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Will Security Lapse Bring Another EPA Data Blackout? [1]

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.

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Database on Environmental Treaties an Aid for Reporters on Environmental Stories [6]

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.

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Laws & Regulations [7]
Government [4]
Environmental Health [8]
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September 18, 2012 to September 20, 2012

Climate Change Adaptation Forum Focusing on Food Security and Traditional Plant Use [9]

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 [10]
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Science [11]
Policy [12]
Planning & Growth [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Health [15]
Government [4]
Forests [16]
Food [17]
Fish & Fisheries [18]
Environmental Health [8]
Disasters [19]
Climate Change [20]
Biodiversity [21]
Agriculture [22]
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Canada [23]
September 14, 2012 to September 15, 2012

Homburg Academy Summer Institutes International Conference on Advances in Sustainable Real Estate [24]

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

Other Events [10]
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Technology [3]
Science [11]
Policy [12]
Planning & Growth [13]
Government [4]
Environmental Politics [25]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Economy & Business [27]
Climate Change [20]
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Canada [23]

"Bill Gates Crowns Toilet Innovators At Sanitation Fair" [28]

"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 [29]
Technology [3]
Public [5]
International [30]
Source: NPR [31], 08/16/2012
September 10, 2012 to September 13, 2012

2012 LTER All Scientists Meeting [32]

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

Professional Meetings [33]
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Wildlife [34]
Water & Oceans [35]
Technology [3]
Science [11]
Pollution [29]
Policy [12]
Planning & Growth [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Forests [16]
Food [17]
Fish & Fisheries [18]
Environmental Studies [36]
Environmental Politics [25]
Environmental Health [8]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Disasters [19]
Climate Change [20]
Biodiversity [21]
Air [37]
Agriculture [22]
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Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [38]
National (U.S.) [39]

Baltimore: "Decaying Water System Needs Makeover" [40]

"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 [3]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [5]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [41]
Source: Baltimore Sun [42], 07/23/2012

Brit Investigation Concludes 'Sophisticated' Outsiders Hacked E-mails [43]

"Norfolk police close case and confirm the hack came from 'sophisticated' outsiders – not a University of East Anglia leak."

Technology [3]
Public [5]
International [30]
Source: Guardian [44], 07/19/2012

Tech Companies Provide Continuously Updated Maps To Track U.S. Fires [45]

"The devastating wildfires in Colorado have provided a showcase for the latest technology in mapping and tracking emergencies. ESRI and Google Maps are presenting maps of the fires that the two companies continuously update, demonstrating an increasingly popular method for disseminating emergency information."

Disasters [19]
Journalism & Media [46]
Technology [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [39]
Source: Innovation News Daily [47], 06/29/2012

SEJ Member Spotlight: Stefano Valentino [48]

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New member Stefano Valentino, a freelance investigative and entrepreneurial journalist based in Brussels, is developing an innovative, independent web platform for news dissemination, marketing and crowdsourcing, dedicated to "green globalization."

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Europe [49]
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