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NOAA Releases First Fishing Bycatch Report [1]

Current fishing methods are rather destructive, with 17% of the fish caught commercially being unintended bycatch, according to NOAA's first national assessment of bycatch. That damages the environment, and costs those who fish time and money.

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Fish & Fisheries [4]
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Watchdog Alert: Tracking Energy Loan Guarantees [7]

The topic of federal loan guarantees for energy projects has become prime media territory with the bankruptcy of the solar company Solyndra after it received one of these loans. As of September 30, 2011, DoE has issued about $40 billion for solar, wind, geothermal, biofuels, nuclear, energy efficiency, energy storage, battery storage, or transmission projects.

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Energy & Fuel [8]
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"Why This Prominent UK Enviro Caused a National Security Freakout" [9]

"Why did the FBI detain and question a 62-year-old British environmentalist upon his arrival at New York City's John F. Kennedy Airport? The bureau won't say, and the activist, who was subsequently shipped back to London, never got a clear explanation." The answer, it seems, involves superglue.

Environmental Politics [10]
Government [3]
Public [6]
International [11]
Source: Mother Jones [12], 10/07/2011

DHS: Taking the "Public" Out of Public Affairs [13]

A frustrated Federal Times reporter filed a Freedom-of-Information-Act request for the names and phone numbers of all DHS press officers. When he finally got the 58-page list of names, the agency had blacked out all the work phones, cell phones, and e-mail addresses.

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Government [3]
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Public [6]

Why Does the CIA Keep Climate a Secret? [15]

A historian at the National Security Archives made a Freedom of Information Act request in March 2010 to the CIA’s Center on Climate Change and National Security (CCCNS). On Sept. 16, 2011, the CIA finally responded, telling Richelson that all the material he requested was classified and thus exempt from FOIA.

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Government [3]
Climate Change [16]
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Public [6]

"Enviros Blame Rep. Pearce for Inciting N.M. County to Bulldoze River" [17]

"An environmental group accused Republican Rep. Steve Pearce of New Mexico of inciting a county in his district to flout federal environmental laws by bulldozing 47 road crossings through a stretch of the San Francisco River in the Gila National Forest."

Environmental Politics [10]
Forests [18]
Government [3]
Pollution [19]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Greenwire [21], 10/05/2011
November 4, 2011

CanGEA's Geothermal Power Forum & Reception in Calgary [22]

CanGEA's 4th Annual Conference and Investment Forum will include various panels and presentations by leading speakers from the geothermal energy industry in Canada and internationally.

Other Events [23]
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Technology [24]
Science [25]
Pollution [19]
Policy [26]
Planning & Growth [27]
Natural Resources [28]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Government [3]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Economy & Business [30]
Region: 
Canada [31]
December 5, 2011 to December 9, 2011

Global South-South Development Expo 2011 in Rome [32]

The Global South-South Development Expo (GSSD) is the first-ever expo to showcase successful Southern-grown development solutions (SDSs) to address the need to meet Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for the Global South.

Other Events [23]
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Topics on the Beat: 
Waste [33]
Transportation [34]
Technology [24]
Science [25]
Pollution [19]
Policy [26]
Planning & Growth [27]
People & Population [35]
Natural Resources [28]
Health [36]
Government [3]
Forests [18]
Food [37]
Fish & Fisheries [4]
Environmental Politics [10]
Environmental Health [38]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Economy & Business [30]
Disasters [39]
Climate Change [16]
Biodiversity [40]
Agriculture [41]
Region: 
Europe [42]
November 23, 2011 to November 24, 2011

International Forests Conference 2011 [43]

Conservation and Management of Forests for Sustainable Development: Where Science Meets Policy. European and international decision makers, journalists, civil servants and scientists in the domains of forestry, natural resources planning & management, environmental management, forest and biomass industry, and nature conservation will meet in Belgium to discuss what science can contribute to improved ecosystem services of forests in Europe and beyond.

Other Events [23]
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Public [6]
Topics on the Beat: 
Wildlife [44]
Science [25]
Policy [26]
Planning & Growth [27]
Natural Resources [28]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Government [3]
Forests [18]
Environmental Politics [10]
Climate Change [16]
Biodiversity [40]
Region: 
Europe [42]
November 10, 2011 to November 12, 2011

International Conference on Payments for Ecosystem Services and Their Institutional Dimensions in Berlin, Germany [45]

The international conference focuses on the institutional frameworks and governance structures of Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) schemes in both developing and industrialized countries.

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Waste [33]
Technology [24]
Science [25]
Pollution [19]
Policy [26]
Planning & Growth [27]
Natural Resources [28]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Government [3]
Environmental Studies [46]
Environmental Politics [10]
Environmental Health [38]
Economy & Business [30]
Consumer [47]
Agriculture [41]
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Europe [42]

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