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Panelists discuss the challenges climate and anticipated climate change effects will have in the United States and internationally, including in vulnerable populations.

The Subcommittee on Energy and Environment meets to continue oversight on the next-generation Geostationary OperationalEnvironmental Satellite (GOES) program. The Government Accountability Office has been continuing its evaluation of progress made by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration at the request of the Subcommittee, and releases its new report.

Despite NASA's recent minor correction to US temperature data 1998 remains the hottest year on record, followed by 2006 according to the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) who is the officially mandated with keeping such records.