Professional Meetings

August 11, 2015

NPF Webinar: The Cost of Violent Weather [1]

Weather is the most durable of news topics, especially when it surprises with extremes. We’ll explore violent weather events and how to track the cost of catastrophic storms in this free webinar at 1:00 p.m. on Aug 11, featuring Washington Post Weather Editor Jason Samenow and other experts.

Professional Meetings [2]

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Climate Change [4]

Disasters [5]

July 21, 2015

CDC's Climate Change and Health – From Science to Practice [6]

The Centers for Disease Control's Public Health Grand Rounds offers an encore presentation of this event, online July 21, 2015 from 1-2pm EDT. This session will explore the wide-ranging health impact of our changing climate and discuss some of the strategies, programs and partnerships currently being used to confront the challenges associated with global climate change.

Professional Meetings [2]

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Public [3]

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Climate Change [4]

Environmental Health [7]

Health [8]

May 14, 2015

The Future of Pharmaceutical Waste Regulation [9]

Join agency officials and representatives from various stakeholder groups as they tackle tough questions around pharmaceutical waste. Event is at the Environmental Law Institute in Washington, DC or via webinar, 12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m. Registration required.

Professional Meetings [2]

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Waste [10]

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National (U.S.) [11]

May 12, 2015

Superfund's Emerging Issues [12]

The Environmental Law Institute invites you to Washington, DC (or via teleconference) for an expert panel discussion focusing on the evolution and current state of joint and several liability and issues raised by “mega-site” remediation projects. Free registration required.

Professional Meetings [2]

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Public [3]

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Pollution [13]

Waste [10]

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National (U.S.) [11]

May 4, 2015

Removing Roadblocks to TSCA Reform Legislation [14]

Join the Environmental Law Institute in Washington, DC (or via webinar) for a lively discussion with a group of experts and advocates on the best ways to remove the obstacles that remain to advancing legislation that would amend the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Free registration required.

Professional Meetings [2]

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Public [3]

Topics on the Beat:

Consumer [15]

Environmental Health [7]

Science [16]

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National (U.S.) [11]

Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [17]

April 10, 2015

2014-2015 Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review Conference [18]

This event, co-sponsored by Vanderbilt University Law School (VULS) and the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) in Washington, DC, will feature authors of the year’s best academic articles that present legal and policy solutions to pressing environmental problems. Free registration required.

Professional Meetings [2]

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Public [3]

Topics on the Beat:

Laws & Regulations [19]

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National (U.S.) [11]

March 31, 2015 to April 1, 2015

2015 Spring Runoff Conference [20]

This event, hosted annually by the Utah State University Water Initiative in Logan, provides a forum for interdisciplinary sharing and exchange of ideas on water-related issues in Utah and the Intermountain Region extending to all aspects of water science, ecology, policy, engineering, and management.

Professional Meetings [2]

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Water & Oceans [21]

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Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [22]

June 11, 2015 to June 14, 2015

The 2015 Conference on Communication and Environment [23]

The 13th biennial COCE, now part of the International Environmental Communication Association (IECA), will explore the theme of bridging divides in environmental communication which is only fitting given Boulder's location by the continental divide of North America.

Professional Meetings [2]

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Public [3]

Topics on the Beat:

Activism [24]

Environmental Politics [25]

Environmental Studies [26]

Journalism & Media [27]

Policy [28]

Region:

National (U.S.) [11]

Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [22]

International [29]

March 25, 2015 to March 27, 2015

Science for Parks, Parks for Science: The Next Century [30]

UC Berkeley, in partnership with the National Park Service (NPS) and National Geographic Society, presents this summit convening natural and social scientists, managers and practitioners to launch a Second Century of stewardship for the parks, 100 years after the historic meetings at UC Berkeley that helped launch the NPS.

Professional Meetings [2]

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Public [3]

Topics on the Beat:

Natural Resources [31]

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California [32]

March 18, 2015 to March 22, 2015

Turning Protest Into Policy: Environmental Values and Governance in Changing Societies - Conference of the American Society for Environmental History [33]

The 2015 ASEH annual conference, taking place in Washington, DC near Georgetown, will feature 11 field trips and more than 100 sessions discussing climate change, environmental justice, endangered species, public lands, energy policy, forestry management, natural disasters, and other topics. A large exhibit area will feature the latest research and scholarship in environmental history.

Professional Meetings [2]

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Public [3]

Topics on the Beat:

Environmental Studies [26]

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Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [17]