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Winners: SEJ 8th Annual Awards for Reporting on the Environment

Pollution near schools, longwall mining, biological invaders, climate change, environment and heredity, predator tagging, tar sands: these are just a few of the topics in this year's outstanding reporting being recognized by the SEJ awards.

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"Thousands Flee Western Canadian Wildfires"

Winds are whipping up wildfires in a British Columbia community where housing subdivisions have encroached on surrounding forests in recent years. Thousands of people are being evacuated from their homes.

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Source: Reuters, 07/20/2009

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In B.C., Freedom of Information May Not Be Free

"Crown copyright" may be emerging in British Columbia as a way for a government claiming openness to subvert freedom-of-information law.

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Alaskan Gas Pipeline: Would-Be Operators Vying For Routes, Funding

The proposed $20-40 billion natural gas pipeline would transport natural gas over 2000 miles from AK's North Slope natural gas reserves to the Midwestern US. Or would it?

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"Reactor Design Puts Safety of Nuclear Plants Into Question"

"Canadian nuclear safety regulators say they have underestimated the seriousness of a design feature at the country's electricity-producing reactors that would cause them to experience dangerous power pulses during a major accident."

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Source: Globe & Mail, 07/01/2009

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October 6, 2009 to October 7, 2009

Gearing Up for a Low Carbon Economy

The Canadian Institute's conference will offer an in-depth look at how Canadian and U.S. carbon initiatives compare and contrast, and the most up-to-date carbon policy information from both sides of the border.

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North American Toxics Data Released

The Commission for Environmental Cooperation, which is a joint effort of Canada, the US, and Mexico, released on June 10, 2009, its annual report tracking and comparing toxic emissions.

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Canada To Clean Up Abandoned Radar Sites in N. Ontario

"Aboriginal leaders welcomed an agreement announced Monday between the federal and Ontario governments to clean up 16 abandoned Cold War radar sites in northern Ontario at an estimated cost of more than $100 million."

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Source: Canadian Press, 06/24/2009

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September 23, 2009 to September 24, 2009

E-Scrap 2009 Conference

Industry assessments, including analyses of stewardship systems and trends in the U.S. and Canada, e-scrap collection issues, recycling market factors, and legislative policy considerations.

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"USA, Canada to Modernize Great Lakes Water Quality Pact"

"The US and Canada have agreed to update the 37-year-old Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement that commits both countries 'to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the waters of the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem.'"

Water & Oceans

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Source: ENS, 06/16/2009

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