FERC proposed to direct transmission providers to submit one-time informational reports describing their current or planned policies and processes for conducting extreme weather vulnerability assessments under the Federal Power Act. 

The National Institute of Standards and Technology established the Low Carbon Cements and Concretes Consortium to bring together stakeholders to identify and address standards needs related to low carbon cements and concretes used to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. 

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission seeks comment to better inform its understanding and oversight of climate-related financial risk as pertinent to the derivatives markets and underlying commodities markets. 

FWS proposed to revise regulations concerning experimental populations of endangered species and threatened species under the ESA by removing language that generally restricts the introduction of experimental populations to only the species' historical range to allow for the introduction of populations into habitats outside their historical range for conservation purposes. 

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office implemented the Climate Change Mitigation Pilot Program, which is designed to accelerate the examination of patent applications for innovations that reduce greenhouse gas emissions.