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Obama Administration Gets Only So-So Openness Grades for 2012 [1]

For an administration that trumpeted its open-government agenda on its first day in office, the Obama administration has not lived up to all the heightened expectations. A new annual report card by OpenTheGovernment.org, a watchdog group devoted to freedom of information, spells out some of the details.

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September 13, 2012

Ocean and Coastal Law Enforcement: Enforcing Ocean Water Quality Standards [5]

In the final installment of a three-part focus series on Ocean and Coastal Law Enforcement, this seminar will explore the enforcement of ocean water quality standards.

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Facing Budget Cuts, NOAA Scales Back Collection of Greenhouse Gas Data [12]

The existing climate research budget crunch may be made worse by across-the-board cuts mandated if Congress and the White House fail to reach a budget agreement by January 2013.

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Pollution [13]
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Researchers, Health Groups Urge Congress Not To Black Out Carcinogens Report [15]

More than 70 scientists from research and health groups wrote House and Senate Appropriations Committee leaders September 4, 2012, urging them not to cut funds for the biennial Report on Carcinogens, which showed that formaldehyde and styrene can cause cancer.

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October 9, 2025 to October 15, 2025

International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress [17]

Media are invited to cover the IUCN World Conservation Congress for free, either in person or virtually. Held every four years, the 2025 event takes place in Abu Dhabi with five themes.

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Biodiversity [18]
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Environmental Politics [10]
Fish & Fisheries [22]
Food [23]
Forests [24]
Government [3]
Health [16]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [8]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [25]
People & Population [26]
Planning & Growth [27]
Policy [28]
Pollution [13]
Technology [29]
Transportation [30]
Waste [31]
Water & Oceans [7]
Wildlife [32]
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International [33]
Middle East [34]
September 16, 2012 to September 17, 2012

Industry Leadership Forum on Arctic Sustainable Development [35]

The World Ocean Council (WOC) Arctic Business Leadership Council meeting marks the start of an ongoing forum for multi-sectoral collaboration among responsible companies on the future of the Arctic. The gathering will bring together representatives of shipping, oil and gas, fisheries, aquaculture, tourism, marine science/technology and other industries with interests in the Arctic.

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Europe [37]

"SEC Provides 'WikiLeaks Moment' for Oil and Gas Producers" [38]

"U.S. regulators have rejected claims by oil and gas companies that a requirement to disclose payments to foreign governments is so big of a burden that it outweighs a broader goal of choking off corruption in countries where they operate."

Economy & Business [19]
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Journalism & Media [39]
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Source: EnergyWire [40], 08/24/2012

Texas Judge Gives TransCanada OK To Condemn Land For Keystone Pipeline [41]

"PARIS, Texas -- The developer of the disputed Keystone XL oil pipeline, planned to carry oil from Canadian tar sands to Texas Gulf Coast refineries, may condemn land across a northeast Texas farm for the pipeline's right of way, a judge ruled Wednesday."

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Source: AP [42], 08/24/2012
September 14, 2012 to September 15, 2012

State of the Gulf Fisheries Symposium [43]

The mission of the symposium is to inform and share knowledge among stakeholders so that everyone can move forward with a unified mission of a sustainable and healthy fishery in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Will Security Lapse Bring Another EPA Data Blackout? [45]

More than a decade ago, on February 17, 2000, the entire EPA website was taken down for two weeks because of data security concerns raised by the House Energy Committee. There are faint hints that such events may be in the offing again.

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