Geotimes "Political Scene" columns (by David Applegate unless noted otherwise)

• New Congress, New Faces (2/03)
• New Congress Faces Same Issues (1/03)
• A Year in the Sausage Factory (by AGI 2001-2002 Congressional Science Fellow David Curtiss; 12/02)
• Homeland Security, Broadly Defined (11/02)
• The Time Has Come for a USGS Coalition (10/02)
• Federal Law Misused in Ohio Education Debate (9/02)
  
• Climate Policy That Makes a Difference (by AGI 2001-2002 Congressional Science Fellow David Curtiss; 8/02)
• Energy Policy at the Crossroads (6/02)
• Becoming a Standard-Bearer (by AGI 2001-2002 Congressional Science Fellow David Curtiss; 5/02)
• Turning a Request into Reality (4/02)
• Taking Aim at a Defense Budget (w/ Margaret Baker; 3/02)
• Anthrax in the House (by AGI 2000-2001 Congressional Science Fellow Katy Makeig; 2/02)
• A Decade in the Game: AGI's Government Affairs Program (1/02)
• A Fellow's Welcome to Washington (by AGI 2001-2002 Congressional Science Fellow David Curtiss; 12/01)
• Run for Office! (11/01)
• Reviving the Office of Technology Assessment (by AGI 2000-2001 Congressional Science Fellow Katy Makeig; 10/01)
• Monkey Business (9/01)
• Crossing Geopolitical Borders (8/01)
• Energy and Responsibility: The Buck Stops Here (by AGI 2000-2001 Congressional Science Fellow Katy Makeig; 7/01)
• Science Fares Poorly in Campaign Budget (6/01)
• Climate Policy Needs a New Approach (5/01)
• Making the Investment (by Margaret Baker, AGI Government Affairs Program; 4/01)
• Confronting Natural Disasters (3/01)
• The Road Ahead (02/01)
• Scientist as Policy-Maker (by AGI 2000-2001 Congressional Science Fellow Katy Makeig; 1/01)
• Science Policy to Your Door (by AGI 1998-1999 Congressional Science Fellow David Wunsch; 12/00)
• High Prices at the Pump? It's Time to Talk Energy Policy (11/00)
• What Johnny Really Needs to Know: A View From the Hill (by AGI 1999-2000 Congressional Science Fellow Eileen McLellan; 10/00)
• Congress Rethinks Science Education Policy (9/00)
• Sustaining the Conversation (by AGI 1999-2000 Congressional Science Fellow Eileen McLellan; 8/00)
• Creationists Open a New Front (7/00)
• Go Tell It On The Hill (6/00)
• Troubled Waters (by AGI 1999-2000 Congressional Science Fellow Eileen McLellan; 5/00)
• Reflections on the President's Budget Request (4/00)
• Gone Fishing (by AGI 1999-2000 Congressional Science Fellow Eileen McLellan; 3/00)
• AGI Statement on Global Climate Change (2/00)
• The Two Cultures (by AGI 1999-2000 Congressional Science Fellow Eileen McLellan; 1/00)
• Test Ban Tumult Worth the Effort (12/99)
• Geoscientists in a Changing World: Where Do We Stand? (by AGI 1998-99 Congressional Science Fellow David Wunsch; 11/99)
• The Political Lessons of Kansas (10/99)
• Farewell to Congressman Brown (9/99)
• Freedom of Information: Too Much of a Good Thing? (8/99)
• Geologic Disposal in Political Time (7/99)
• Does SPR Spell Relief for the Domestic Oil Industry? (by AGI 1998-99 Congressional Science Fellow David Wunsch; 6/99)
• Making Environmental Science Policy at NSF (5/99)
• The President's Budget Request for the Geosciences (4/99)
• Senators Debate Response to Oil Crisis (3/99)
• Are the Geosciences Keeping Up? (2/99)
• A Fellow on the Hill (by AGI 1998-99 Congressional Science Fellow David Wunsch; 1/99)
• A Look Back at the 105th Congress (12/98)
• A Science Policy for the Next 50 Years? (11/98)
• Education Policy Begins at Home (10/98)
• Lobbying and the Geoscience Community (9/98)
• The Case for a Natural Hazards Caucus (8/98)
• Anticipating the Issue Cycle: Oil estimates and ANWR (7/98)
• NSF Says No to Institute for the Environment (6/98)
• ASTEROID IMPACT! NUCLEAR TEST! Why We Need Open Discourse and Data Access (5/98)
• A Smoking Gun for Science? The President's Budget Request (4/98)
• Congress Looks to a Limited Slate of Issues for 1998 (3/98)
• Scientific Consensus and Political Controversy (2/98)
• The Great Global El Nino Ozone Warming Debate (1/98)
• Where Are The Declining Science Budgets? (12/97)
• Congressional Fellows: Scientists in a Strange Land (11/97)
• Interns Find Washington Eye-opening (10/97)
• NASA's Geology Lesson on Mars (9/97)
• National Parks: Geology Matters (8/97)
• Yucca Mountain: No Light At Tunnel's End? (7/97)
• Scientific Databases Caught In Copyright Web (6/97)
• Federal Lands and the Geosciences (5/97)
• Geoscience in the President's Budget Request (4/97)
• New Leadership in Washington (3/97)
• Carl Sagan's Legacy (2/97)
• Progress on WIPP (1/97)
• Last Impressions of the 104th Congress (12/96)
• Geoscience and Natural Hazards Policy: Bridging the Gap (11/96)
• AGI Workshop Examines Geoscience Data Preservation (10/96)
• Reauthorization of Environmental Legislation Stalls (9/96)
• Public Lands, Public Fossils (by Larry Flynn; 8/96)
• AGI Report Addresses USGS/NBS Merger (7/96)
• Progress on Geologic Mapping Act (6/96)
• Fiscal Year 1997 Budget Plan Unveiled (5/96)
• Establishing a National Institute for the Environment (4/96)
• Following the Budget Process (3/96)
• White House, Congress Rethink National Earthquake Strategy (2/96)
• USGS Abolition Threat Gets Second Wind (1/96)
• Reauthorizing the National Geologic Mapping Act (12/95)
• Mining Law Reform and Congress (9/95)

Geotimes Policy-Related News Notes

• Geologic Mapping Takes Congressional Stage (9/99)
• Geoscientists Active on Capitol Hill (7/99)
• Common Ground on Climate Change? (5/99)
• AGU Tackles Climate Change (4/99)
• Yucca Mountain Still a Go (3/99)
• A Role for Carbon Sinks (2/99)
• Researchers Look Ahead (1/99)
• Diversity in the Science Work Force (12/98)
• More Efforts To Boost Funding (10/98)
• Disaster Warnings in Real Time (9/98)
• National Ocean Conference (8/98)
• Polar Research Becomes A Hot Topic (7/98)
• Blame It On El Nino (6/98)
• Congressional Visits Day (5/98)
• Agreement Reached in Kyoto (3/98)
• Report on AGI/NRC International Geociences Forum (2/98)
• Efforts Underway to Double Federal Science Investment (1/98)
• Safeguarding America's Oceans (11/97)
• The Road to Kyoto (10/97)
• Report on Oceans and Security Conference (8/97)

The Professional Geologist Government Affairs Report (reprinted with permission)

• AGI/AIPG Intern Articles in the November 2002 issue of TPG
  • DOE's Accelerated Cleanup Initiative: More Than Just a Quick Fix?
  • Finding a Role for Science in Homeland Security
  • Energy from Federal Lands: Opening Up For Business
• Yucca Mountain Waste Repository Moves Forward (10/02)
• 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
• Brownfields Legislation: Making the Grass Greener on the Other Side
• Improving Science at the Environmental Protection Agency
• The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Heats Up
• 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
• Total Maximum Daily Loads: Sink or Swim?
• The Outer Continental Shelf: Awash in a Sea of Controversy
• Washington Responds to High Energy Prices
• 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
• Congress Addresses Public Land Sovereignty Issues
• Crown Jewel Crisis Renews Mining Reform Debate
• Reforming Superfund: An Ongoing Effort
• 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
• Commission Recommends Shift in Western Water Policy
• Mitigation Banking and the Clean Water Act
• Royalty Valuation: A Royal Pain for All
• 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)

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Last revised on February 3, 2003

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