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October 2014
- State Department announces priorities for Arctic Council chairmanship
- Weak El Niño conditions likely to develop for winter 2013-14
- NASA begins sixth year of flights studying polar ice changes
- Pentagon report warns of climate change threats to national security
Federal Agencies & Administration
- GAO critical of interagency reponse to ocean acidification
- House Democrats urge BLM to take action on illegal drilling
- Gimbel to lead Water and Science office
- NASA to test unmanned aerial systems for wildfire detection
- Scientists and policymakers continue efforts to study and prepare for earthquakes
- U.S. Forest Service study will examine wildfire effects on watersheds
- White House introduces new plan to protect federal lands from climate change
- House passes bill to approve KXL and increase domestic energy production
- Alaska commision asks that resource development be priority for Arctic Council
- UK opens space weather forecasting center
- President Obama announces nominee for NASA deputy administrator
Monthly Review prepared by: Maeve Boland, Geoscience Policy Director; Abby Seadler, Geoscience Policy Associate; Meg Gilley, Geoscience Policy Associate; and Lily Strelich, AGI/AIPG Intern; Peri Sasnett, AGI/AAPG Intern.
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Compiled November 4, 2014