The U.S. Forest Service says a directive on groundwater resource management is an innocuous internal directive. However, critics charge the agency with overstepping its bounds.
science policy
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A Rapid Response Study of the Hercules Gas Well Blowout
Following the 23 July 2013 blowout of a gas production in the Gulf of Mexico owned by Hercules Offshore, scientists established a rapid response study to investigate the environmental effects.
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AGU’s Data Policy: History and Context
Among other changes, papers now should include a concise statement in the acknowledgments telling the reader where core data supporting the paper’s conclusions can be found.
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Earth Observation Plan Focuses on User Needs and Measurements
A new U.S. National Plan for Civil Earth Observations focuses on user needs and defines a framework for constructing a balanced portfolio of Earth observing systems, White House officials said.
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Building International Research Partnerships in the North Atlantic–Arctic Region
An International Planning Workshop for a North Atlantic–Arctic Science Program;
Arlington, Virginia, 14–16 April 2014
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African Science Leaders Convene on Key Challenges
An African science symposium at the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in August focused on environmental protection, climate change, development, health, technology, and other issues.
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Nuclear Waste Disposal: A Cautionary Tale for Shale Gas
The shale gas industry can learn from the controversy over waste disposal that the nuclear energy industry has faced.
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Sentinel Satellites Initiate New Era in Earth Observation
The European Space Agency’s Josef Aschbacher talks with Eos about the new Sentinel fleet of Earth observing satellites.
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Interior Secretary Focuses on Climate Change, Fiscal Concerns
Climate change is “the defining issue of our time,” Department of the Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said during her 18 June keynote address at the AGU Science Policy Conference in Washington, D. C.
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Mass Media Fellow to Report for the Los Angeles Times
Geologist Julia Rosen typically uses strata of ice and dirt to tell stories of the Earth’s past. This summer, she’ll trade those for pen and paper when she works at a newspaper’s science desk.