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Budget

• Budget update for October

Energy

• Keystone XL southern portion opening in November
• Hearing on the Transboundary Hydrocarbon Agreement
• U.S. is largest oil producer in 2013
• Tax code overhaul could spell bad news for oil and gas

Environment

• Supreme Court to review GHG rule

Federal Agencies & Administration

• EPA to hold meetings around the nation to discuss reducing GHG emissions
• NSF grants fund new ocean observation center

Government Shutdown

• Smithsonian T-Rex reveal delayed by shutdown
• Hearing on The National Park Service’s Implementation of the shutdown
• Hearings postponed due to government shutdown 

Natural Hazards

• Program to buy back hurricane-damaged and at-risk homes 

Natural Resources

• House hearing on impacts of regulations on US mining
• President signs helium bill
• Murkowski, Wyden introduce bipartisan critical minerals bill
• New U.S.-Russia international park sparks concerns

Research & Education

• Congress takes up America COMPETES Act

Space

• NASA gearing up for November MAVEN launch 

Water

• Court rules against EPA on agricultural stormwater case

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 November 4, 2013.