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McCormick Specialized Reporting Institute on Shale Gas and Oil Development [1]

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SEJ invites U.S. journalists and educators to apply for fellowships to attend this expenses-paid Specialized Reporting Institute, June 22-24, 2014 at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. Come learn about an issue that regularly grabs national, regional and local headlines. The deadline to apply is April 15, 2014.

Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Health [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Policy [8]
Pollution [9]
Science [10]
Visibility: 
Public [11]
Region: 
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [12]
March 19, 2014

Workshop on Principles and Best Practices for Sharing Data from Environmental Health Research [13]

The IOM Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine will host a workshop on Principles and Best Practices for Sharing Data from Environmental Health Research. Webcast and in-person event starting at 8:30 a.m.

Other Events [14]
Visibility: 
Public [11]
Topics on the Beat: 
Policy [8]
Environmental Health [5]
Region: 
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [12]
February 5, 2014

Key Legal Issues Facing the Administration in 2014: Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources [15]

The Environmental Law Institute will host a panel of four expert practitioners with an “inside-baseball” discussion about upcoming policies and regulatory agendas at the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Justice, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and the Department of Interior, among other regulatory agencies. Attend live in Washington, DC or via teleconference, 12:00-1:30 p.m. RSVP by Jan 31.

Professional Meetings [16]
Visibility: 
Public [11]
Topics on the Beat: 
Policy [8]
Natural Resources [17]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Government [18]
Environmental Politics [19]
Environmental Health [5]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Economy & Business [3]
Disasters [20]
Climate Change [21]
Chemicals [2]
Agriculture [22]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [23]

"What's Driving Chaotic Dismantling of Canada's Science Libraries?" [24]

"Scientists say the closure of some of the world's finest fishery, ocean and environmental libraries by the Harper government has been so chaotic that irreplaceable collections of intellectual capital built by Canadian taxpayers for future generations has been lost forever."

Disasters [20]
Environmental Politics [19]
Journalism & Media [25]
Policy [8]
Science [10]
Public [11]
Canada [26]
Source: The Tyee [27], 12/31/2013
December 9, 2013 to December 12, 2013

Society for Risk Analysis Meeting in Baltimore, MD [28]

Key policy issues are up for discussion at the SRA's annual meeting in Baltimore, MD. Sessions will include sustainability, Big Data, bioterrorism, nanotechnology, toxics, climate change, food safety and whether regulation kills jobs, among many others.

Professional Meetings [16]
Visibility: 
Public [11]
Topics on the Beat: 
Policy [8]
Region: 
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [12]
October 22, 2013

Interactive Forum on Corporate Environmental Management in the Era of Big Data [29]

This half-day Environmental Law Institute conference in Washington, DC will include panel discussions on the applications and implications of big data for corporate environmental management, including a focus on traceability and food. Keynote speakers and panelists will include prominent corporate decision-makers, data scientists, practicing lawyers, academics and nongovernmental organization leaders. Open to the public; RSVP by Oct 16th.

Professional Meetings [16]
Visibility: 
Public [11]
Topics on the Beat: 
Policy [8]
Economy & Business [3]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [23]
October 22, 2013

U.S. Agriculture and the Global Environment [30]

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 [16]
Visibility: 
Public [11]
Topics on the Beat: 
Waste [31]
Policy [8]
Planning & Growth [32]
People & Population [33]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Government [18]
Food [34]
Environmental Politics [19]
Environmental Health [5]
Consumer [35]
Agriculture [22]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [23]

"FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff Stepping Down" [36]

"Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Jon Wellinghoff, who oversaw a broad expansion of the regulator’s oversight of the electric grid and several probes into improper trading tactics by Wall Street banks, will depart his post."

Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [19]
Policy [8]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Politico [37], 05/30/2013
October 11, 2013 to October 13, 2013

ScienceOnline Oceans [38]

The inaugural ScienceOnline Oceans conference will focus on how the internet can be used for collaboration, education and outreach in the marine sciences.

Other Events [14]
Visibility: 
Public [11]
Topics on the Beat: 
Water & Oceans [39]
Science [10]
Policy [8]
Fish & Fisheries [40]
Region: 
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [41]
June 11, 2013 to July 16, 2013

ELI Summer School Series 2013 [42]

These seven FREE training sessions on environmental law are open to the public. Topics include NEPA, CAA, CWA, Land Use, Hazardous Waste, and Product Safety. Attend at the Environmental Law Institute in Washington, DC or via teleconference.

Professional Meetings [16]
Visibility: 
Public [11]
Topics on the Beat: 
Laws & Regulations [7]
Climate Change [21]
Air [43]
Planning & Growth [32]
Policy [8]
Water & Oceans [39]

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