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February 2014

Budget

• February budget update

Congress

• Landrieu assumes ENR Chair as Baucus is confirmed
• Rep. Rush Holt retiring
• Rep. Doc Hastings, House Natural Resources Chairman, to retire

Energy

• House aims to hasten LNG permits
• State Department releases final Keystone XL impact statement
• EPA guidance released on diesel use in fracking

Environment

• Senate addresses chemical spill and water contamination in WV
• Administration teams with France on climate change
• U.S. and India attempt to come to a climate change agreement
• EPA reviews nuclear radiation limits; NRC reviews nuclear waste storage

Federal Agencies & Administration

• Sec. Kerry and Administration ramp up climate rhetoric
• New U.S. Special Representative for the Arctic Region

Natural Hazards

• President hopes to create new climate change resilience fund
• Senate investigates federal role in mitigating extreme weather

Space

• NASA looks to industry to secure Moon's resources

Water

• California drought catalyst for federal action

Federal Register

Monthly Review prepared by: Maeve Boland, Geoscience Policy Director; Abby Seadler, Geoscience Policy Associate; and Scott Miller, AGI/AAPG Spring Intern.

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Compiled March 6, 2014