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Environmental Whistleblowers May Be Losing Their Rights [1]

Can a federal employee who discloses lax safety inspections of gas pipelines or terminals be fired? That might be the case under a new federal appeals court decision that limits the whistleblower protections for federal employees who disclose "sensitive," but noncritical national security information.

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"Environmentalists Sue Missouri Over Renewable Energy" [6]

"JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- An environmental group is heading to court in another attempt to overturn the way Missouri officials have implemented a 2008 ballot initiative about renewable energy."

Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [5]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [9]
Source: AP [10], 08/27/2013

Agencies at Odds Over Probe of 2012 Chevron Refinery Fire [11]

"WASHINGTON -- The federal government is fighting with itself over a massive fire at a Chevron refinery in California that sent 15,000 people to hospitals with respiratory ailments."

Disasters [12]
Environmental Studies [13]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [15], 08/27/2013

Interior Proposes Tightening 1988 Offshore Drilling Safety Rule [16]

"The Interior Department [Wednesday] proposed a new rule designed to strengthen the safety of offshore oil and gas production technologies as industry reaches into deeper and riskier waters."

Disasters [12]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Greenwire [17], 08/22/2013
October 22, 2013

ELI Annual Award Dinner [18]

ELI (the Environmental Law Institute) will present the 2013 Environmental Achievement Award to former US Secretary of State George P. Shultz and "green" philanthropist Thomas F. Steyer to recognize their outstanding leadership to reduce climate change and advance clean energy. The Award will be presented to Shultz and Steyer at ELI’s annual dinner on Tuesday evening, October 22 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C.

Awards and Grants [19]
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Pollution [20]
Planning & Growth [21]
Natural Resources [22]
Laws & Regulations [3]
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Environmental Politics [8]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Economy & Business [23]
Climate Change [24]
Activism [25]
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National (U.S.) [14]
October 22, 2013

U.S. Agriculture and the Global Environment [26]

This year's Environmental Law Institute – Miriam Hamilton Keare Policy Forum, in Washington, DC, will focus on the environmental and human effects of modern agriculture through the lens of the Farm Bill. Open to the public; RSVP by Oct 14th.

Professional Meetings [27]
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Waste [28]
Policy [29]
Planning & Growth [21]
People & Population [30]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Government [4]
Food [31]
Environmental Politics [8]
Environmental Health [32]
Consumer [33]
Agriculture [34]
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National (U.S.) [14]
September 18, 2013

The Smart Grid: The Policy Challenges of a Connected Grid [35]

In our final Smart Grid mini-series panel, legal and energy policy experts will help us understand those more personal implications of the Smart Grid, including active and passive demand management, smart meters, time-of-use pricing, as well as the consumer and privacy issues that they raise. Co-sponsored by the Environmental Law Institute at the UC Berkeley School of Law (and via teleconference).

Professional Meetings [27]
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Planning & Growth [21]
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Environmental Politics [8]
Energy & Fuel [7]
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National (U.S.) [14]
September 10, 2013

The Supreme Court Revisits Chevron Deference to Agencies [36]

This Environmental Law Institute seminar in Washington, DC (and via teleconference) will offer practitioners the most current information on the way courts view federal agencies’ decisions.

Professional Meetings [27]
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Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [37]
National (U.S.) [14]

"Colorado Air Quality Rules For Oil And Gas Drillers Gets Delayed" [38]

"DENVER -- Colorado regulators looking at new air quality rules for oil and gas drillers are getting more time to set the rules."

Air [39]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [5]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [40]
Source: AP [41], 08/16/2013

"Appeals Court Blocks Attempt by Vermont to Close a Nuclear Plant" [42]

"WASHINGTON -- States cannot shut down nuclear plants over safety worries, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled on Wednesday, upholding a lower court’s decision that allowed the Vermont Yankee plant to keep running despite a seven-year effort by the Vermont Legislature to close it."

Laws & Regulations [3]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [43]
Public [5]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [44]
Source: NY Times [45], 08/16/2013

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