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"Obama Backtracks On Smog Plan, Bows To Big Business" [1]

"President Barack Obama put a stop on Friday to new rules that would limit smog pollution, unexpectedly reversing course on a key policy measure after businesses said it would kill jobs and cost them billions of dollars."

Air [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Pollution [6]
Science [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Reuters [10], 09/05/2011

Hydraulic Fracturing: Resources for Journalists [11]

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Contact Columbia University's Earth Institute scientists for expertise on basics of energy exploration and extraction; rock mechanics; contaminants in underground water; manmade earthquakes; and economic/political questions surrounding the practice.

Useful Links [12]
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Public [8]
Energy & Fuel [13]

Mobile Tools [14]

  1. EPA Mobile [15]
  2. myRTK [16]
  3. EDF Mobile Seafood Selector [17]
  4. NatGeo Mobile [18]
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Public [8]

Urban Forest Projects Address Energy, Health, Education, More [19]

Organizations in IL, NY, and TX received substantial funding from the US Forest Service so they can work on projects related to urban forests. The products and efforts are available for use by others around the country, making them of interest to any journalist covering urban environmental or health issues.

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Forests [21]
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Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [22]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [23]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [24]
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October 19, 2011

2011 Environmental Law Institute's Annual Miriam Hamilton Keare Policy Forum: Toward a Rational Energy Policy [25]

U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski and DOE official David Sandalow will be among the speakers at this free ELI forum, held every year in the hours preceding the Institute's annual award dinner (when we will honor U.S. Secretary of Energy, Dr. Steven Chu with the 2011 ELI Award for Achievement in Environmental Law, Policy, and Management).

Professional Meetings [26]
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Laws & Regulations [27]
Energy & Fuel [13]
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National (U.S.) [9]

Are Fed Energy Grants to Farmers Pork, Or Money Well Spent? [28]

The US Dept. of Agriculture will award more than 900 grants worth a total of about $11.6 million to individuals and companies around the country for projects such as installing photovoltaic solar panels for a barn, improving energy efficiency of greenhouses, and installing a geothermal system for an agricultural building.

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Environmental Politics [5]
Energy & Fuel [13]
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September 28, 2011

Supreme Court Review and Preview [29]

The Environmental Law Institute's free annual Associates Seminar, with some of the pre-eminent experts on environmental law and the Court, will examine the docketed cases, changes in the Court, and the implications of recent decisions. Attend in person in Cambridge, MA, or via teleconference. RSVP by September 23rd.

Professional Meetings [26]
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Laws & Regulations [27]
Environmental Politics [5]
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National (U.S.) [9]
September 20, 2011

TSCA Reform Webinar Series: Hazard, Use, and Exposure Data [30]

This free Environmental Law Institute teleconference will explore topics such as the scope of EPA authority to require information and data, including on new chemicals such as nanomaterials; testing, including mutual acceptance of data and emerging methodologies; and the role of downstream users of chemicals. RSVP by September 16th.

Professional Meetings [26]
Visibility: 
Public [8]
Topics on the Beat: 
Science [7]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Health [31]
Environmental Health [4]
Chemicals [32]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [9]
September 15, 2011

Greening of Canadian Oil Sands: A View Across the Border [33]

This free Environmental Law Institute teleconference will provide an overview of law and policy of Canadian oil sands extraction, as it compares to the United States resource extraction regime. RSVP by September 13th.

Professional Meetings [26]
Visibility: 
Public [8]
Topics on the Beat: 
Natural Resources [34]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Environmental Politics [5]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Economy & Business [3]
Region: 
Canada [35]
National (U.S.) [9]
September 14, 2011

Regulatory Update on Wind Energy Permitting and Development [36]

In this free Environmental Law Institute (attend in person in Washington, DC, or by teleconference) event, speakers will discuss issues in state and local siting rules, significant differences between offshore and onshore development, FAA and military radar issues, the FERC approval process, and related economic regulatory issues critical to wind power development. RSVP by September 8th.

Professional Meetings [26]
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Laws & Regulations [27]
Government [37]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Climate Change [38]
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