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"EPA Proposes Stricter Controls on Water Pollution" [1]

"The Obama administration announced Wednesday that it will impose stricter pollution controls on millions of acres of wetlands and tens of thousands of miles of streams."

Pollution [2]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Wash Post [6], 04/28/2011
May 22, 2011 to May 26, 2011

2011 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress [7]

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 [8]
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Water & Oceans [3]
Waste [9]
Transportation [10]
Technology [11]
Planning & Growth [12]
Natural Resources [13]
Government [14]
Forests [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Environmental Health [17]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Climate Change [19]
Air [20]
Agriculture [21]
Region: 
California [22]

BP Blowout Anniversary: "What's Under Elmer's Island?" [23]

Denial of news media access to Gulf beaches has been an issue since the Deepwater Horizon disaster. There's tussling over access to (and interpretation of) scientific information on possible impacts of the spill on the Gulf ecosystem. And The Guardian obtained >30,000 pages of BP in-house memos FOIA'd by Greenpeace, which suggest BP was working hard to influence the results of the research it was paying for.

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WatchDog TipSheet [24]
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Water & Oceans [3]
Science [25]
Pollution [2]
Disasters [26]
Region: 
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [27]
Visibility: 
Public [4]
May 8, 2011 to May 10, 2011

International Sustainable Development Research Conference [28]

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 [8]
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Water & Oceans [3]
Waste [9]
Transportation [10]
Technology [11]
Pollution [2]
Policy [29]
Planning & Growth [12]
People & Population [30]
Natural Resources [13]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Health [32]
Government [14]
Food [33]
Environmental Politics [16]
Environmental Health [17]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Economy & Business [34]
Consumer [35]
Air [20]
Agriculture [21]
Region: 
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [36]
May 5, 2011 to May 6, 2011

The City: 2nd International Conference [37]

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

Other Events [8]
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Water & Oceans [3]
Waste [9]
Transportation [10]
Technology [11]
Science [25]
Pollution [2]
Policy [29]
Planning & Growth [12]
People & Population [30]
Natural Resources [13]
Health [32]
Government [14]
Forests [15]
Food [33]
Environmental Health [17]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Economy & Business [34]
Climate Change [19]
Biodiversity [38]
Agriculture [21]
Region: 
Canada [39]

"BP Spill's Next Major Phase: Wrangling Over Toll on Gulf" [40]

"A year after the worst oil spill to strike U.S. waters, oyster beds are struggling along the Gulf of Mexico, the dolphin population is experiencing what the federal government calls an 'unusual mortality event,' and red snapper with rotting fins are showing up on fishing lines."

Disasters [26]
Fish & Fisheries [41]
Pollution [2]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Wall St. Journal [42], 04/13/2011

Radioactive Iodine in Philly Water Spurs Enhanced Testing [43]

"The Philadelphia Water Department announced yesterday that it is enhancing its testing procedures and reviewing treatment technology after federal environmental officials found radioactive iodine in the city's drinking water."

Nuclear Power & Radiation [44]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer [45], 04/13/2011

"Critical Habitat Set Aside for Endangered Cook Inlet Beluga Whale" [46]

"Two areas of Alaska's Cook Inlet will be designated as critical habitat for the endangered Cook Inlet beluga whale, NOAA's Fisheries Service, Alaska Regional Office announced [April 8]."

Biodiversity [38]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: ENS [47], 04/12/2011

"Radioactive Leaks Increasing at U.S. Nuclear Plants" [48]

"Millions of gallons of radioactive water have leaked from nuclear power plants throughout the U.S. since the 1970s, threatening water supplies in New Jersey and other states, an Asbury Park Press investigation found."

Nuclear Power & Radiation [44]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Asbury Park Press [49], 04/11/2011

Toolbox: Floods, Prevention, Response, Recovery [50]

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Floods are a predictable occurrence in many parts of the country, causing death, misery, and untold property damage. But they are more than a disaster story. The human toll can often be prevented, and there are stories about prevention, planning, response, and recovery.

Reporting Tools [51]
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Disasters [26]
Water & Oceans [3]

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