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April 19, 2011 to April 20, 2011

Ontario Feed-In Tariff Supply Chain Forum [1]

Building and sustaining the local wind and solar industries of Ontario.

Other Events [2]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Technology [4]
Policy [5]
Planning & Growth [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Government [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Region: 
Canada [12]
April 14, 2011

Nuts and Bolts of Marcellus Shale Drilling and Fracking [13]

Join an expert panel, hosted by Environmental Law Institute,  in a discussion of developments in Marcellus Shale, where the issues mirror those of other gas fields across the country, and stay tuned for the second installment on May 19, 2011, Policy Implications of Marcellus Shale Drilling and Fracking.

Professional Meetings [14]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Policy [5]
Natural Resources [15]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [16]
April 15, 2011

Green Business Forum at the Green Living Show [17]

Join us as leading businesses and NGOs discuss the environmental impacts of Canada’s resource-based economy at The Green Living Show’s Business Forum in Toronto, Ontario. Gain a better understanding of the key economic and environmental issues from key players who outline their challenges and accomplishments as they seek common ground on goals that often compete — profit and the planet.

Other Events [2]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Waste [18]
Technology [4]
Pollution [19]
Policy [5]
Planning & Growth [6]
Natural Resources [15]
Forests [20]
Environmental Politics [9]
Environmental Health [21]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Consumer [22]
Climate Change [23]
Region: 
Canada [12]
May 2, 2011

DEADLINE: USC Annenberg Mini Fellowship/Reporting Grant [24]

Call for Applications! Based at USC's Annenberg School of Journalism, The California Endowment Health Journalism Fellowships offer professional journalists this opportunity to apply for an all-expenses-paid mini fellowship with $2,000-$10,000 reporting grant. Grantees spend the week of July 24 - 29, 2011 in Los Angeles. Students are ineligible. Apply by May 2, 2011.

 

Workshops and Fellowships [25]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Policy [5]
People & Population [26]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Journalism & Media [27]
Health [28]
Government [8]
Food [29]
Region: 
California [30]

"Report: EPA Didn't Properly Assess Coal Ash Risks" [31]

"The federal government promoted some uses of coal ash, including wallboard or filler in road embankments, without properly testing the environmental risks, according to a report from the Environmental Protection Agency's inspector general."

Policy [5]
Pollution [19]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: AP [32], 03/25/2011

"RIO+20: Toward A New Green Economy — Or a Green-Washed Old Economy?" [33]

The big international Earth Summit coming next year in Rio de Janiero -- 20 years after the epochal original meeting there -- may generate both good news and bad news about the future of the planet.

Policy [5]
Public [3]
International [34]
Source: Grist [35], 03/25/2011
March 30, 2011

Nuclear in the Spotlight [36]

A chance to express hope for Japan and a green future…Please join us at this important event. Proceeds to go to Japan relief efforts as well as to OCAA. With performances by Mike Ford, Meghan Morrison, Richard Underhill, Michael Louis Johnson, the Raging Grannies, and more. Special guest speaker Kevin Kamps from Beyond Nuclear will address the current situation in Japan. Wed. March 30, 7:30 p.m. Annex Live, 296 Brunswick (at Bloor), Toronto.

 

Other Events [2]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Policy [5]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [37]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Disasters [38]
Activism [39]
Region: 
Canada [12]
March 29, 2011

The (Not So) New Executive Order on Regulatory Review, and What to Expect [40]

The Environmental Law Institute invites you to join a panel discussion of the practical consequences of the regulatory EO; the process that will be used; environmental regulations and agencies expected to receive greater scrutiny; the role of Congress; and legal questions about the EO’s authority.

Professional Meetings [14]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Policy [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Government [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [16]
March 17, 2011

Designing Effective and Enforceable Catch Share Systems [41]

 This session, part of the Environmental Law Institute's 2011 Ocean Seminar Series, experts will discuss some of the key issues and possible solutions related to NOAA's new policy encouraging adoption of catch share systems nationwide.

Professional Meetings [14]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Water & Oceans [42]
Policy [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Fish & Fisheries [43]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [16]

Interior Integrity Policy: Is Science Door Half-Open or Half-Closed? [44]

The good news, perhaps, is that Interior felt a need to take some policy action in response to the White House's Dec. 17, 2010, memo on science integrity. The bad news? The Interior policy seems to rehash a 2010 decree that scientists criticized, to punish the innocent, and to reward the uninvolved.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [45]
Topics on the Beat: 
Science [46]
Policy [5]
Government [8]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

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