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December 2014
- Senate committee holds hearing on bipartisan climate bill
- Senate passes public lands bill with defense authorization
- Obama prohibits oil and gas development in Bristol Bay
- New York bans hydraulic fracturing; Maryland reinstates it
- Lima climate negotiations create road map for 2015 Paris negotiations
- NOAA releases annual Arctic report card
Federal Agencies & Administration
- Senate confirms energy nominees
- Interior Secretary names new director of Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
- Department of the Interior announces updated sceintific integrity policy
- LA mayor proposed seismic retrofit for riskiest buildings
- Joint SR 530 Landslide Commission releases final report on Oso Landslide
- New data measure water losses across the Western U.S.
- Draft World Ocean Assessment available for review
Monthly Review prepared by: Maeve Boland, Geoscience Policy Director; Abby Seadler, Geoscience Policy Associate; Meg Gilley, Geoscience Policy Associate; and Peri Sasnett, AGI/AAPG Fall Intern.
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Compiled January 7, 2015