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August 2016

​Energy

• Senator introduces bill to promote energy research and cut wind tax credits

Environment

• Interior Department recommends states move away from self-bonding

​Federal Agencies & Administration

• President Obama appoints new official to Arctic post 
• Thirteen states sue over methane rule
• BLM, industry, and interest groups spar over public land lease sales
• EPA Science Advisory Board concerned over hydraulic fracturing conclusions
• Happy 100th Birthday to the National Park Service!

Natural Hazards

• NOAA launches new computer model for flood forecasting
• Wildfire funding issue may be solved in energy conference 

Natural Resources

• UNESCO and IUCN issue repost calling for the creation of oceanic World Heritage Sites

​Federal Register

 

 

 

 

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Monthly Review prepared by: Maeve Boland, Geoscience Policy Director; Abby Seadler, Geoscience Policy Manager; Danielle Woodring, Geoscience Policy Associate; Ben Mandler, AGI/Schlumberger Fellow in Geoscience Communication; Meg Freiberger and Franklin Wolfe, AGI/AIPG Geoscience Policy Interns; Liana Agrios AGI/AIPG Critical Issues Intern.

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Compiled September 1, 2016