A list of notices from the federal register for February 2014 from agencies including the Department of the Interior, EPA, FEMA, USGS and more.

Changes caused by the February 6 confirmation of Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) as the next U.S. Ambassador to China rippled through Capitol Hill.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) claims diminished precipitation levels over the past three years could be the worst in California’s one-hundred-year recorded history. The drought has prompted legislative action from federal sources.

Following the passage of the bipartisan omnibus budget agreement in January, goodwill continued to permeate Capitol Hill as Democrats and Republicans in both chambers passed a clean bill to raise the debt ceiling until March 2015.

This month, NASA is requesting applications from private commercial spaceflight industries to partner with them in developing technologies capable of delivering cargo to the Moon.

On February 12, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held a hearing on "Extreme Weather Events: The Costs of Not Being Prepared."

This February the President pitched a new climate change resilience fund to help communities across the country react to the impacts of climate change.

Secretary of State John Kerry announced this month that the U.S. will appoint an Envoy to the Arctic. The new position comes at the request of Alaskan lawmakers like Senator Mark Begich (D-AK) who argue that an official ambassador is necessary for the U.S. to remain competitive in the region.

The Obama Administration is strengthening its message on global climate change. In a series of speeches this February, Secretary of State John Kerry called upon the global community to do what they could to immediately reduce the impacts of climate change.

Notable senior officials including Indian Ambassador to the United States S. Jaishankar and National Security Advisor to President Obama, Susan Rice, among other industry leaders, environmental activists and government officials attended a sponsored U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue to facilitate cooperation on greenhouse gas (GHG) emission standards between the two nations.