SEJ's 24th Annual Conference Agenda — Thursday
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Agenda for SEJ's 24th Annual Conference
SEJ's New Orleans conference continues Friday with concurrent sessions, keynote address by Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, and beat dinners. Walk-ins on site are welcome all week — don't miss this opportunity to bolster your career. There are some great things happening with the agenda: concurrent sessions on all topics environmental, loads more. Check out the agenda to see it all!
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Leaked NSA Report Reveals Australia-US Spying During Bali Conference
"Australia and the US used the 2007 United Nations climate change conference in Bali to carry out a joint surveillance operation on Indonesia, according to reports."
Source: Australian ABC, 11/04/2013
What’s Coming in Energy? Veteran Reporters Look Ahead
What big energy issues will emerge on the reporting agenda for the year to come? To find out, the SEJ convened a panel of top-flight environmental journalists at the Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington D.C. Jan. 25, 2013.
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"As Rats Persist, Transit Agency Hopes to Curb Their Births"
"They have thwarted the poisons. They have evaded the traps."
Source: NY Times, 03/12/2013
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"Rio+20 Ends With Weak Text, Emboldened Observers"
"Global leaders ended a U.N. development summit on Friday with what was widely considered a lackluster agreement, leaving many attendees convinced that individuals and companies, rather than governments, must lead efforts to improve the environment."
Source: Reuters, 06/25/2012
"Rio Summit: Little Progress, 20 Years On"
"On the final day of the UN sustainable development summit in Rio, UN chief Ban Ki-moon has urged governments to eliminate hunger from the world."
Source: BBC, 06/22/2012
"Warnings Resound as World Leaders Gather at Rio+20"
"RIO de JANEIRO -- More than 100 heads of state and government [Wednesday] gathered in Rio de Janeiro for the start of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20. The summit seeks to shape new policies to promote global prosperity, reduce poverty and advance social equity and environmental protection in the face of warnings that the ecological basis of life is coming undone."
Source: ENS, 06/21/2012
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