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February 2016

Budget

• President Obama releases his final federal budget request

Congress

• House science committee discusses NSF management reform
• "Keep It in the Ground Act" introduced in the House
• Scientific Research in the National Interest bill

​Energy

• Oklahoma hit by magnitude-5.1 earthquake, calls for wastewater disposal cutbacks

Natural Resources

• DOD study finds certain rare earth minerals critical for defense

​Federal Agencies & Administration

• DOE nuclear waste disposal study in North Dakota

Space

• House committee holds hearing on NASA human space exploration

Water

• House committee holds hearing on California water supply

​Federal Register

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Monthly Review prepared by: Maeve Boland, Geoscience Policy Director; Abby Seadler, Geoscience Policy Associate; Madeline Atkins, AGI/AAPG Geoscience Policy Intern.

 

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Compiled March 10, 2016