Mikolanis: Los Alamos Environmental Management office exceeded goals is 'a testament to our focus to get legacy waste off the hill'
By Glenn Minnis | Oct 25, 2022
The Office of Environmental Management Los Alamos (EM-LA) Field Office and cleanup contractor Newport News Nuclear BWXT-Los Alamos (N3B) concluded fiscal year 2022 by blowing past EM’s targets for shipping radioactive waste offsite to permanent disposal facilities.
Bronaugh: Rural 'communities deserve investments that will strengthen all of our resilience'
By Glenn Minnis | Sep 1, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture earmarked $121 million for infrastructure upgrades aimed at combating climate change across rural America, including helping people living in socially vulnerable communities.
Kennedy: 'America needs to lead in industries, not industrial policy spending'
By Glenn Minnis | Aug 19, 2022
Chinese Business and Economics of Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) senior adviser Scott Kennedy is warning top U.S.
China's drills a 'textbook' response to Pelosi visit, according to analyst
By Glenn Minnis | Aug 15, 2022
Although China responded to a high-ranking U.S. official's visit to Taiwan with military exercises, the maneuvers aren't raising concerns that the communist country intends to forcibly take over the island any time soon.
Buttigieg: 'To keep supply chains moving and prices down, we must invest not only in our physical infrastructure but also our digital infrastructure'
By Glenn Minnis | Aug 14, 2022
Pete Buttigieg, U.S. secretary of transportation, recently hosted a meeting of Freight Logistics Optimization Works (FLOW) partners.
Buttigieg: 'This year we are supporting more projects than ever before'
By Glenn Minnis | Aug 14, 2022
Pete Buttigieg, U.S. secretary of transportation, recently revealed that transportation systems across the country will receive upgrades.
DOE: U.S 'must DEPLOY, DEPLOY, DEPLOY' clean-energy technologies
By Glenn Minnis | Jul 26, 2022
Four of the U.S. Department of Energy's national laboratories are getting more than $18 million for projects designed to more quickly get clean-energy technologies into commercial applications.
Bennett: Chickamauga, Chattanooga National Military Park helps 'introduce our visitors to this part of the country'
By Glenn Minnis | Jul 15, 2022
A new National Park Service report highlights how Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park proved to be goldmine for the community in 2021.
Haaland lauds return of ancestral land to Onondaga Nation in 'historic agreement'
By Glenn Minnis | Jul 10, 2022
More than 1,000 acres of ancestral land is headed back to the Onondaga Nation after Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland announced settlement details in the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) program.
Mammoth Cave National Park superintendent lauds park's attractions
By Glenn Minnis | Jul 9, 2022
Mammoth Cave National Park Supt. Barclay Trimble sees the stretch of underground land as a huge national attraction for Kentucky.
Vilsack: Agreement with Ukraine will 'enhance productivity, address supply chain issues and identify food security challenges'
By Glenn Minnis | Jul 8, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine have entered a partnership to improve coordination as part of an overall plan to fight global food insecurity.
Bronaugh: 'United Kingdom presents strong marketing opportunities' for agribusiness trade
By Glenn Minnis | Jul 6, 2022
U.S. Department of Agriculture Deputy Secretary Dr. Jewel Bronaugh recently headlined an agribusiness trade mission to London, United Kingdom.
Vilsack: 'Our food systems must be both more inclusive and more competitive'
By Glenn Minnis | Jul 5, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture earmarked $200 million in assistance for specialty crop producers that regularly face eligible on-farm food safety program expenses in securing food safety certification through 2023.
Granholm: 'Developing clean energy on mine lands is an opportunity for fossil fuel communities'
By Glenn Minnis | Jul 5, 2022
The Biden administration has issued a request for information tied to the $500 million program funded by the White House’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that seeks to place clean energy demonstration projects on current or former mine lands across the country.
Cliff: 'We are advancing child passenger safety' with new testing requirements
By Glenn Minnis | Jul 5, 2022
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has updated testing requirements for child safety seats with a goal of enhancing protections for children during self-impact crashes.
Vilsack: Bees, birds and bugs are 'vital partners to our nation’s food system'
By Glenn Minnis | Jul 3, 2022
U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack observed National Pollinator Week in June with an official proclamation recognizing the importance of their role in the nation's food supply.
Homeland Security's Project iGuardian shares tools to keep children safe online
By Glenn Minnis | Jul 1, 2022
Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) is encouraging families to do their homework when it comes to keeping students safe while using the Internet this summer.
Washington state U.S. attorney joins Garland to recognize World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
By Glenn Minnis | Jun 30, 2022
U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington Vanessa Waldref recently joined Attorney General Merrick Garland in recognizing World Elder Abuse Awareness Day.
Bureau of Land Management joins Forest Service, 5 tribes to manage Bears Ears Monument
By Glenn Minnis | Jun 29, 2022
The Bureau of Land Management has entered into a partnership with the U.S. Forest Service and the five Native American tribes of the Bears Ears Commission to manage and protect Bears Ears National Monument in Utah.
Giner: EPA, water commission work 'to address the sanitation problem at San Diego-Tijuana'
By Glenn Minnis | Jun 28, 2022
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission are seeking public input on the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement.
