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As Climate Talks Start, Local Strategies Replace Kyoto Global Pact [1]

"The officials from around the world who will gather in South Africa on Monday to convene the latest round of U.N. climate negotiations are facing an uncomfortable fact: The global pact that has dictated greenhouse-gas targets since 1997 may no longer be relevant.

The mandatory targets of the Kyoto Protocol cover less than a third of the world’s carbon output. Major emitters are not bound by it. And, increasingly, the world is relying on a patchwork of measures rather than a universal treaty to lessen the impacts of global warming.

Climate Change [2]
Public [3]
International [4]
Source: Wash Post [5], 11/28/2011

BLM Says 9 Western States Have Worthy Wilderness Areas [6]

Designating lands as wilderness or some other highly protected status always is contentious, but the BLM has identified 24 areas in 9 western states the agency says have significant local support for this idea: CA (9 areas), CO (3), ID (1), MT (1), NM (2), NV (2), OR (2), UT (3), and WA (1).

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Natural Resources [8]
Region: 
California [9]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [10]
Northwest (OR WA) [11]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [12]
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Public [3]

Airborne Lead Violations Still Occur in 14 States [13]

The culprits often are one or more significant lead emitters such as smelters, iron or steel foundries, waste incinerators, utilities, or lead-acid battery manufacturers. Piston-engine planes using leaded aviation gasoline are another source.

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Chemicals [14]
Air [15]
Pollution [16]
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Feds Announce Offshore Oil and Gas Target Areas [17]

Offshore oil and gas drilling from 2012-2017 would be focused in the western and central Gulf of Mexico and off the shores of northern and southern Alaska, if the Dept. of Interior's proposed plan and draft programmatic environmental impact statement, released Nov. 8, 2011, are accepted as is. A 60-day public comment period ends Jan. 9, 2012.

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TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat: 
Energy & Fuel [18]
Region: 
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [19]
Alaska and Hawaii [20]
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Public [3]
December 9, 2011

EPA and the Economy: Seeing Green? [21]

In this Environmental Law Institute seminar in Washington, DC  (and via teleconference), expert panelists will discuss the economic ramifications of EPA’s regulations, whether regulations create or kill jobs, and recent legislative attempts — such as the REINS Act, the Regulatory Accountability Act of 2011, and the use of the Congressional Review Act — to increase Congressional oversight and restrain EPA action.

Professional Meetings [22]
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Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Laws & Regulations [23]
Environmental Politics [24]
Economy & Business [25]
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National (U.S.) [26]
December 1, 2011

Federal Climate Change Adaptation: Current Efforts, Political Debates, and Future Potential [27]

The Environmental Law Institute invites you to join University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Law professor Victor B. Flatt in Washington, DC (or via teleconference) for a review of what has happened so far in climate change adaptation at the federal level, what legal authority exists for further adaptation policy, and the current political debate surrounding the issue which could affect federal policy making.

Professional Meetings [22]
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Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Laws & Regulations [23]
Environmental Politics [24]
Climate Change [2]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [26]
November 30, 2011

Harnessing NEPA to Manage Cumulative Impacts in the Ocean [28]

This Environmental Law Institute seminar in Washington, DC (and via teleconference) will bring together experts to discuss methods for improving cumulative environmental impacts analysis and utilizing NEPA to enhance ecosystem-based, adaptive management of human activities in the ocean.

Professional Meetings [22]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Water & Oceans [29]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Biodiversity [30]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [26]
November 30, 2011

TSCA Reform Series: Risk Management [31]

This webinar, convened by the Environmental Law Institute, will examine reform of EPA authorities to control the sale, distribution, releases and use of chemicals. Topics to be addressed include: standard of proof; the role of cost/benefit analysis; private firm obligations; approaches to new technologies such as nanotech; and role of downstream users of chemicals.

Professional Meetings [22]
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Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Laws & Regulations [23]
Environmental Health [32]
Chemicals [14]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [26]

"Google Quits Plans To Make Cheap Renewable Energy" [33]

"Google Inc has abandoned an ambitious project to make renewable energy cheaper than coal, the latest target of Chief Executive Larry Page's moves to focus the Internet giant on fewer efforts."

Economy & Business [25]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Reuters [34], 11/23/2011

Trouble in Toyland: "Pointlessly Dangerous Toys, 2011 Edition" [35]

"Toys made with lead and phthalates continue to pose needless risks to U.S. children, according to the annual "Trouble in Toyland" report from U.S. PIRG.  Its findings are worth keeping in mind this holiday season as you shop or unwrap gifts for your kids -- especially for the babies and toddlers most as risk."

Jeff Gelles reports for the Philadelphia Inquirer November 22, 2011. [36]

Environmental Health [32]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer [36], 11/23/2011

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