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October 9, 2025 to October 15, 2025

International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress [1]

Media are invited to cover the IUCN World Conservation Congress for free, either in person or virtually. Held every four years, the 2025 event takes place in Abu Dhabi with five themes.

Professional Meetings [2]
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Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Biodiversity [4]
Climate Change [5]
Economy & Business [6]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Fish & Fisheries [10]
Food [11]
Forests [12]
Government [13]
Health [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [16]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [17]
People & Population [18]
Planning & Growth [19]
Policy [20]
Pollution [21]
Technology [22]
Transportation [23]
Waste [24]
Water & Oceans [25]
Wildlife [26]
Region: 
International [27]
Middle East [28]
September 16, 2012 to September 17, 2012

Industry Leadership Forum on Arctic Sustainable Development [29]

The World Ocean Council (WOC) Arctic Business Leadership Council meeting marks the start of an ongoing forum for multi-sectoral collaboration among responsible companies on the future of the Arctic. The gathering will bring together representatives of shipping, oil and gas, fisheries, aquaculture, tourism, marine science/technology and other industries with interests in the Arctic.

Other Events [30]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Water & Oceans [25]
Technology [22]
Policy [20]
Planning & Growth [19]
Natural Resources [16]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Government [13]
Fish & Fisheries [10]
Environmental Politics [9]
Environmental Health [8]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Economy & Business [6]
Region: 
Europe [31]

"Year After Irene, New Yorkers Ponder Sea Barriers" [32]

"NEW YORK -- Two years before Hurricane Irene created the prospect of a flooding nightmare in New York City, 100 scientists and engineers met to sketch out a bold defense: massive, moveable barriers to shield the city from a storm-stirred sea."

Climate Change [5]
Disasters [33]
People & Population [18]
Planning & Growth [19]
Technology [22]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [3]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [34]
Source: AP [35], 08/24/2012

Will Security Lapse Bring Another EPA Data Blackout? [36]

More than a decade ago, on February 17, 2000, the entire EPA website was taken down for two weeks because of data security concerns raised by the House Energy Committee. There are faint hints that such events may be in the offing again.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [37]
Topics on the Beat: 
Technology [22]
Government [13]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

Database on Environmental Treaties an Aid for Reporters on Environmental Stories [38]

There are well over a thousand binational or multinational environmental agreements, usually technical and obscure. However, environmental reporters would do well to know about them — to shed light on local stories and to find national or international news. Here's help.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [37]
Topics on the Beat: 
Technology [22]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Government [13]
Environmental Health [8]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
September 18, 2012 to September 20, 2012

Climate Change Adaptation Forum Focusing on Food Security and Traditional Plant Use [39]

This forum is for community‐level practitioners, academics, government representatives and community leaders who work in the area of climate change adaptation in First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities in Canada and Tribes in the United States.

Other Events [30]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Technology [22]
Science [40]
Policy [20]
Planning & Growth [19]
Natural Resources [16]
Health [14]
Government [13]
Forests [12]
Food [11]
Fish & Fisheries [10]
Environmental Health [8]
Disasters [33]
Climate Change [5]
Biodiversity [4]
Agriculture [41]
Region: 
Canada [42]
September 14, 2012 to September 15, 2012

Homburg Academy Summer Institutes International Conference on Advances in Sustainable Real Estate [43]

An inter-disciplinary conference to promote new perspectives and innovation in the urban environment in a global context.

Other Events [30]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Technology [22]
Science [40]
Policy [20]
Planning & Growth [19]
Government [13]
Environmental Politics [9]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Economy & Business [6]
Climate Change [5]
Region: 
Canada [42]

"Bill Gates Crowns Toilet Innovators At Sanitation Fair" [44]

"This week, Bill Gates was at a summer fair in Washington State, but he was not eating deep-fried butter on-a-stick, or checking out livestock. Gates was inspecting cutting-edge toilet technology on display at an event his foundation hosted in Seattle — the Reinvent the Toilet Fair."

Environmental Health [8]
Pollution [21]
Technology [22]
Public [3]
International [27]
Source: NPR [45], 08/16/2012
September 10, 2012 to September 13, 2012

2012 LTER All Scientists Meeting [46]

The Nation's largest ecological research network will hold its triennial meeting at the YMCA of the Rockies in Estes Park, Colorado.

Professional Meetings [2]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Wildlife [26]
Water & Oceans [25]
Technology [22]
Science [40]
Pollution [21]
Policy [20]
Planning & Growth [19]
Natural Resources [16]
Forests [12]
Food [11]
Fish & Fisheries [10]
Environmental Studies [47]
Environmental Politics [9]
Environmental Health [8]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Disasters [33]
Climate Change [5]
Biodiversity [4]
Air [48]
Agriculture [41]
Region: 
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [49]
National (U.S.) [50]

Baltimore: "Decaying Water System Needs Makeover" [51]

"Back in the late 1700s, when Baltimoreans got their water from nearby streams, springs and wells, every household was ordered to keep two leather buckets filled to fight fires. That precaution might come in handy again, as the water main break Monday near the Inner Harbor delivered a disruptive reminder to downtown businesses and commuters of just how decrepit the regional system supplying the vital liquid has become."

Environmental Health [8]
Technology [22]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [3]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [52]
Source: Baltimore Sun [53], 07/23/2012

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