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NEWS and EVENTS

 

Events

January 20-22, 2010
The New Green Economy, NCSE Annual Conference
CIER is a Collaborating Organization for this valuable conference.  NCSE's national conference engages leading thinkers and doers from a diversity of disciplines, sectors, and perspectives in a structured conversation about the meaning of the green economy and how investment in green education, research and jobs can help solve both the economic and environmental crises.

Welcoming roughly 1000 attendees, The New Green Economy conference will bring together leaders in sustainable business, environmental policymakers, civil society, university faculty, students from across the nation, and educated citizens.

Maryland School of Public Policy Professor and Ecological Economist Herman Daly will receive the NCSE Lifetime Achievement Award.

Last updated October 8, 2009

News Releases

The Role of Energy Efficiency Spending in Maryland's Implementation of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
RELEASED OCTOBER 22, 2008

Hidden Costs of Climate Change:
Major, Nationwide, Uncounted
Says UMD Research
(October 16, 2007)

Listen to the telephone news conference about the report.

Climate Change Economic Impact Reports on North Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Tennessee
RELEASED SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

Climate Change Impacts on Maryland and the Costs of Inaction   - Published in the Maryland Climate Action Plan
RELEASED AUGUST 27, 2008

Economic Impacts of Climate Change State Studies
RELEASED JULY 23, 2008

Campus GHG Inventory  
RELEASED JUNE 2008

Md. Joins Greenhouse Gas Pact: Next Steps Crucial, Says UMD Expert (April 20, 2007)

Greenhouse Gas Pact Will Cut Md. CO2 Emissions and Cut Electric Bills, Says UM Study (February 1, 2007)

In the News

CIER Report on Economic Costs of Climate Change (more...)

CIER Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative