On December 12, the Senate passed a group of public lands bills as part of the 2015 defense authorization that include expansions of wilderness and park lands as well as changes to energy, mining, and logging policy on public lands.
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing on December 2 to assess a bipartisan climate bill that would lower emissions of short-lived climate pollutants.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti released a report on December 8 that proposes new, stricter building codes aimed at the structures mostly likely to collapse in an earthquake.
House Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
November 19, 2014
Witnesses
Dr. Charles Mandeville
Volcano Hazards Program Coordinator, U.S. Geological Survey
Mr. Tom Drean
Director and State Geologist, Wyoming State Geological Survey
Mr. Gordon Ito
Insurance Commissioner, State of Hawaii
Dr. Shanaka de Silva
Professor of Geology and Geophysics, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University
Mr. Darryl Oliviera
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Midterm congressional elections took place on Tuesday, November 4, resulting in a number of committee leadership changes for both Democrats and Republicans.
In a press conference held on November 14 to discuss their climate adaptation plan, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (the Corps) discussed the possibility of an agency-wide shift toward holistic watershed management.