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Stormwater: "Wrong As Rain, Planners Try Again" [1]

"Intense rainfalls are getting bigger and more frequent, causing local governments, engineers and landowners to rethink whether sewer systems and other drainage features are up to their tasks."

Planning & Growth [2]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [5]
Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune [6], 03/23/2012

Toolbox: Covering Stormwater Pollution and Control [7]

Stormwater becomes a big media story during disasters such as floods and hurricane surges, and it's essential to cover the basics then. But there are dozens of related issues that can contribute to the disaster, and covering them in advance can help your audience understand ways of possibly preventing the peak crises.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [8]
Topics on the Beat: 
Planning & Growth [2]
Pollution [9]
Water & Oceans [3]
Visibility: 
Public [4]
March 7, 2012

Protecting China's Land: Hope for People and Nature [10]

At this two-hour event in Washington, DC, which is co-sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson Center, the Environmental Law Institute, and the China Environment Forum, three speakers will delve into the status of land reforms and land protection in China.

Professional Meetings [11]
Visibility: 
Public [4]
Topics on the Beat: 
Planning & Growth [2]
People & Population [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Government [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Region: 
Asia [16]

"U.S. Urban Forests Shrinking" [17]

"New Orleans, Houston and Albuquerque are losing trees faster than any other U.S. cities, and across the country tree cover is declining at a rate of about four million trees per year, finds new U.S. Forest Service research published in the journal 'Urban Forestry & Urban Greening.'"

Forests [18]
Planning & Growth [2]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: ENS [20], 02/27/2012
June 20, 2012 to June 22, 2012

Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development [21]

The Conference will focus on two themes: a green economy, in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication; and the institutional framework for sustainable development.

Other Events [22]
Visibility: 
Public [4]
Topics on the Beat: 
Waste [23]
Transportation [24]
Technology [25]
Science [26]
Pollution [9]
Policy [27]
Planning & Growth [2]
People & Population [12]
Natural Resources [28]
Health [29]
Government [14]
Forests [18]
Food [30]
Environmental Health [31]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Economy & Business [33]
Climate Change [34]
Region: 
South America [35]
April 26, 2013

DEADLINE: IJNR's Crown of the Continent Institute for Journalists [36]

The Institutes for Journalism & Natural Resources' welcomes applications by April 26th for its Crown of the Continent Institute, a five-day, expenses-paid journey (June 26-30, 2013) exploring environmental issues in Montana's Rocky Mountain Front.

Workshops and Fellowships [37]
Visibility: 
Public [4]
Topics on the Beat: 
Planning & Growth [2]
People & Population [12]
Natural Resources [28]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Economy & Business [33]
Region: 
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [38]
February 23, 2012

Environmental Justice: Hearing Communities Through the Economic Din [39]

Sponsored by the Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law, this roundtable discussion at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, will touch on the impacts of the economic downturn on low-income and minority communities in the United States and in developing nations; steps the U.S. federal government is taking to advance environmental justice domestically; and important private sector initiatives.

Professional Meetings [11]
Visibility: 
Public [4]
Topics on the Beat: 
Planning & Growth [2]
People & Population [12]
Environmental Politics [15]
Economy & Business [33]
Region: 
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [40]
May 30, 2012 to June 1, 2012

2nd Annual U.S. Slow Living Summit [41]

A national convening of cross-sector intelligence, ideas and action for sustainable living in a post-carbon world.

Other Events [22]
Visibility: 
Public [4]
Topics on the Beat: 
Waste [23]
Transportation [24]
Planning & Growth [2]
Natural Resources [28]
Food [30]
Environmental Health [31]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Consumer [42]
Climate Change [34]
Biodiversity [43]
Activism [44]
Region: 
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [45]

SEJ's 22nd Annual Conference Coverage [46]

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Oct. 17-21, 2012 in Lubbock. Find multimedia coverage here. [46] It's never too late to send us your story links [47] for inclusion. If you attended the conference, we would love your feedback; please complete our online survey. [48] The Texas Observer published on Dec. 11 a deeply flawed story about SEJ's 2012 conference. Please go here [49] for SEJ's formal response through letters to the Observer's editor and publisher, from SEJ President Don Hopey and Board Member Roger Witherspoon, setting the record straight, as well as replies received from Texas Observer editor Dave Mann. © Photo: Communicating Climate Change plenary by Lindsey Hoshaw. [50]

Topics on the Beat: 
Water & Oceans [3]
Pollution [9]
Planning & Growth [2]
People & Population [12]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [51]
Forests [18]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Disasters [52]
Climate Change [34]
Visibility: 
Public [4]
February 16, 2012

Finding the Needle in the Data Haystack: The Implications of a Data-Driven Built Environment [53]

Within the green building industry, there is an increasing focus on policy, standards, and interoperability of building data.  Our intent is to look at the potential data pool for the entire industry. The first event in this effort is this 2-hour discussion at the NY Academy of Sciences, which will outline the state of the industry and explore both the move towards data analytics and the current state of data utilization in the real estate industry. A full-day conference on Data Analytics in the Built Environment will be held April 30th.

Workshops and Fellowships [37]
Visibility: 
Public [4]
Topics on the Beat: 
Technology [25]
Planning & Growth [2]
Environmental Studies [54]
Region: 
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [45]

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