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ENVIRONMENT RELATED EVENTS

TUESDAY, JANUARY 6
WASHINGTON - U.S. President George W. Bush will designate
nearly 200,000 square miles (518,000 sq km) of the Pacific ocean
as a protected region, making the areas hands-off for oil
drilling or other extraction procedures. The three areas decided
upon to be included are the Mariana National Monument, Pacific
Remote Islands National Monument, and the Rose Atoll.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 11
PHOENIX, AZ. - 89th meeting of the American Meteorological
Society (to Jan. 15).

TUESDAY, JANUARY 20
BRUSSELS - 4th Annual European Energy Policy Conference (to Oct.
21).

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21
YOSHINOBU LAUNCH COMPLEX, Japan - Japan Aerospace Exploration
Agency (JAXA) to launch H-IIA Vehicle No. 15 (H-IIA F15) with
the greenhouse gases observing satellite "Ibuki" (GOSAT) on
board.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 22
LONDON - 5th Waste Management Finance Forum (to Jan. 23) Link:
here
&site=energy

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9
BRUSSELS - EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW), (to Feb. 13).
Link:www.eusew.eu/

MELBOURNE - Climate and Water in the Southern Hemisphere
Conference (to Feb. 13).

BRUSSELS - European Sustainable Energy Week 2009 (to Feb. 11).

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