44.02% Reduction in GHG Emissions from 2007 – 2020
397 Tons of Organic Waste Composted since 2016
26.18 Million kWh of Renewable Energy used in 2020
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UMBC President summarizes our advances in sustainability
Dr Hrabowski on UMBC's progress & efforts in sustainability
From the 2013 Legislative Testimony, Dr Freeman Hrabowski, III, UMBC President SUSTAINABILITY Our campus community is working to address global warming every day. Through our research and...
Posted: March 11, 2013, 10:03 AM
UMBC leads in environmental science & tech. research
Dr Hrabowski extols UMBC's advances & in earth sciences
From the 2013 Legislative Testimony, Dr Freeman Hrabowski, III, UMBC President According to the Higher Education Research & Development Survey, the campus ranks 18th nationally in...
Posted: March 11, 2013, 9:56 AM
Recirculating aquaculture to farm fish more sustainably
UMBC’s Dept. of Marine Biotech. is taking on the challenge
Fishing Without a Net In UMBC’s Department of Marine Biotechnology, Yonathan Zohar and his colleagues are creating sustainable fish farms that may revolutionize our notions of fishing and...
Posted: February 11, 2013, 12:42 PM
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