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"Chemical Plants: Still Unsafe?" [1]

As Bhopal proved, chemical plants can be weapons of mass destruction. During the Bush administration, Republicans urged on by the chemical industry, took authority over chemical plant security away from EPA and gave it to the Department of Homeland Security -- which they argued was more competent. Now a GOP-led House investigative panel reveals that DHS has proved incompetent and done nothing in five years.

Chemicals [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Wash Post [7], 02/17/2012
March 12, 2012

DEADLINE: Disaster Management and Resiliency Journalism Fellowships [8]

This new 14-day professional dialogue, study and travel program (May 13-27), co-sponsored by the East-West Center and the Center for Global Partnership, will introduce participating journalists to a broad range of disaster management activities in the United States and Japan as well as post-disaster challenges to political, economic and energy resiliency. Apply by Mar 12th.

Workshops and Fellowships [9]
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Public [5]
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Journalism & Media [10]
Disasters [3]
Region: 
Asia [11]
California [12]
Alaska and Hawaii [13]
March 30, 2012

Bioethics Bootcamp: Finding the Must-Read Angle for Science and Medical Stories [14]

Science Writers in New York, The Hastings Center, and City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism present a unique workshop to help science writers understand and communicate advances in science and technology that frequently raise immediate or potential ethical concerns for individuals, institutions, families, and society.

Professional Meetings [15]
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Public [5]
Topics on the Beat: 
Technology [16]
Science [17]
Journalism & Media [10]
Health [18]
Region: 
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [19]
April 23, 2012 to April 24, 2012

Science Writing in the Age of Denial [20]

Explore the phenomenon of denial and how to address issues of science in question. The conference, at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, is small with a limited number of spaces. It runs one day with the second half-day a workshop.

Other Events [21]
Visibility: 
Public [5]
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Science [17]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Journalism & Media [10]
Health [18]
Environmental Politics [4]
Climate Change [23]
Region: 
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [24]
March 13, 2012 to March 15, 2012

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Regulatory Information Conference [25]

The NRC's annual conference in Rockville, MD, taking place a week after the one-year anniversary of Japan's Fukushima Daiichi disaster, presents an excellent opportunity for story angles and leads. The NRC strongly encourages interested members of the media, particularly video crews, to register online by Feb. 28. Onsite registration will also be available during the RIC but could have a wait time.

Professional Meetings [15]
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Public [5]
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Nuclear Power & Radiation [26]
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Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [27]
June 20, 2012 to June 22, 2012

Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development [28]

The Conference will focus on two themes: a green economy, in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication; and the institutional framework for sustainable development.

Other Events [21]
Visibility: 
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Topics on the Beat: 
Waste [29]
Transportation [30]
Technology [16]
Science [17]
Pollution [31]
Policy [32]
Planning & Growth [33]
People & Population [34]
Natural Resources [35]
Health [18]
Government [36]
Forests [37]
Food [38]
Environmental Health [39]
Energy & Fuel [40]
Economy & Business [41]
Climate Change [23]
Region: 
South America [42]
May 13, 2025

DEADLINE: Wildscreen Panda Awards Film Competition [43]

The biennial Wildscreen Festival in the UK is a celebration of wildlife filmmaking and photography. The annual Panda Awards celebrate the craft of wildlife filmmaking and photography and honor the very best that the industry is producing. 2025 deadlines: Feb 25 (early); Apr 17 (regular); May 13 (late).

Awards and Grants [44]
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Journalism & Media [10]
Natural Resources [35]
Wildlife [45]
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Europe [46]
May 11, 2012

DEADLINE: IJNR's Maumee Valley Institute for Journalists [47]

The Institutes for Journalism & Natural Resources' welcomes applications by May 11th for this four-day, expenses-paid journey (June 13-16, 2012) exploring parts of the Maumee River watershed, from the headwaters near Fort Wayne, Indiana, to the river's mouth in Toledo, Ohio, on the southwestern shore of Lake Erie.

Workshops and Fellowships [9]
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Public [5]
Topics on the Beat: 
Water & Oceans [48]
Natural Resources [35]
Agriculture [49]
Region: 
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [24]
April 26, 2013

DEADLINE: IJNR's Crown of the Continent Institute for Journalists [50]

The Institutes for Journalism & Natural Resources' welcomes applications by April 26th for its Crown of the Continent Institute, a five-day, expenses-paid journey (June 26-30, 2013) exploring environmental issues in Montana's Rocky Mountain Front.

Workshops and Fellowships [9]
Visibility: 
Public [5]
Topics on the Beat: 
Planning & Growth [33]
People & Population [34]
Natural Resources [35]
Energy & Fuel [40]
Economy & Business [41]
Region: 
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [51]
February 23, 2012

Environmental Justice: Hearing Communities Through the Economic Din [52]

Sponsored by the Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law, this roundtable discussion at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, will touch on the impacts of the economic downturn on low-income and minority communities in the United States and in developing nations; steps the U.S. federal government is taking to advance environmental justice domestically; and important private sector initiatives.

Professional Meetings [15]
Visibility: 
Public [5]
Topics on the Beat: 
Planning & Growth [33]
People & Population [34]
Environmental Politics [4]
Economy & Business [41]
Region: 
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [27]

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