By David Hutton | Jul 1, 2022
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 recently awarded Fort Dodge, Iowa, a $250,000 grant to clean up the Greenleaf Healthcare facility, a former nursing home rife with contaminants, including asbestos.
By David Hutton | Jul 1, 2022
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack this week announced the next steps in a Biden-Harris administration plan to make sure funds from the president’s Justice40 Initiative are going to the communities that need it most.
By David Hutton | Jun 30, 2022
Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 has presented $400,000 to Council Bluffs, Iowa, for the cleanup of the former Reliance Battery site.
By David Hutton | Jun 30, 2022
Construction is underway on the protective enclosure for the seventh reactor on the Hanford site, meeting another Office of Environmental Management 2022 priority.
By David Hutton | Jun 30, 2022
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced a former Armed Forces of Liberia commanding general is facing charges after allegedly trying to fraudulently attempt to secure citizenship.
By David Hutton | Jun 29, 2022
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington recently announced a former Washington state employment security employee pleaded guilty to three felony counts.
By David Hutton | Jun 29, 2022
A Georgia man and woman have been convicted for a crime spree in which they robbed a bank and tried to escape in a stolen car.
By David Hutton | Jun 26, 2022
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is awarding more than $250 million in brownfield funding to 265 communities across the country, and Paterson will benefit from part of $6.5 million earmarked for New Jersey.
By David Hutton | Jun 25, 2022
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force (FLETF), as part of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), released a strategy June 17 to prevent the importation of products made with forced labor in China.
By David Hutton | Jun 25, 2022
A New York woman is being charged with wire fraud, federal financial aid fraud and aggravated identity theft.
By David Hutton | Jun 25, 2022
In an effort to create support for quality jobs, the U.S. Department of Labor held a Good Jobs Summit in Washington, D.C.
By David Hutton | Jun 25, 2022
The Environment Protection Agency (EPA) recently marked National Pollinator Week, and Administrator Michael Regan noted that the commemoration highlights the agency’s focus on protecting endangered pollinators from the effects of pesticides.
By David Hutton | Jun 25, 2022
A federal judge is ordering two San Juan eateries and their owners to pay $31,630 to 19 workers for back wages after an investigation discovered they violated federal law.
By David Hutton | Jun 25, 2022
he Department of the Interior announced Tuesday that more than 5,500 landowners with partial ownership at the Crow Creek Reservation were offered $5 million to purchase their properties through the Department’s Land-Buy-Back program for Tribal nations.
By David Hutton | Jun 24, 2022
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently announced it tapped the D.C. Department of Public Works to receive a $152,000 grant to set up a training and certification program for commercial enterprises that generate food waste in the city.
By David Hutton | Jun 16, 2022
The Biden administration is proposing new energy efficiency standards for gas furnaces in homes that will cut greenhouse gas emissions and save consumers money on their energy bills.
By David Hutton | Jun 14, 2022
Using a technology that injects a combination of oil and iron into groundwater, a team of engineers from Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) has been able to reduce degreasing solvents present beneath the Savannah River Site.
By David Hutton | Jun 14, 2022
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is awarding $8.9 million to fund 58 projects for 51 Tribes for fiscal year 2021 with an eye on improved transportation safety.
By David Hutton | Jun 14, 2022
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced recently it will provide $27 million to four projects that will promote independent mobility by blending creative business ties, -practices and technologies.
By David Hutton | Jun 12, 2022
The Department of Energy’s Environmental Management Richland Operations Office and contractor Hanford Mission Integration Solutions has appointed Lorin Cyr as the new chief of Hanford Patrol.
