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Granholm: Coal communities can embrace clean energy to 'deliver more jobs, lower energy bill, cleaner air and water'

U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm believes clean energy can help move former coal communities forward.



Vilsack: Nomination supports USDA goal 'to link U.S. agriculture to the world'

President Joe Biden's pick to be Under Secretary of Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs in the U.S. Department of Agriculture is "the right person to lead," according to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack.


Fox: EPA 'working to bring the benefits of water infrastructure investment to communities from coast to coast'

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act loan, including one to Oxnard, Calif., announced last week, are intended to address sustained water challenges.


Mims: 'ACE Academies play an important role' in attracting 'the best, brightest and most diverse'

Kids ages 8-18 are invited to sign up for this summer's Federal Aviation Administration's summer aviation education opportunities across the nation.


Williams: Alleged Liberian rebel leader who used child soldiers 'can no longer run' or hide in the U.S.

Homeland Security Investigations arrested a Liberian man living in New Jersey for fraudulent immigration documents.


Pekoske: 'Passenger volumes at TSA checkpoints show that people are traveling again, and TSA is ready for their return'

The Transportation Security Administration is gearing up for a busy summer travel season this year, with anticipated passenger volumes expected to exceed pre-pandemic years.


Granholm, U.S., Canada will 'work to accelerate the clean energy transition' for both countries

U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer M. Granholm met with Canadian Minister of Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson to discuss an action plan to expand energy cooperation between their departments.


Easterly: 'Securing MSPs are critical to our collective cyber defense'

Managed service providers who provide network administration and other information technology services to businesses worldwide, remain at high risk of cyberattacks, according to a joint multinational security alert advisory.


Vilsack: 'USDA is committed to administering all its programs with equity and fairness' especially LGBTQ+ people

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced its intention to interpret the prohibition of discrimination based on sex found in a decades-old federal law.


Granholm: New initiative 'leverages the expertise of the department, national labs and industry to drive next-generation energy storage'

The U.S. Department of Energy is asking a broad range of stakeholders for feedback on the department's eligibility requirements and implementation strategy of its long duration energy storage initiative.


Vilsack: 'The White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health will help drive the transformative solutions we seek'

This fall's White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health, the first first food insecurity conference in about five decades, is about the nation's health.


Granholm: Department of Energy seeks public input for 'expanding and strengthening our power grid'

The U.S. Department of Energy wants to know what the public thinks about the $2.5 billion Transmission Facilitation Program, created by President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to help build out critical new electrical transmission lines across the nation.


Economist Swonk: 'We've got a resilient economy, but signs of weakness are starting to show'

The Washington Post and The New York Times both reported on April 28 about the Bureau of Economic Analysis report issued that day that the U.S.'s gross domestic product (GDP) decreased by 1.4% annually during the first three months of this year.


Blackburn on Biden's oil, gas lease cancellations: 'We're in trouble'

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) took to social media on May 11 to criticize the Biden Administration's announced cancellation of oil and gas leases on public land in Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico.


Kelleher: Idaho issues fire prevention order for residents to 'be extra diligent this year'

May, as Wildlife Awareness Month, is approaching its halfway point but Idaho's Bureau of Land Management's current fire prevention order is set to last into October.


Stone-Manning: New director of Bureau of Land Management Anchorage office is 'highly skilled and respected'

The Bureau of Land Management recently announced Public Land Manager Steven Cohn's appointment as the new director of the bureau's Alaska state office in Anchorage.



FBI: Guilty verdict in case called a 'textbook example of public corruption'

The owner of an architect and design company and the former chairman of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe have been found guilty of bribery, extortion and other charges in relation to the tribe’s plans to build a casino resort.


Peace: Gang member sentenced for 2005 murder to bring 'justice for the victims of gang violence'

A recent sentencing of a gang member in the 2005 murder of a rising college basketball star in Long Beach, N.Y., shows the Eastern District of New York's commitment in gang violence cases, the district's U.S. attorney said in a May 6 news release.


Department of Homeland Security: U.S., Mexican leaders meet to 'extend humanitarian relief to qualifying migrants and repatriate individuals who do not qualify'

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas met with Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard to discuss migration challenges and opportunities for the advancement of economic development.


Price on Philippine presidential election: 'We look forward to working with the president-elect to strengthen the enduring alliance between the United States and the Philippines'

President Joe Biden has congratulated Ferdinand "BongBong" Marcos Jr. for his decisive victory in the Philippines' presidential election earlier this week, in the face of uncertainty over the United State's relationship with the Pacific nation.