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March 16, 2012 to March 17, 2012

MIT Energy Conference [1]

In its 7th year, the MIT Energy Conference is an annual two-day conference that brings together leaders in the fields of technology, policy, industry, and finance to explore solutions to the world’s most pressing energy challenges.

Other Events [2]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Technology [4]
Science [5]
Policy [6]
Natural Resources [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Environmental Studies [9]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Region: 
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [11]

Mining Industry Threatens Journals To Keep Diesel Exposure Data Secret [12]

The Patton Boggs lobbying firm, which represents the mining industry, has sent letters threatening unspecified legal action against four scientific journals if they publish results of a study about the exposure of miners to diesel emissions, according to Science magazine.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [13]
Topics on the Beat: 
Natural Resources [7]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Economy & Business [14]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

Phosphate Giant Cuts Deal With Enviros: Wetlands for Mining [15]

"The world's largest phosphate miner has cut a deal with the environmental groups that sued it two years ago to block its plans to dig up thousands of acres of wetlands. In exchange for allowing mining to proceed near Fort Meade in Hardee County, Mosaic Fertilizer will buy a 4,400-acre ranch and donate it for use as a new state park."

Natural Resources [7]
Public [3]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [16]
Source: Tampa Bay Times [17], 02/22/2012

Documerica, Lost and Found [18]

Read about EPA's long dormant photojournalism project containing thousands of color photographs depicting a nation and its environmental problems in the early 1970s — and the new State of the Environment Photo Project this rediscovery has spawned, inviting participants worldwide to submit their work. By SEJournal photo editor Roger Archibald.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Features [20]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [21]
Natural Resources [7]
People & Population [22]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [23]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

"Restore Act Measure To Boost BP Cleanup Passes House" [24]

"The House approved an amendment Thursday pushed by Gulf State lawmakers to dedicate 80 percent of the fines collected from the BP oil spill to a trust fund for coastal restoration of Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana and Texas."

Natural Resources [7]
Disasters [25]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: McClatchy [26], 02/17/2012
June 20, 2012 to June 22, 2012

Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development [27]

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 [2]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Waste [28]
Transportation [29]
Technology [4]
Science [5]
Pollution [30]
Policy [6]
Planning & Growth [31]
People & Population [22]
Natural Resources [7]
Health [32]
Government [33]
Forests [34]
Food [35]
Environmental Health [36]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Economy & Business [14]
Climate Change [37]
Region: 
South America [38]
May 13, 2025

DEADLINE: Wildscreen Panda Awards Film Competition [39]

The biennial Wildscreen Festival in the UK is a celebration of wildlife filmmaking and photography. The annual Panda Awards celebrate the craft of wildlife filmmaking and photography and honor the very best that the industry is producing. 2025 deadlines: Feb 25 (early); Apr 17 (regular); May 13 (late).

Awards and Grants [40]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [21]
Natural Resources [7]
Wildlife [41]
Region: 
Europe [42]
May 11, 2012

DEADLINE: IJNR's Maumee Valley Institute for Journalists [43]

The Institutes for Journalism & Natural Resources' welcomes applications by May 11th for this four-day, expenses-paid journey (June 13-16, 2012) exploring parts of the Maumee River watershed, from the headwaters near Fort Wayne, Indiana, to the river's mouth in Toledo, Ohio, on the southwestern shore of Lake Erie.

Workshops and Fellowships [44]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Water & Oceans [45]
Natural Resources [7]
Agriculture [46]
Region: 
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [47]
April 26, 2013

DEADLINE: IJNR's Crown of the Continent Institute for Journalists [48]

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 [44]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Planning & Growth [31]
People & Population [22]
Natural Resources [7]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Economy & Business [14]
Region: 
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [49]

Mining Dispute Harkens Back To Calif. Foothills' Wild Gold Rush Era [50]

"PLACERVILLE, Calif. - California's Gold Rush was more than a century-and-a-half ago, but its Wild West spirit lives on in a dispute between government agencies and a landowner in the Sierra Nevada foothills that some officials describe as one of the most egregious cases of illegal mining they have ever encountered."

Natural Resources [7]
Public [3]
California [51]
Source: AP [52], 02/08/2012

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