Policy Watch Archives

Policy Watch is a monthly column of the EXPLORER written by the director of AAPG's Geoscience and Energy Office in Washington, D.C. *In 2013 Policy Watch became the name for the Washington Watch column.

March 2014

Updated Seismic Data Needed For OCS

The first seismic surveys of the Atlantic Outer Continen...

February 2014

Production Grows – As Do Areas of Concern

Oil and natural gas production continued to grow in the ...

January 2014

Report Shows Need for Data in Health Debate

The recent National Academies’ Institute of Medici...

December 2013

Budget Cuts Threaten Industry Research Effor...

Basic research – the source of innovative technology – h...

November 2013

Confused Over Methane Data? Stand in Line

Over the past two years large variations in the Environm...

October 2013

Self-Compliance Joins 'Best Practices&a...

As shale gas development has boomed over the past decade...

September 2013

President's Climate Plan Begins its Jou...

The president's Climate Action Plan, released June 25, a...

August 2013

Shale Gas Workshops Offering Diverse Views

Starting in 2012 and continuing through this fall, the N...

July 2013

Questions Continue to Center on Gas Potentia...

Natural gas production has mushroomed over the past five...

June 2013

Annual CVD Takes AAPG to Washington

April brought AAPG members to Washington, D.C., for visi...

May 2013

NAS Report Tracks Workforce Issues

The National Academy of Sciences recently released its r...

April 2013

Consensus Still Eludes Emissions Debate

Regulations aimed at reducing carbon emissions are now c...

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