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Sunday, October 21, 2012
Interior Dept. creates climate change committee
The Obama administration is creating an advisory committee on climate
change to advise the federal government on future operations. The Interior Department announced the new bureaucracy in a recent
federal registry notice along with a call for nominations by Nov. 19 to
seat the 25-member board. The notice specifically states membership will be comprised of state
and local government employees, non-governmental organizations, Native
American tribes, academia, individual landowners and business interests. “In addition, the committee may include scientific experts, and will
include rotating representation from one or more of the institutions
that host the (Interior Department) Climate Science Centers,” the notice
said. The climate centers were created to provide scientific information to
help land, water, wildlife and cultural resource managers to monitor
and adapt to climate change on regional and local levels. The National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center will serve
the scientific needs of managers of fish, wildlife, habitats, and
ecosystems as they plan for a changing climate...more
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