Senator Cardin believes that UMBC is positioned to solve the biggest 3 problems of our generation: 1) the lack of affordable healthcare, 2) the lack of affordable and effective education, and 3) the seemingly competing interests of environmental health and energy security. In a speech with UMBC faculty and students today, Cardin addressed the third [...]

Yesterday in Baltimore City the mayor, Sheila Dixon pressed a button to start a generator running on methane from the Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant. This will save up $2.4 million each year in energy costs. It will also prevent 12.9 million pounds of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere each year. This trend towards [...]