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May 2014

Budget

• House passes FY 2015 science appropriations bill

​Congress

• Senate confirms Schneider as Interior Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management
• USGS nominee testifies before Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
• House Science, Space, and Technology Committee approves FIRST Act
• Keystone XL vote hits roadblock in Senate

​Energy

• Senate hearing examines winter propane shortages
• EPA requests comments on disclosure of fracking chemicals
• Hearing on energy needs in Asia: the U.S. liquified natural gas option 
• Senate passes legislation to prevent propane shortages
• Department of Energy round table discusses methane emissions
• Supreme Court will not review Department of the Interior coal-export fee
• Geoscience-Energy Consortium holds briefing on the importance of geoscience in oil and gas development

​Environment

• USGCRP releases National Climate Assessment
• House Science, Space, and Technology Committee examines IPCC report process

​Federal Agencies & Administration

• USFS requests comments on proposed policy for groundwater resources management on National Forest Lands
• Obama announces pick for NOAA chief scientist
• NIOSH to assess workplace hazards associated with hydraulic fracturing

​Natural Hazards

• USGS report: Record number of earthquakes recorded in Oklahoma

​Natural Resources

• SEC moves forward with implementation of conflict minerals rule despite legal challenges

​Space

• Japan launches new satellite to survey disasters

​Water

• DOE report: U.S. has potential to double hydropower capacity

​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 June 9, 2014