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August 2015

Congress

• Senate confirms nominees to two DOE posts

​Energy

• Administration releases final carbon rules for Clean Power Plan
• DOI approves drilling for oil in Chukchi Sea

​Federal Agencies & Administration

• Administration announces nominations for DOE and NSF posts​

​Natural Resources

• Report: USFS spending more than half of its budget to fight wildfires
• Senators urge Congress to reform budgeting for wildfire suppression
• Court affirms decision to strike down SEC conflict mineral rule

​Federal Register

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Monthly Review prepared by: Maeve Boland, Geoscience Policy Director; Abby Seadler, Geoscience Policy Associate; Meg Gilley, Geoscience Policy Associate.

 

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Compiled September 3, 2015