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"Levee Rebuilding Questioned After Sandy Breach" [1]

"Every time a storm brings flooding to a large metropolitan area, there are calls to improve the levee systems that are designed to prevent flooding."

Planning & Growth [2]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: NPR [6], 11/05/2012

"Sandy Exposes a Coast at Risk" [7]

"Superstorm Sandy delivered only a glancing blow to Delaware, but it brought new focus on man’s attempts to manage nature, to hold back the sea."

Water & Oceans [3]
Planning & Growth [2]
Disasters [8]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Wilmington News Journal [9], 11/05/2012
November 13, 2012 to November 14, 2012

Workshop: Understanding the Connections between Coastal Waters and Ocean Ecosystem Services and Human Health [10]

This free National Academies Institute of Medicine workshop in Washington DC will bring together members of the ecology, ecosystem services, and health communities to gain a better understanding of the connections between coastal waterways and ocean processes and public health risks and benefits. A live webcast of the workshop will also be available for those who are unable to attend in person.

Other Events [11]
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Public [4]
Topics on the Beat: 
Water & Oceans [3]
Science [12]
Pollution [13]
Policy [14]
Planning & Growth [2]
People & Population [15]
Natural Resources [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Health [18]
Food [19]
Fish & Fisheries [20]
Environmental Studies [21]
Environmental Health [22]
Biodiversity [23]
Region: 
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [24]

"Asia's Mega-Cities Badly Exposed To Superstorms" [25]

"PARIS — The hammer blow dealt to New York by superstorm Sandy should raise the alarm for coastal mega-cities in Asia which are more exposed but less equipped to deal with such threats, experts said on Tuesday."

Disasters [8]
Planning & Growth [2]
Public [4]
International [26]
Source: AFP [27], 10/31/2012
November 8, 2012

Sustainable Cities: Harnessing Urbanization to Achieve Social and Environmental Goals [28]

NYC Deputy Mayor Holloway and other expert panelists will speak at Environmental Law Institute's Sustainable Cities Forum in Washington, DC. The event is open to the public and there is no cost to attend, but you must RSVP by November 1, 2012.

Professional Meetings [29]
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Public [4]
Topics on the Beat: 
Planning & Growth [2]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Government [30]
Environmental Politics [31]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [5]

"As Temps Rise, Cities Combat 'Heat Island' Effect" [32]

"More than 20,000 high-temperature records have been broken so far this year in the United States. And the heat is especially bad in cities, which are heating up about twice as fast as the rest of the planet."

Climate Change [33]
Planning & Growth [2]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: NPR [34], 09/05/2012
October 9, 2025 to October 15, 2025

International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress [35]

Media are invited to cover the IUCN World Conservation Congress for free, either in person or virtually. Held every four years, the 2025 event takes place in Abu Dhabi with five themes.

Professional Meetings [29]
Visibility: 
Public [4]
Topics on the Beat: 
Biodiversity [23]
Climate Change [33]
Economy & Business [36]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Politics [31]
Fish & Fisheries [20]
Food [19]
Forests [38]
Government [30]
Health [18]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Natural Resources [16]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [39]
People & Population [15]
Planning & Growth [2]
Policy [14]
Pollution [13]
Technology [40]
Transportation [41]
Waste [42]
Water & Oceans [3]
Wildlife [43]
Region: 
International [26]
Middle East [44]
September 16, 2012 to September 17, 2012

Industry Leadership Forum on Arctic Sustainable Development [45]

The World Ocean Council (WOC) Arctic Business Leadership Council meeting marks the start of an ongoing forum for multi-sectoral collaboration among responsible companies on the future of the Arctic. The gathering will bring together representatives of shipping, oil and gas, fisheries, aquaculture, tourism, marine science/technology and other industries with interests in the Arctic.

Other Events [11]
Visibility: 
Public [4]
Topics on the Beat: 
Water & Oceans [3]
Technology [40]
Policy [14]
Planning & Growth [2]
Natural Resources [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Government [30]
Fish & Fisheries [20]
Environmental Politics [31]
Environmental Health [22]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Economy & Business [36]
Region: 
Europe [46]

"Year After Irene, New Yorkers Ponder Sea Barriers" [47]

"NEW YORK -- Two years before Hurricane Irene created the prospect of a flooding nightmare in New York City, 100 scientists and engineers met to sketch out a bold defense: massive, moveable barriers to shield the city from a storm-stirred sea."

Climate Change [33]
Disasters [8]
People & Population [15]
Planning & Growth [2]
Technology [40]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [48]
Source: AP [49], 08/24/2012
September 14, 2012 to September 15, 2012

State of the Gulf Fisheries Symposium [50]

The mission of the symposium is to inform and share knowledge among stakeholders so that everyone can move forward with a unified mission of a sustainable and healthy fishery in the Gulf of Mexico.

Other Events [11]
Visibility: 
Public [4]
Topics on the Beat: 
Water & Oceans [3]
Policy [14]
Planning & Growth [2]
People & Population [15]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Government [30]
Fish & Fisheries [20]
Environmental Politics [31]
Environmental Health [22]
Economy & Business [36]
Region: 
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [51]

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