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Are There Limits to FOIA Access to Research E-Mails? [1]

A war has broken out over academic emails — a war seemingly between academic freedom and the public's right to know. The smoking emails have prompted scandals galore, and produced stories. The issue got an airing in a plenary session October 9, 2015, at SEJ's Annual Conference. The WatchDog has details.

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"Ask the Beasts: Darwin and the God of Love" [7]

 

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EPA 'Environmental Justice' Map Highlights California's Pollution Ills [9]

"Many Southern California communities stand out as some of the nation’s worst environmental justice hot spots, according to a new map released Wednesday by the Obama administration."

Environmental Politics [10]
Environmental Studies [3]
People & Population [11]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: LA Times [13], 06/11/2015

"How an American With a Knack for Math Saved India From Famine" [14]

"Lester Brown has spent his career making shrewd projections about the food, water, and energy people need to survive, and pushing governments to respond. None of this math brings tears to his eyes except the time in 1965 he made some calculations and risked his career advising the president of the United States to save India from starving."

Activism [15]
Environmental Studies [3]
People & Population [11]
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Public [6]
International [16]
Source: Bloomberg [17], 05/21/2015
June 11, 2015 to June 14, 2015

The 2015 Conference on Communication and Environment [18]

The 13th biennial COCE, now part of the International Environmental Communication Association (IECA), will explore the theme of bridging divides in environmental communication which is only fitting given Boulder's location by the continental divide of North America.

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Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [22]
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March 18, 2015 to March 22, 2015

Turning Protest Into Policy: Environmental Values and Governance in Changing Societies - Conference of the American Society for Environmental History [23]

The 2015 ASEH annual conference, taking place in Washington, DC near Georgetown, will feature 11 field trips and more than 100 sessions discussing climate change, environmental justice, endangered species, public lands, energy policy, forestry management, natural disasters, and other topics. A large exhibit area will feature the latest research and scholarship in environmental history.
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Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [24]

"Rachel Carson and Her Sisters: Extraordinary Women Who Have Shaped America’s Environment" [25]

  

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"Republicans Renew Push for Drilling in Alaska Wildlife Refuge" [26]

"Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s ascent to the top of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee is likely to reignite the decades-old debate over drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)."

Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Studies [3]
Natural Resources [28]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [12]
Alaska and Hawaii [29]
Source: The Hill [30], 11/24/2014

BLM FOIA Office "Fails To Provide Public Records" [31]

The growing number of threats and assaults against employees of federal land agencies in the West is certainly the public's business. But efforts to document it by High Country News using the Freedom of Information Act have been thwarted by the Bureau of Land Management's central FOIA office. Veteran journalist Ray Ring tells the sad tale in HCN.

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June 23, 2015 to June 27, 2015

ASLE 2015 Conference: "Notes from Underground: The Depths of Environmental Arts, Culture and Justice" [32]

The 2015 Association for the Study of Literature and Environment conference in Moscow, Idaho will explore "The Depths of Environmental Arts, Culture and Justice," with keynote speakers includes Donna Haraway, Linda Hogan, Stephanie LeMenager, Ann Fisher-Wirth, Jorge Navarro, Anna Tsing, Rita Wong, and Tanure Ojaide.

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