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December 2013

Budget

• Budget update for December

Congress

• Landrieu expected to assume Senate Energy Chairmanship
• Senate bill to move NOAA to Department of the Interior

Energy

• Senate Finance Committee proposes new reforms to energy tax incentives
• CRS report on energy tax credit

Environment

• USGS develops country-scale temperature and precipitation maps

Federal Agencies & Administration

• National Academies report on impacts of climate change
• DOI plans to reduce energy consumption, use clean energy
• Interior awards $7M for climate science research

Natural Hazards

• Reauthorization of NIDIS
• Weather Forecasting Improvement Act of 2013

Natural Resources

• 2014 NDAA includes critical mineral provisions

Space

• New NASA/JAXA global precipitation satellite

Water

• USDA & EPA partner to support water quality trading

Federal Register

 

 

 

 

 

Monthly Review prepared by: Maeve Boland, Geoscience Policy Director; Abby Seadler, Geoscience Policy Associate; and Sophia Ford, AGI/AAPG Fall Intern.

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Compiled January 11, 2013