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April 16, 2012

The Questions that Should be Asked: Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources in the Presidential Race [1]

The Society of Environmental Journalists and the Environmental Law Institute will co-host a panel  — open to the public and press — at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., moderated by the AP's Dina Cappiello. Experts with broad policy experience will discuss their answers to two key questions: "What should the presidential candidates discuss concerning the important issues of environment, energy, and natural resources facing the people of the United States?" and "What questions should be asked of candidates in the presidential debates that will help us learn how they will confront these issues?"

SEJ Regional Conferences [2]
News Events & Press Conferences [3]
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Public [4]
Topics on the Beat: 
Natural Resources [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Government [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Energy & Fuel [9]
Region: 
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [10]

Gas Drilling Industry Paying Penn State To Train Drilling Regulators [11]

"What happens when the fox builds the hen house?"

Energy & Fuel [9]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [7]
Public [4]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [10]
Source: Harrisburg Patriot-News [12], 03/09/2012
March 22, 2012 to March 23, 2012

The Clean Water Act at 40: The J.B. & Maurice C. Shapiro Environmental Law Symposium [13]

In Washington, DC, co-sponsored by The George Washington University Law School, The Environmental Law Institute, The Center for Progressive Reform, The Association of Clean Water Administrators, The Clean Water America Alliance, The GW Journal of Energy and Environmental Law, and The GW Environmental Law Association.

Professional Meetings [14]
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Public [4]
Topics on the Beat: 
Water & Oceans [15]
Pollution [16]
Natural Resources [5]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Government [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [18]

Secret CRS Reports of Interest to Environmental Journalists [19]

Congress still refuses to publish unclassified reports on subjects of general public interest done by the Congressional Research Service, even though they are funded by taxpayer dollars. Here are several, courtesy of the Federation of American Scientists' Project on Government Secrecy.

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WatchDog TipSheet [20]
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Government [7]
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Iowa Outlaws Some Undercover Investigations As Other States Mull Bills [21]

Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad (pictured) signed the so-called "Ag Gag" bill into law March 2, 2012, making it a crime to obtain access to an agricultural facility "under false pretenses" — without defining "false pretenses." Does this apply to hidden cameras? Animal rights activists have often resorted to hidden cameras — and shared with news media photos and videos of shocking cruelty to animals.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [20]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [6]
Government [7]
Region: 
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [22]
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Public [4]

Biosecurity: "US Disease Agency in Fiscal Peril" [23]

"When US President Barack Obama proposed a US$664-million cut in congressional funding for the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in his 2013 budget request, he tried to ease the pain by replacing much of it with money from other sources. But only days after the 13 February request, a vote on Capitol Hill made clear just how vulnerable those substitutions are, suggesting that the US public-health agency is on increasingly shaky financial ground."

Government [7]
Health [24]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Nature [25], 03/01/2012
March 7, 2012

Protecting China's Land: Hope for People and Nature [26]

At this two-hour event in Washington, DC, which is co-sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson Center, the Environmental Law Institute, and the China Environment Forum, three speakers will delve into the status of land reforms and land protection in China.

Professional Meetings [14]
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Public [4]
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Planning & Growth [27]
People & Population [28]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Government [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Region: 
Asia [29]
June 20, 2012 to June 22, 2012

Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development [30]

The Conference will focus on two themes: a green economy, in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication; and the institutional framework for sustainable development.

Other Events [31]
Visibility: 
Public [4]
Topics on the Beat: 
Waste [32]
Transportation [33]
Technology [34]
Science [35]
Pollution [16]
Policy [36]
Planning & Growth [27]
People & Population [28]
Natural Resources [5]
Health [24]
Government [7]
Forests [37]
Food [38]
Environmental Health [39]
Energy & Fuel [9]
Economy & Business [40]
Climate Change [41]
Region: 
South America [42]

"Agencies Face Downsizing, Significant Personnel Shift in Obama Budget" [43]

"Earlier this week, National Weather Service Director Jack Hayes delivered some difficult news to his small agency: The White House budget would remove one employee from each of the 122 weather forecasting offices."

Government [7]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Greenwire [44], 02/16/2012

SEJ Urges EPA Press Office To Open up Agency Info to News Media [45]

On January 27, 2012, SEJ wrote to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, after unreturned phone calls and ignored emails, in an attempt to get the agency to resume quarterly conference calls to discuss access issues and the run-around SEJ members endure when trying to do their jobs.

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WatchDog TipSheet [20]
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Journalism & Media [6]
Government [7]
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