Regulation Database - Office of Science and Technology Policy

Reports on climate change

• Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States (2009)

• Scientific Assessment of Hypoxia in U.S. Coastal Waters (September 2010)

• Air Quality Observation Systems in the United States (November 2013)

• Improving the Fuel Efficiency of American Trucks - Bolstering energy Security, Cutting Carbon Pollution, Saving Money and Supporting Manufacturing Innovation (February 2014)

• Solar Progress Report: Advancing Toward a Clean Energy Future (May 2014)

• National Plan for Civil Earth Observations (July 2014)

• National Science and Technology Council, Ecosystem-Service Assessment: Research Needs for Coastal Green Infrastructure (August 2015)

• Global Change Research Program, Our Changing Planet (October 2015)

• The State and Future of U.S. Soils: Framework for a Federal Strategic Plan for Soil Science (December 2016)

• National Science and Technology Council, Arctic Research Plan: FY 2017-2021 (December 2016)

• National Science and Technology Council, Fourth Report on Federally Funded Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Activities (December 20, 2016)

• Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee Biennial Report 2016-2017 (March 2018)

• Space Weather Phase 1 Benchmarks (June 2018)

• Science and Technology for America’s Oceans: A Decadal VIsion (November 2018)

• Coordinated Strategic Plan to Advance Desalination for Enhanced Water Security (March 2019)

• Ocean Policy Committee, Summary of the 2019 White House Summit on Partnerships in Ocean Science & Technology (November 2019)

• Fast Track Action Committee on Earth System Predictability Research and Development, Earth System Predictability Research and Development Strategic Framework and Roadmap (October 2020)

Office Plans

• National Science and Technology Council, Arctic Research Plan: FY 2013-2017 (February 2013)

• The President’s Climate Action Plan (June 2013)

• The Open Government Partnership: Third Open Government National Action Plan for the United States of America (October 27, 2015)

Office Announcements and Fact Sheets

• President Obama Announces National Fuel Efficiency Policy (May 19, 2009)

• Fact Sheet: Homestar Energy Efficiency Retrofit Program (March 2, 2010)

• Federal Agencies Release Energy and Sustainability Performance Updates (May 31, 2013)

• Presidential Memorandum, Transforming our Nation’s Electric Grid Through Improved Siting, Permitting, and Review (Jun 7, 2013)

• The President’s Budget FY 2016, Investing in Coal Communities, Workers, and Technology: The POWER+ Plan (2015)

• Fact Sheet: Obama Administration Announces Clean Energy Savings for All Americans Initiative (July 19, 2016)

• Fact Sheet: Obama Administration Announces Federal and Private Sector Actions to Accelerate Electric Vehicle Adoption in the United States (July 21, 2016)

• Fact Sheet: President Obama to Create the World’s Largest Marine Protected Area (August 26, 2016)

• Remarks by the President to Leaders from the Pacific Island Conference of Leaders and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature World Conservation Congress (september 1, 2016)

• Fact Sheet: President Obama to Continue Global Leadership in Combatting Climate Change and Protecting Our Ocean by Creating the First Marine National Monument in the Atlantic Ocean (September 15, 2016)

• Fact Sheet:  Launching New Public-Private Partnership and Announcing Joint Declaration on Leveraging Open Data for Climate Resilience (September 22, 2016)

• Fact Sheet: Tackling Climate through Sports (October 6, 2016)