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Groups Challenge Canada's Secrecy on Breeding Proposal for GM Salmon [1]

A coalition of some 60 environmental, fisheries, and consumer groups want to know whether the Canadian government is undertaking a risk assessment before allowing AquaBounty's genetically engineered eggs to be grown on Prince Edward Island.

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Wildlife [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
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January 17, 2011

DEADLINE: IIASA Young Scientists Summer Program 2011 [9]

The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Austria invites applications by Jan. 17, 2011 from graduate students around the world for its June 1-Sep 1, 2011 YSSP. Students will work closely with an IIASA senior scientist mentor on a project proposed by the student. Fellows selected will receive funding to cover travel to IIASA and a modest living allowance.

Workshops and Fellowships [10]
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Technology [5]
Science [11]
Pollution [12]
People & Population [13]
Food [14]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Climate Change [16]
Air [17]
Region: 
Europe [18]

"Firms Eyeing Gold In China's Smart-Grid Rollout" [19]

Some transnational technology corporations see billions of dollars of business opportunity in China's rollout of a "smart grid" energy infrastructure in the next five years. No plans of comparable scale exist in the U.S.

Economy & Business [20]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Technology [5]
Public [8]
International [21]
Source: Reuters [22], 11/29/2010
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"Boat Powered by Sunshine Arriving in Miami" [23]

"A boat resembling a flying saucer and run by the sun is making a stop in Miami."

Energy & Fuel [15]
Technology [5]
Public [8]
International [21]
Source: Miami Herald [24], 11/29/2010
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Cleantech Academy Awards Announce Winners [25]

"Now that the Cleantech Open –- the self-described Academy Awards of the clean-technology industry -– is over, we have some new, young companies to watch."

Economy & Business [20]
Technology [5]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: LA Times [27], 11/26/2010
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More Cool Data Tools from EPA [28]

TRI-CHIP assembles a great deal of toxicity and hazard information from many sources and makes it easy to search. TRI.NET allows you to construct complex queries into the Toxics Release Inventory database, and to map the results in ways that can be used for publishable graphics or layered on maps with other environmental and demographic information.

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Create Custom Environmental Maps with National Atlas [31]

Dial up just one layer of data, or add layer after layer (from scores of topics) to create your own concoction of interlinked factors. The zoom function allows you to narrow or enlarge your geographic coverage as you see fit.

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Got TMDLs? Sneak Peek of New Pollutant Loading Tool Could Raise Ruckus [33]

EPA in-house tool may be released to public within months. It will give reporters themselves the ability to estimate the cumulative impacts of pollution on water bodies.

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Water & Oceans [4]
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  • Read more about Got TMDLs? Sneak Peek of New Pollutant Loading Tool Could Raise Ruckus [33]

MY-RTK Lets Users Probe Toxic Emissions from Their Smartphones [34]

myRTK lets you thumb in an address or ZIP code and get back a map or list of Toxics Release Inventory facilities on your feature phone or smart phone.

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EPA Gives Public an Environmental Justice Mapping Tool: EJView [35]

This new tool allows any user online to create custom study areas based on a wide range of variables: address, ZIP code, county, city, township, facility, watershed, or geographic coordinates. Other environmental data can then be mapped onto that study area.

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Technology [5]
Pollution [12]
People & Population [13]
Health [36]
Government [29]
Environmental Health [37]
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