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The Professional Geologist Geopolicy Articles
(reprinted with permission)

The following articles were written by AGI Government Affairs Program staff and AIPG/AGI interns and appeared in The Professional Geologist magazine. They are reprinted here with permission.

AGI/AIPG Intern Articles in the January/February 2010 issue of TPG
- Will Nuclear Power Grow in a Low Carbon Economy?
- Policymakers Making Waves About Ocean Acidification
- Carbon Capture and Sequestration: The Preferred Solution of Policy Makers
AGI/AIPG Intern Articles in the November/Decenber 2008 issue of TPG
- Climate Change Legislation: Coming Soon?
- A Resurrection for Buried Heat: The Potential of Geothermal Energy in the United States' Energy Portfolio
- Looking Forward in the Domestic Drilling Debate: What Direction Should Policy Take on Offshore Drilling
AGI/AIPG Intern Articles in the January / February 2008 issue of TPG
- Independent Review of the U.S. Army Corps of
  Engineers: How Oversight May Help the Flow
- Carbon Capture and Storage: Congress Calls on
  Geoscientists to Lead the Way
- Earth Science Education: Left Behind and
  Looking for Advocates
AGI/AIPG Intern Articles in the November 2006 issue of TPG
- Facing Energy Demands and Rising Costs, Policymakers Consider Nuclear Options
- American Competitiveness: A Focal Point for Cooperation between Industry and Academia
- Is Carbon Dioxide a Pollutant?
AGI/AIPG Intern Articles in the November 2005 issue of TPG
- The Future of the U. S. Geological Survey as the Agency Changes Directors
- Energy Policy Act Fails to Address Peak Oil
- Where to Put Liquefied Natural Gas
AGI/AIPG Intern Articles in the November 2004 issue of TPG
- Earth Science and Congress: An Inseparable Duo
- Pining over Defining Refining in a Doomed Generation of Regulations: Refining Capacity is One Tricky Business!!!
AGI/AIPG Intern Articles in the November 2003 issue of TPG
- High Energy Cost Sparks Congressional Interest
- In Search of Certainty: The Hardrock Mining Industry Presses for National Mining Policy
- How Far Upstream? Interests, Science, and the Reach of the Clean Water Act
AGI/AIPG Intern Articles in the November 2002 issue of TPG

President's Budget Request Recommends Reduced Funding for USGS (5/02)
Congress Slashes Science Education Funding (3/02)
New Limits Established for Arsenic in Drinking Water (1/02)
AGI/AIPG Intern Articles in the November 2001 issue of TPG

Coalbed Methane is Becoming a Hot Topic (11/01)
Proposed National Energy Policy (8/01)
The President's Budget Decreases Target Science Programs (6/01)
The New Look of Leadership in the Nation's Capitol (4/01)
Senate Energy Committee Addresses Increases in Natural Gas Prices (3/01)
AGI/AIPG Intern Articles in the November 2000 issue of TPG

Congress Revisits the Asbestos Issue (11/00)
Interior Releases Fossil Report (10/00)
Congress Contemplates Yucca Mountain Once Again (7/00)
Conflict Over The Forest Service Proposed Roadless Plan (5/00)
The General Mining Law of 1872 Perpetually Revisited -- But Still Intact (3/00)
The Age of Rocks Versus the Rock of Ages (1/00)
The Continuing Saga of the National Institute for the Environment (11/99)
AGI/AIPG Intern Articles in the October 1999 issue of TPG

The Quest for a Uniform Federal Policy on Fossil Collecting (9/99)
Current Status of Earthquake Hazard Reduction Legislation (6/99)
Diminishing Financial Resources for the Nation's Streamgaging Network (4/99)
A Quest for Intergovernmental Cooperation Within the Domain of Geographic Data (2/99)
The Many Facets of Global Climate Change (12/98)
Contradictions Reign Over Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve (10/98)
AGI/AIPG Intern Articles in the October 1998 issue of TPG

The Professional Practice Standards Affair (8/98)
The Endangered Species Act: A Double-Edged Sword (6/98)
The Continuing Saga of Superfund (4/98)
New Rules for Activities on the Outer Continental Shelf (2/98)
Drawdown of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve(12/97)
Revival of the National Geologic Mapping Act (10/97)
Congress Accuses the Administration of Huge Missteps on the Grand Staircase (6/97)
GPRA: Congress Expands Control Over the Executive Branch (4/97)
Posthumous Review of US Bureau of Mines One Year Later (2/97)

(Maintained by Linda Rowan, Director of Government Affairs)

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Last revised on January 11, 2010.

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The Professional Geologist Geopolicy Articles (reprinted with permission)

The Professional Geologist Geopolicy Articles
(reprinted with permission)