The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee held a hearing examining impacts and changes in the five years since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
The Obama Administration has introduced a Quadrennial Energy Review to address the future of energy transmission, storage, and infrastructure distribution in the U.S.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee and the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee both held hearings on energy efficiency bills working their way through each chamber.
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water passed a bill funding the Department of Energy and the National Nuclear Security Administration for fiscal year 2016 (H.R.2028).
The Monthly Review is part of a continuing effort to improve communications about the role of geoscience in policy.
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