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June 2016
- Senate committee hears testimony on wildfire budgeting and management draft
- Senate committee passes COMPETES successor
- Hearing highlights implications of Supreme Court stay of the Clean Power Plan
- CHOW 2016 includes a panel on changing offshore energy portfolios
- U.S. and China embark on a R2ZE
- Hearing highlights the status of research on new energy technologies
- Council of Economic Advisers releases report on coal leasing on federal lands
- U.S. District court rejects BLM authority to regulate fracking on public and tribal lands
- Committee questions science and accountability at EPA
- President Obama celebrates 100th anniversary of NPS
Federal Agencies & Administration
- Women chosen to lead National Science Board
- Córdova reveals nine big ideas for the National Science Foundation
- Proposed BLM planning rule faces criticism in Senate
- House approves bill to reform NSF facilities management
- White House press release on Obama and Holdren's science legacy
- NOAA experts give monthly update on U.S. and global climate conditions
- Encouraging private sector partnerships with NOAA in weather forecasting
- Senate CST Committee passes Coastal Coordination Act of 2016
- Briefing underscores importance of earth science data in decision making
- National Academies Roundtable holds forum and workshop on community resilience
- CBO reports cost of Senate Water Resources Development Act
- Hearing to address contentious tribal water rights issues
Monthly Review prepared by: Maeve Boland, Geoscience Policy Director; Abby Seadler, Geoscience Policy Manager; 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 July 12, 2016