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October 2016

​Energy

• World Energy Council releases 2016 World Energy Resource Report
• Five federal agencies take action to improve water and energy efficiency

Environment

• The current status of the Paris Climate Agreement
• United States and United Kingdom fund research on Thwaites Glacier, Antarctica 

Federal Agencies and Administration

• President Obama hosts Frontiers Conference, opens with $300 million investment in sciences

Natural Hazards

• NSF and NOAA partner to promote weather hazards response

Natural Resources

• BOEM completed post-Hurricane Sandy initiatives

Space

• White House issues executive order addressing space weather
• Smithsonian Air and Space Museum hosts Space Weather panel
• White House highlights small satellite technology innovation and entrepreneurship 

Water

• Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee holds water hearing in Hawaii

​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; Adam Shaw, AGI/AAPG Geoscience Policy Intern.

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Compiled November 4, 2016