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Budget

• Budget update for August

Congress

• Science Committee Chairman subpoenas EPA air data

Energy

• Senator Murkowski releases white paper on liquefied natural gas exports

Environment

• New USGS report shows public supply well vulnerabilities
• New study suggests warming patterns could cause sea level to rise 30-feet
• 1987 Montreal Protocol helped soften climate change, study says

Federal Agencies & Administration

• France Córdova nominated as NSF Director
• Kathryn Sullivan nominated as NOAA Administrator
• National Scenic Trails included on US topo maps
• USGS using "crowdsourcing" to map features of Colorado
• USGS awards State Geologists grant to help preserve data

Natural Hazards

• Floodplain mapping should include climate variation, group says
• Report by National Academies identifies potential of induced seismicity in energy technologies

Natural Resources

• Melting Arctic reveals new resources and political struggles

Research & Education

• National Academies assess federal Earth science education and training program

Technology

• Unique "fingerprints" could help carbon capture efforts

Water & Oceans

• New USGS water science strategy factsheet

Federal Register

Monthly Review prepared by: Maeve Boland, Geoscience Policy Director; Abby Seadler, Geoscience Policy Associate; Sophia Ford, AGI/AAPG Fall Intern; and Brittany Huhmann, Clinton Koch, and John Kemper 2013 AGI/AIPG Summer Interns.

Sources: The American Meteorological Society, the Arctic Council, Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Federal Register, the House of Representatives, National Academies Press, National Park Service, Nature Geoscience, Scottish Carbon Capture and Sequestration, Space Policy Online, Union of Concerned Scientists, United Nations Environment Program, United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Government Printing Office, U.S. Senate, the White House

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Compiled September 9, 2013