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June 2014

Budget

• Senate Commerce, Justice, and Science appropriations bill easily passes committee

​Congress

• House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources holds hearing on energy innovation and jobs
• House holds hearing to discuss natural gas pipeline approval process
• House committee approves new standards for EPA air quality permits

​Energy

• Environmental Protection Agency announces plan to cut carbon emissions
• Senate questions NRC officials over post-Fukushima safety recommendations
• House subcommittee passes Energy and Water Appropriations bill with bipartisan support

​Environment

• Senate committee investigates funding issues for EPA Superfund program

​Federal Agencies & Administration

• President Obama proposes world's largest marine sanctuary in South Pacific
• USGS nominee clears Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

​Natural Hazards

• House committee examines earthquake early warning system
• NASA widens 2014 research mission to study hurricanes and tropical storms
• Colorado Senator Mark Udall calls for USGS funding to prevent natural disasters

​Space

• NASA plans mission to redirect asteroid for study
• House hearing on the future of human space exploration and the path to Mars

​Water

• Proposed changes to Clean Water Act spark controversy
• Secretary Jewell speaks at Capitol Hill Ocean Week

​Federal Register

 

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Monthly Review prepared by: Maeve Boland, Geoscience Policy Director; Abby Seadler, Geoscience Policy Associate; Meg Gilley, Geoscience Policy Associate; Eliana Perlmutter, AGI/AIPG Summer Intern; Zack Schagrin, AGI/AIPG Summer Intern; and Lily Strelich, AGI/AIPG Summer Intern.

 

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Compiled July 8, 2014