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October 5, 2014 to October 11, 2014

International Union of Forest Research Organizations - 2014 World Congress [1]

The International Union of Forest Research Organizations is holding its every-5th-year World Congress in Salt Lake City, UT this year. Media professionals are encouraged to attend. All attendees with a media/press pass will have access to the conference plenary, sub-plenary and technical sessions, the media room and press events, and entry to the expo floor.

Professional Meetings [2]
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Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [4]
Agriculture [5]
Biodiversity [6]
Climate Change [7]
Disasters [8]
Economy & Business [9]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Fish & Fisheries [12]
Food [13]
Forests [14]
Government [15]
Natural Resources [16]
Policy [17]
Pollution [18]
Science [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Wildlife [21]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [22]
International [23]

HAARP: "Bye-Bye To The Home Of A Favorite Internet Conspiracy Theory" [24]

"It sure looks suspicious: a remote military compound in the south-central Alaskan wilderness filled with 180 weird-looking antennas."

Nuclear Power & Radiation [25]
Science [19]
Public [3]
Alaska and Hawaii [26]
Source: NPR [27], 06/11/2014
  • Read more about HAARP: "Bye-Bye To The Home Of A Favorite Internet Conspiracy Theory" [24]

"Despite Political Uproar, Kentucky Could Meet EPA Emissions Goal" [28]

"Kentucky may be well positioned to meet a carbon emission target for power plants set by federal regulators, even as U.S. Senate candidates there blast the plan, saying it will cripple the state's coal industry."

Climate Change [7]
Economy & Business [9]
Environmental Politics [29]
Science [19]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Reuters [30], 06/05/2014
  • Read more about "Despite Political Uproar, Kentucky Could Meet EPA Emissions Goal" [28]

"Hundreds of Scientists To Canada PM: Pipeline Report 'Deeply Flawed'" [31]

"Hundreds of scientists have signed a letter sent to Canada’s prime minister blasting a federal review recommending the approval of the Northern Gateway tar sands pipeline as biased, Canadian media reported."

Energy & Fuel [10]
Pollution [18]
Science [19]
Public [3]
Canada [32]
Source: Aljazeera America [33], 06/05/2014
  • Read more about "Hundreds of Scientists To Canada PM: Pipeline Report 'Deeply Flawed'" [31]

"Boehner Says He’s ‘Not Qualified’ To Talk About Climate Science" [34]

"When House Speaker John Boehner told a group of reporters on Thursday that he would not discuss climate change on the grounds that he, himself, was not a scientist, he joined the ranks of other prominent Republican politicians who have refused to talk about the issue on the same grounds."

Climate Change [7]
Environmental Politics [29]
Science [19]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Climate Progress [35], 06/03/2014
  • Read more about "Boehner Says He’s ‘Not Qualified’ To Talk About Climate Science" [34]

"Air Quality Monitors Targeted By NC Lawmakers" [36]

"State lawmakers who have been cutting environmental regulations in their quest for to streamline government have a new target: cutting the number of air quality monitors around the state."

Air [37]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [29]
Journalism & Media [38]
Pollution [18]
Science [19]
Public [3]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [39]
Source: Raleigh News & Observer [40], 05/30/2014
  • Read more about "Air Quality Monitors Targeted By NC Lawmakers" [36]
May 20, 2014

Methane Leakage from Hydraulic Fracturing: A Science Update (an ELI Professional Practice Seminar) [41]

Join the Environmental Law Institute for an online seminar examining the status of the science and policy on methane leakage from oil and gas wells, pipelines, and processing.

Professional Meetings [2]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Energy & Fuel [10]
Policy [17]
Science [19]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [22]

Okla. House Panel Rejects Science Teaching Standards Over Climate [42]

"An Oklahoma House of Representatives committee voted to reject a new set of state science standards for schools this week, a move that, according to the Oklahoma Science Teachers Association, is 'unprecedented.'"

Climate Change [7]
Environmental Politics [29]
Science [19]
Public [3]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [43]
Source: Climate Progress [44], 05/16/2014
  • Read more about Okla. House Panel Rejects Science Teaching Standards Over Climate [42]

"The Forgotten History Of Climate-Change Science" [45]

Science discovered the "greenhouse effect" back in the 1820s. Republicans and oil companies only started denying it very recently.

Climate Change [7]
Environmental Politics [29]
Science [19]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: NPR [46], 05/14/2014
  • Read more about "The Forgotten History Of Climate-Change Science" [45]

"Draft Letter From EPA Advisors Urges Tougher Ozone Standard" [47]

"A draft letter from a U.S. EPA science advisory committee recommends a tight standard for how much ozone pollution can be in the air, recommending that the lower bound of the standard should be 60 parts per billion, much lower than the current standard. But the letter notes that committee members haven't made a decision on the upper bound of the ozone standard."

Air [37]
Environmental Health [11]
Pollution [18]
Science [19]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Greenwire [48], 05/13/2014
  • Read more about "Draft Letter From EPA Advisors Urges Tougher Ozone Standard" [47]

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