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June 30, 2025

DEADLINE: Korea-U.S. Journalists Exchange [1]

The East-West Center’s 2025 Exchange takes place Sep 9-19 with the theme “Internal Uncertainty Amid External Challenges: US-Korea Relations in 2025.” Open to US and Korean print, broadcast and online journalists with a minimum of five years of experience. Apply by Jun 30.

Workshops and Fellowships [2]
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Diversity [4]
Economy & Business [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Policy [8]
Region: 
Alaska and Hawaii [9]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [10]
Asia [11]

Justice Dept. Ditches Its Proposal To Lie About Existence of FOIA Records [12]

The regulatory proposal was part of a large package of revised FOIA regulations, which will go forward without it. The Justice Department did not rescind the 1987 Meese memo the proposal was based on; instead it identified ways in which agencies could be unresponsive and uninformative without actually lying.

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WatchDog TipSheet [13]
Topics on the Beat: 
Policy [8]
Laws & Regulations [14]
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Public [3]

Other Information Access News in Brief [15]

Climate scientist Michael Mann wins bid to join emails lawsuit; BP and other Gulf oil spill CEOs won't testify before House committee; Republican House freshmen disappointed by Supercommittee's secrecy; Obama admin to issue disclosure rules for fracking on federal lands; WRI/Transparency Int'l panel on climate policy corruption, Nov. 3, 2011, in DC; proposed FOIA rule would let gov't deny existence of records; and bill to improve pipeline safety and increase access to info passes Senate.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [13]
Topics on the Beat: 
Policy [8]
Government [16]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Disasters [18]
Climate Change [19]
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Public [3]

Access to Environmental Info Will Be an Issue at Rio+20 [20]

In June 2012, the nations of the world will convene in Rio de Janiero for the 20th anniversary of the landmark 1992 Rio Conference on Environment and Development that set the stage for a number of important treaties, including the Montreal Protocol to protect the ozone layer and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [13]
Topics on the Beat: 
Policy [8]
Planning & Growth [21]
Climate Change [19]
Region: 
South America [22]
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Public [3]
November 4, 2011

CanGEA's Geothermal Power Forum & Reception in Calgary [23]

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 [24]
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Public [3]
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Technology [25]
Science [26]
Pollution [27]
Policy [8]
Planning & Growth [21]
Natural Resources [28]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Government [16]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Economy & Business [5]
Region: 
Canada [29]
December 14, 2011 to December 15, 2011

Food Security 2011: Transforming the Food Production System [30]

This conference will gather business leaders and representatives from the private sector, governments, multilateral agencies, and non-governmental organizations to examine changing agricultural investment patterns, highlighting international policy developments and business approaches to coping with environmental shocks and stresses presented by climate change and global population growth.

Other Events [24]
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Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Policy [8]
Food [31]
Consumer [32]
Climate Change [19]
Biodiversity [33]
Agriculture [34]
Region: 
Europe [35]
December 5, 2011 to December 9, 2011

Global South-South Development Expo 2011 in Rome [36]

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 [24]
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Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Waste [37]
Transportation [38]
Technology [25]
Science [26]
Pollution [27]
Policy [8]
Planning & Growth [21]
People & Population [39]
Natural Resources [28]
Health [40]
Government [16]
Forests [41]
Food [31]
Fish & Fisheries [42]
Environmental Politics [6]
Environmental Health [43]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Economy & Business [5]
Disasters [18]
Climate Change [19]
Biodiversity [33]
Agriculture [34]
Region: 
Europe [35]
November 23, 2011 to November 24, 2011

International Forests Conference 2011 [44]

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 [24]
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Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Wildlife [45]
Science [26]
Policy [8]
Planning & Growth [21]
Natural Resources [28]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Government [16]
Forests [41]
Environmental Politics [6]
Climate Change [19]
Biodiversity [33]
Region: 
Europe [35]
November 16, 2011

Tackling Tomorrow's Energy Challenges Today: A Southeastern Symposium at Duke University [46]

The Southeastern United States is faced with several energy transitions in the coming years. This day-long symposium in Durham, NC will discuss these issues, identify crucial information gaps, and plot future directions for research and outreach.

Other Events [24]
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Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Technology [25]
Science [26]
Pollution [27]
Policy [8]
Planning & Growth [21]
Natural Resources [28]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Environmental Politics [6]
Environmental Health [43]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Climate Change [19]
Region: 
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [47]
November 10, 2011 to November 12, 2011

International Conference on Payments for Ecosystem Services and Their Institutional Dimensions in Berlin, Germany [48]

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

Other Events [24]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Waste [37]
Technology [25]
Science [26]
Pollution [27]
Policy [8]
Planning & Growth [21]
Natural Resources [28]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Government [16]
Environmental Studies [49]
Environmental Politics [6]
Environmental Health [43]
Economy & Business [5]
Consumer [32]
Agriculture [34]
Region: 
Europe [35]

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