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"Budget Compromise Impacts Wilderness Conservation" [1]

"This year's federal budget resolution stripped money for a controversial conservation program. The move put millions of acres of Western lands back on the table for oil and gas drilling. One of those areas is a place called South Shale Ridge, a remote stretch of rugged canyons in western Colorado. The area is prized for its scenery and its natural gas. It's not considered wilderness, but the area has become a battleground over the new Interior Department term 'Wild Land.'"

Environmental Politics [2]
Natural Resources [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: NPR [6], 04/29/2011
May 19, 2011

Policy Implications of Marcellus Shale Drilling and Fracking [7]

This seminar, hosted by Environmental Law Institute in Washington, DC, follows Nuts and Bolts of Marcellus Shale Drilling and Fracking, on April 14, the first of a two-part series addressing fast-moving developments in the natural gas drilling arena, focusing on Marcellus Shale. The panel will discuss current legislative and policy developments occurring at federal and state levels, potential changes to the regulatory framework, and the overall implications for balancing energy needs with environmental protection in the future.

Professional Meetings [8]
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Public [4]
Topics on the Beat: 
Policy [9]
Natural Resources [3]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Environmental Politics [2]
Energy & Fuel [11]
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National (U.S.) [5]

BLM Invites More Public Comment for New Oil Shale PEIS [12]

Public meetings in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming from April 26 to May 5, 2011 will likely be newsy events, with advocates and critics representing industry, environmentalists, local governments, and other interested groups and individuals voicing their opinions.

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TipSheet [13]
Topics on the Beat: 
Laws & Regulations [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Natural Resources [3]
Region: 
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [14]
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Public [4]
May 22, 2011 to May 26, 2011

2011 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress [15]

The American Society of Civil Engineers' Environmental & Water Resources Institute (EWRI) invites you to the 2011 World Environmental & Water Resources Congress in Palm Springs on May 22-26, 2011. This year's technical program focuses on “Bearing Knowledge for Sustainability,” to help the environmental and engineering community integrate sustainability into their work.

Other Events [16]
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Public [4]
Topics on the Beat: 
Water & Oceans [17]
Waste [18]
Transportation [19]
Technology [20]
Planning & Growth [21]
Natural Resources [3]
Government [22]
Forests [23]
Environmental Politics [2]
Environmental Health [24]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Climate Change [25]
Air [26]
Agriculture [27]
Region: 
California [28]

"Private Lands Are New Frontier in California's Pot Wars" [29]

"A little-spoken-of war is taking place behind California's fences and property lines – trespassing marijuana growers are setting booby traps, resorting to violence and vandalism, and spoiling the land by stealing water and spraying dangerous chemicals that leach into streams."

Natural Resources [3]
Public [4]
California [28]
Source: California Watch [30], 04/25/2011

"Calif. Fish & Game Struggles To Rewrite Rules for Dredge Gold Mining" [31]

"It's gold vs. golden trout. And gold vs. coho salmon. And gold vs. Shasta crayfish. The California Department of Fish and Game is wrestling – under court order – with a new set of rules to control suction dredge mining in the state's rivers and streams."

Natural Resources [3]
Pollution [32]
Public [4]
California [28]
Source: Sacramento Bee [33], 04/25/2011

Judge Orders National Park Service To Release FOIA'd Documents [34]

A former employee of a restaurant in Acadia National Park won a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit over records the National Park Service had refused to release, about a 2008 incident when he was among those detained by Park Service police.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [35]
Topics on the Beat: 
Natural Resources [3]
Government [22]
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Public [4]
May 8, 2011 to May 10, 2011

International Sustainable Development Research Conference [36]

The 17th annual conference of the International Sustainable Development Research Society will be hosted by the Earth Institute, Columbia University, in partnership with the United Nations Division of Sustainable Development and the Asian Development Bank Institute. The conference will explore the fundamental question of how global society's aspiration to continued growth can be harmonized with the existing limits imposed by Earth’s resources.

Other Events [16]
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Public [4]
Topics on the Beat: 
Water & Oceans [17]
Waste [18]
Transportation [19]
Technology [20]
Pollution [32]
Policy [9]
Planning & Growth [21]
People & Population [37]
Natural Resources [3]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Health [38]
Government [22]
Food [39]
Environmental Politics [2]
Environmental Health [24]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Economy & Business [40]
Consumer [41]
Air [26]
Agriculture [27]
Region: 
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [42]
May 5, 2011 to May 6, 2011

The City: 2nd International Conference [43]

Part of Interdisciplinary Themes Conferences, The City: 2nd International Conference will focus on culture, society and technology in the urban environment.

Other Events [16]
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Public [4]
Topics on the Beat: 
Water & Oceans [17]
Waste [18]
Transportation [19]
Technology [20]
Science [44]
Pollution [32]
Policy [9]
Planning & Growth [21]
People & Population [37]
Natural Resources [3]
Health [38]
Government [22]
Forests [23]
Food [39]
Environmental Health [24]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Economy & Business [40]
Climate Change [25]
Biodiversity [45]
Agriculture [27]
Region: 
Canada [46]

Mining Claims Could Mar National Park And Wilderness Area Borders: Pew [47]

"The Pew Environment Group says the Grand Canyon is especially at risk. Critics of the mining say an 1872 law gives companies 'carte blanche.'"

Natural Resources [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: LA Times [48], 04/15/2011

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