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April 2016

Budget

• Senate committee passes bill funding NASA, NIST, NSF, NOAA
• House Energy and Water Appropriations bill passes out of committee

Congress

• BLM proposed venting and flaring rule spurs debate in Senate subcommittee hearing
• Senate oversight hearing on USGS
• House committee debates BLM natural gas flaring rule

​Energy

• EESI holds webinar on adaptations to the declining coal industry in coal-reliant communities
• Bipartisan energy bill finally clears the Senate, includes provisions for minerals and data preservation
• New House and Senate bills would advance nuclear energy technology

Environment

• LWCF reauthorization passes the Senate
• New bipartisan climate change caucus

​Federal Agencies & Administration

• Sec. John Kerry signs landmark climate agreement on behalf of U.S.
• FAA reauthorization allows for UAVs to help monitor oil and gas facilities

Space

• Senate commitee considers the Space Weather Research and Forecasting Act

Water

• Senate hopes to pass WRDA to support aging water infrastructure
• AWRA releases second volume of report on flood and drought management in the U.S.

​Federal Register

 

 

 

 

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Monthly Review prepared by: Maeve Boland, Geoscience Policy Director; Abby Seadler, Geoscience Policy Manager; Ben Mandler, AGI/Schlumberger Fellow in Geoscience Communication; Madeline Atkins, AGI/AAPG Geoscience Policy Intern.

 

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Compiled May 5, 2016