Federal Disaster Assistance - Are We Weather-Ready?

Mammatus clouds that are usually associated with thunderstorms.

Witnessess
Kathryn D. Sullivan
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Environmental Observation and Prediction, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
James Rivera
Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Disaster Assistance, U.S. Small Business Administration
David C. Trimble

H.R. 2512 and H.R. 3479

Witnesses
John Anderson
Seismological Society of America
John Ebel
Director, Weston Observatory, Boston College
Mike Pool
Deputy Director, Bureau of Reclamation
Accompanied by
David Applegate
Associate Director of Natural Hazards, United States Geological Survey

Stemming the Tide: The U.S. Response to Tsunami Generated Marine Debris

Witnesses:
David Kennedy
Assistant Administrator, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association
Cari Thomas
Director of Response Policy, United States Coast Guard

Induced Seismicity Potential in Energy Technologies

Witnesses:
Murray Hitzman
Chairman, Committee on Induced Seismicity Potential in Energy Technologies, National Research Council
Professor of Economic Geology, Colorado School of Mines
Bill Leith
Senior Science Advisor for Earthquake & Geologic Hazards, U.S. Geological Survey
Susan Petty

Drought Forecasting, Monitoring, and Decision-making: A Review of the National Integrated Drought Information System

Witnesses:
Roger Pulwarty
Director, National Integrated Drought Information System, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association
J.D. Strong
Executive Director, Oklahoma Water Resources Board
James Famiglietti
Professor and Director, Earth Systems Science, University of California-Irvine

Induced Seismicity Potential in Energy Technologies

Witnesses:
Murray Hitzman
Chairman, Committee on Induced Seismicity Potential in Energy Technologies, National Research Council
Professor of Economic Geology, Colorado School of Mines
Bill Leith
Senior Science Advisor for Earthquake & Geologic Hazards, U.S. Geological Survey
Susan Petty
President and Chief Technology Officer, Altarock Energy, Inc.
Mark Zoback
Professor of Geophysics, Stanford University

House discusses earthquake science on 50th anniversary of the Great Alaska Earthquake

On March 27, the House Natural Resources Committee’s Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee held an oversight hearing titled “Advances in Earthquake Science: 50th Anniversary of the Great Alaskan Quake.”

Congress passes bill to abolish BW-12 provisions

This month the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 (H.R. 3370) passed the U.S. House of Representatives 306-91 and the Senate 72-22. H.R. 3370 abolishes certain provisions of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 (BW-12).

USGS attributes Oklahoma earthquakes to induced seismicity

On March 7, the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Journal of Geophysical Research published a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) sponsored study on the relationship between a November 2011 magnitude-5.0 earthquake and successive aftershocks along the Wilzetta fault in Oklahoma.

Former Peace Corps Volunteer and Geoscientist Welcomed as New Geoscience Communication Fellow

The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) and Schlumberger welcome former Peace Corps volunteer and geoscientist, Stephanie Tubman as the AGI/Schlumberger Geoscience Communication Fellow.

American Geosciences Institute

natural hazards

Federal Disaster Assistance - Are We Weather-Ready?

H.R. 2512 and H.R. 3479

Stemming the Tide: The U.S. Response to Tsunami Generated Marine Debris

Induced Seismicity Potential in Energy Technologies

Drought Forecasting, Monitoring, and Decision-making: A Review of the National Integrated Drought Information System

Induced Seismicity Potential in Energy Technologies

House discusses earthquake science on 50th anniversary of the Great Alaska Earthquake

Congress passes bill to abolish BW-12 provisions

USGS attributes Oklahoma earthquakes to induced seismicity

Former Peace Corps Volunteer and Geoscientist Welcomed as New Geoscience Communication Fellow

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