Open AccessMyers pledges unbiased research at USGS
Author(s) -
Zielinski Sarah
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2006eo310003
Subject(s) - geologist , geological survey , agency (philosophy) , petroleum , natural gas , petroleum industry , management , fossil fuel , library science , geology , engineering , sociology , geophysics , computer science , economics , paleontology , social science , waste management
Mark Myers, who has been nominated to be the next director of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), pledged to keep the agency's research unbiased and objective, at his 20 July confirmation hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Myers has split his career between the petroleum industry and working for the state of Alaska, where he has served as director of the Division of Oil and Gas, and, most recently, discistate geologist and director of the Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys.