Robert Neff, Geography and Environmental Systems, on Patch.com

“We went through the space age, some people are speculating the information age is winding down and the next big technology system is focused on alternative energy and clean energy systems,” said Robert Neff, UMBC assistant professor of geography and environmental systems, in a recent Patch.com article on government support for green energy usage. According to the Columbia Patch, “hundreds of suburban Maryland residents are on waiting lists, some as long as five years, to receive county property tax credits” of up to $5,000 “for the cost of installing environmentally friendly home improvements such as geothermal heating and solar energy panels.”