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SEJ's 22nd Annual Conference Agenda — Friday [1]


Topics on the Beat: 
Water & Oceans [2]
Technology [3]
Policy [4]
Planning & Growth [5]
People & Population [6]
Natural Resources [7]
Health [8]
Food [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Economy & Business [13]
Climate Change [14]
Visibility: 
Public [15]
Region: 
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [16]
June 11, 2012

Free Webinar on Rio+20 Summit : A Primer on U.S. Issues Designed for Reporters in Advance of a Critical International Environmental Event [17]

Join this hour-long webinar with speakers John C. Dernbach, co-director of the Widener Environmental Law Center and author, ELI's Carl Bruch, and Jacob Scherr, NRDC, for story ideas, helpful background, trend alerts, source building, and their take on what will be the hot topics at the upcoming summit. The hour will include 30 minutes for journalist questions.

News Events & Press Conferences [18]
Visibility: 
Public [15]
Topics on the Beat: 
Wildlife [19]
Water & Oceans [2]
Waste [20]
Transportation [21]
Technology [3]
Science [22]
Pollution [23]
Policy [4]
Planning & Growth [5]
People & Population [6]
Natural Resources [7]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Journalism & Media [25]
Government [26]
Environmental Politics [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Climate Change [14]
Region: 
South America [27]
June 3, 2012 to June 6, 2012

The Coastal Society's 23rd International Conference [28]

Special focus at this conference in Miami will be on the impacts the Panama Canal expansion will have on coastal environments near Florida’s deep-water ports. Connect with the experts and acquire fact-based background at one of the longest running series of coastal conferences in the U.S.

Professional Meetings [29]
Visibility: 
Public [15]
Topics on the Beat: 
Wildlife [19]
Water & Oceans [2]
Transportation [21]
Science [22]
Pollution [23]
Policy [4]
Planning & Growth [5]
Natural Resources [7]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Fish & Fisheries [30]
Environmental Studies [31]
Environmental Politics [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Climate Change [14]
Region: 
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [32]
September 30, 2012 to October 5, 2012

EcoSummit 2012 - Ecological Sustainability [33]

EcoSummit 2012 will bring together the world's most respected minds in ecological science to discuss restoring the planet's ecosystems.

Other Events [34]
Visibility: 
Public [15]
Topics on the Beat: 
Waste [20]
Transportation [21]
Technology [3]
Science [22]
Pollution [23]
Policy [4]
Planning & Growth [5]
People & Population [6]
Natural Resources [7]
Forests [35]
Food [9]
Fish & Fisheries [30]
Environmental Health [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Economy & Business [13]
Climate Change [14]
Biodiversity [36]
Agriculture [37]
Region: 
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [38]

Dark Hand of OMB Lifted from FOIA Recommendations — Or So They Say [39]

OMB sat on the Office of Government Information Services recommendations for over a year, until a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in March 2012 demanded OMB release the recommendations, which finally happened April 24th. However, no recommendations for legislative change were included. Nobody knows what, if any, legislative recommendations OGIS may have originally proposed.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [40]
Topics on the Beat: 
Policy [4]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Government [26]
Visibility: 
Public [15]

Cool Data Tools: EPA Releases NEPAssist Mapper [41]

For reporters wanting to pry open the worm-cans of local environmental stories, EPA's new GIS tool lets you map Environmental Impact Statements project information against a rich backdrop: layer after layer of geographic, demographic, environmental, and economic context. And, it can be used in conjunction with EJView, EPA's environmental justice online mapping tool.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [40]
Topics on the Beat: 
Technology [3]
Policy [4]
People & Population [6]
Government [26]
Economy & Business [13]
Visibility: 
Public [15]
August 10, 2025 to August 15, 2025

Ecological Society of America (ESA) Annual Meeting [42]

The 2025 ESA meeting will be held in Baltimore, Maryland, with sessions featuring research relevant to both regional and global environmental issues. Press are invited to attend for free. 

Professional Meetings [29]
Visibility: 
Public [15]
Topics on the Beat: 
Biodiversity [36]
Climate Change [14]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Studies [31]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Natural Resources [7]
People & Population [6]
Planning & Growth [5]
Policy [4]
Science [22]
Wildlife [19]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [43]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [44]

Global Talks Offer Chance To Improve US Extractive Industries Transparency [45]

An initiative involving some 35 nations aims to solve many complex revenue-reporting problems, including improving the flow of information across national borders. But solutions can't even begin until individual nations get a grip on accurate data about extractive industries within their own borders. The results could illuminate key environmental policy issues.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [40]
Topics on the Beat: 
Policy [4]
Natural Resources [7]
Forests [35]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Visibility: 
Public [15]
March 16, 2012 to March 17, 2012

MIT Energy Conference [46]

In its 7th year, the MIT Energy Conference is an annual two-day conference that brings together leaders in the fields of technology, policy, industry, and finance to explore solutions to the world’s most pressing energy challenges.

Other Events [34]
Visibility: 
Public [15]
Topics on the Beat: 
Technology [3]
Science [22]
Policy [4]
Natural Resources [7]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Environmental Studies [31]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Region: 
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [47]
June 20, 2012 to June 22, 2012

Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development [48]

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 [34]
Visibility: 
Public [15]
Topics on the Beat: 
Waste [20]
Transportation [21]
Technology [3]
Science [22]
Pollution [23]
Policy [4]
Planning & Growth [5]
People & Population [6]
Natural Resources [7]
Health [8]
Government [26]
Forests [35]
Food [9]
Environmental Health [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Economy & Business [13]
Climate Change [14]
Region: 
South America [27]

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