalai Lama Supports Green Party (blog post)
http://wilderside.wordpress.com/2008/07/17/dalai-lama-supports-green-party/
July 19 - Ann Arbor News: Big Building Projects in Ann Arbor are Going Up Green
http://blog.mlive.com/annarbornews/2008/07/big_residential_projects_are_g.html
CENTERS & INSTITUTES
Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research (CILER)
July 30 - Chicago Tribune: At Workshop, Tackling Climate Change's Effect
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/green/chi-global-warming_sidebar_30jul30,0,7918663.story
Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise
July 6 - The News Journal (Delaware Online): US Striving for Sustainability: Broad Clean-Energy Strategy Envisions Latching onto a Billion-Dollar Industry
http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080706/NEWS03/807060349
July 30 - MarketWatch: Erb Institute at University of Michigan Projects Record Enrollment in 15th Anniversary Year
July 30 - News Blaze: Erb Institute at University of Michigan Projects Record Enrollment in 15th Anniversary Year
http://newsblaze.com/story/2008073006130400001.pnw/topstory.html
FACULTY
(includes professors, adjuncts, research scientists, research investigators, research fellows and supplemental instructors)
Bierbaum, Rosina M.
July - University of Michigan Research News: U-M Environmental Scientist Rosina Bierbaum
http://www.umich.edu/news/research2/bierbaum.html
Foufopoulos, Johannes
July 22 - The New York Times: Where Research and Tourism Collide
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/22/science/22lab.html?scp=1&sq=%22where%20research%20and%20tourism%20collide%22&st=cse
Hoffman, Andrew
July 6 - Ann Arbor News: Climate Report: A Way Forward?
http://www.mlive.com/annarbor/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-28/1215326423138340.xml&coll=2
July 9 - Jack Lessenberry's Essays and Interviews: Essay: Climate Change
http://jackshow.blogs.com/jack/environmentpollutionclimate/index.html
July 9 - Jack Lessenberry's Essays and Interviews: Interview: Andrew Hoffman (audio clip, aired on Michigan Public Radio's Day to Day)
http://jackshow.blogs.com/jack/2008/07/interview-andre.html
July 10 - Ann Arbor Business Review: Saline-Based Willis Building Finds Growth in Green Direction
http://www.mlive.com/businessreview/annarbor/index.ssf/2008/07/willis_building_finds_growth_i.html
July 11 - Green Icebergs: The End of the Fossil Fuel Age Opens Up Opportunities for Greentech Ventures (blog post)
http://greenicebergs.wordpress.com/2008/07/11/the-end-of-the-fossil-fuel-age-opens-up-opportunities-for-greentech-ventures/
July 23 - BusinessWeek: The Real Question: Should Oil Be Cheap?
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_31/b4094000658012.htm
Horning, Andrew
July 6 - The News Journal (Delaware Online): US Striving for Sustainability: Broad Clean-Energy Strategy Envisions Latching onto a Billion-Dollar Industry
http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080706/NEWS03/807060349
Kashian, Donna
July 30 - Chicago Tribune: At Workshop, Tackling Climate Change's Effects
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/green/chi-global-warming_sidebar_30jul30,0,7918663.story
Keoleian, Gregory
July 28 - Marketplace: Local Growers Help Companies Cut Costs
http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/07/28/local_suppliers
Lyon, Tom
July 24 - Tri-Cities Business Review: Cellulosic Ethanol Fuel Gains Traction in Michigan
http://www.mlive.com/businessreview/tricities/index.ssf/2008/07/cellulosic_ethanol_fuel_gains.html
July 26 - Kalamazoo Gazette: Ethanol Shifting from Corn to Cellulosic
http://www.mlive.com/kalamazoo/stories/index.ssf?/base/business-5/1217046036228590.xml&coll=7&thispage=1
July 30 - MarketWatch: Erb Institute at University of Michigan Projects Record Enrollment in 15th Anniversary Year
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/erb-institute-university-michigan-projects/story.aspx?guid=%7B071EE65A-3745-439D-98E5-1ACDE54318DC%7D&dist=hppr
Michener, David
June 28 - The Times Union: Grass Goes so the Garden Can Grow
https://www.timesunion.com/archives/secure/docheckout.asp?action=Get+Doc+Tag&dblist=TX2008_ALBANYTU&tagnum=200806280064&papid=albanytu&suffixes=false&synonyms=false&thesfile=savesufx.fth&view=rtemplate&templatetype=legacy&outputtype=DOCXSLT
Mohai, Paul; Kweon, Byoung-Suk
July 30 - MarketWatch: U-M Study Examines Links Between Pollution, Student School Performance
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/u-m-study-examines-links-between/story.aspx?guid=%7B83A62C16-CF5A-457A-88F9-6BBD4A8B2FB7%7D&dist=hppr
July 30 - Today's Current Events in the Environment: UM Study Examines Links Between Pollution, Student School Performance
http://todayscurrentevents.com/environment/?p=7676
July 31 - Medical, Health News and Articles: Study Compares Student Performance against Environmental Pollution
http://03530.com/2008/07/31/study-compares-student-performance-against-environmental-pollution.html
Rabe, Barry
July 9 - The Globe and Mail (Canada): Harper Welcomes U.S. Back Into the Fold
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080709.wg8climate09/BNStory/International/ (excerpt only; purchase required)
July 23 - Bloomberg.com: Sierra Club May Force Automakers to Deepen Cuts in Fuel, Carbon
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601203&sid=aIVcWtqi4kFs&refer=insurance
Scavia, Donald
July 14 - Newswise Science News: Large Dead Zones Predicted for Gulf, Chesapeake Bay
http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/542599/
July 15 - Green Car Congress: Researcher Forecasts Record-Setting Dead Zones in GOM and Chesapeake Bay (blog post)
http://www.greencarcongress.com/2008/07/researcher-fore.html
July 15 - Mongabay.com: U.S. Dead Zones May Reach Record Levels This Summer
http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0715-hypoxia.html
July 15 - YubaNet.com: Large Dead Zones Predicted for Gulf, Chesapeake Bay
http://yubanet.com/usa/Large-Dead-Zones-Predicted-for-Gulf-Chesapeake-Bay.php
July 17 - The Daily Advertiser: Midwest Floods Will Make a Bigger Gulf Dead Zone
http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080717/NEWS01/807170302/1002
July 17 - Science Daily: Record-Setting Dead Zones Predicted for Gulf of Mexico, Chesapeake Bay
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080714160000.htm
July 18 - Terra Daily: Large Dead Zones Predicted For Gulf and Chesapeake Bay
http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Large_Dead_Zones_Predicted_For_Gulf_And_Chesapeake_Bay_999.html
July 21 - Greener Loudoun: Anything Called a Dead Zone Can't be Good (blog post, taken from Science Daily)
http://greenerloudoun.wordpress.com/2008/07/21/anything-called-a-dead-zone-can%E2%80%99t-be-good/
July 28 - Associated Press: Hurricane Dolly May Have Shrunk Gulf "Dead Zone"
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ijeooFAk2V0_bW3osi7vHjBTKMhwD9275RIG0
July 28 - U.S. Fed News: Survey Cruise Records Second-Largest "Dead Zone" in Gulf of Mexico Since Measurements Began in 1985 (press release, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration)
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080728_deadzone.html
Vanderploeg, Henry
July 30 - Chicago Tribune: At Workshop, Tackling Climate Change's Effects
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/green/chi-global-warming_sidebar_30jul30,0,7918663.story
Zhang, Hongyan
July 29 - Life Science Weekly: Ecology: Researchers at University of Michigan Have Published New Data on Ecology
http://www.newsrx.com/article.php?articleID=1084863 (subscription/purchase required)
STUDENTS
Basu, Avik
July 14 - The Ann Arbor News: 2-Wheel Tickets: Bikes Not Immune
http://www.mlive.com/annarbor/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-28/121604646047770.xml&coll=2
Johnson, Jennifer
( Due to the sensitive nature of fisheries issues in Lake Victoria, Ms. Johnson requests that if you forward these articles, please use her pseudonym and omit any mention of her real name.)
http://www.monitor.co.ug/artman/publish/features/Two_fishermen_five_kilos_and_a_fishery_in_crisis.shtml
http://www.monitor.co.ug/artman/publish/features/Small_fish_big_risks_-_Illegal_livelihoods_in_Lake_Victoria_Basin.shtml
http://www.monitor.co.ug/artman/publish/features/Saving_the_fish_basket_from_drying_up.shtml
Jongejan, Ari
July 17 - On the Wilder Side: Dalai Lama Supports Green Party (blog post)
http://wilderside.wordpress.com/2008/07/17/dalai-lama-supports-green-party/
Sowder, Becca
July 25 - The Detroit News: Boardwalk Builders: Section of Humbug Marsh Will Showcase Environment
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080725/METRO/807250387/1409/METRO
