News from August 2012
By Interior Newswire | Aug 22, 2012
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking comments on a proposal to restore habitat for anadromous salmonids, including threatened coho salmon and steelhead trout, in Strawberry Creek in Redwood National Park near Orick in northwestern Humboldt County.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 22, 2012
News Release: U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement recognizing the sixteenth anniversary of the 1996 welfare reform law...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 22, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), the top Democrat on the Natural Resources Committee, today praised the Securities and Exchange Commission for approving rules designed to address the so-called “resource curse", where natural resources are wasted by ineffectual or corrupt governments or for other reasons.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 22, 2012
News Release: Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area will offer a series of day and evening programs throughout the summer. Park rangers will present a variety of program topics in both Tennessee and Kentucky. Programs will be held at the Bandy Creek Visitor Center in Tennessee and at the Blue Heron Campground in Kentucky. All programs are scheduled on Eastern Time.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 22, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Between 2005 and 2011, the Department of Defense held 64 conferences that cost taxpayers more per attendee than the infamous October 2010 General Services Administration conference that resulted in the firing of multiple senior Administration officials, according to a letter sent today by House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., to Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 22, 2012
News Release: The first Confederate invasion of the North occurred in September of 1862. Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia camped on the outskirts of Frederick in the fields that make up today's Monocacy National Battlefield. After Lee's army moved west, Union General George McClellan's army moved toward Frederick and discovered the famous lost copy of Special Orders 191, which led to the battles of South Mountain and Antietam.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 22, 2012
News Release: Palo Alto will take part in the 2012 Texas Nature Challenge. For more information about the Challenge, visit the website.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 22, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Aug. 22, 2012 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced a loan guarantee to Chemtex International, Inc., (Chemtex), to construct a 20 million gallon per year cellulosic ethanol refinery in Sampson County in eastern North Carolina. The project, a first-of-its-kind commercial facility in the mid Atlantic region, will help reduce the nation's dependence on foreign oil, increase farm income, and create jobs in the region.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 22, 2012
News Release: News Release- SAN JUAN NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 22, 2012
News Release: The National Park Service is in the process of installing stream crossing protection on trails in the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. During this process, trails will need to be closed while the work is being performed. These projects will improve water quality, ensure better protection to a variety of species that live in the areas streams, and also improve visitor safety.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 22, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Carbon dioxide (CO2) injection has begun at the world’s first fully integrated coal power and geologic storage project in southwest Alabama, with the goals of assessing integration of the technologies involved and laying the foundation for future use of CO2 for enhanced oil recovery (EOR).
By State Newswire | Aug 22, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Howard L. Berman, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, made the following statement in response to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s vote today to approve conflict minerals regulations...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 22, 2012
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: The National Park Service will celebrate its 96th birthday this year on August 25. You can celebrate the day with a variety of activities being offered at the national lakeshore.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 22, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON -Committee on Oversight and Government Reform have asked the head of the Internal Revenue Service to explain an agency rule that dramatically extends Obamacare’s employer mandate tax penalty and likely increases federal spending by $500 billion over the next decade. Independent academics and...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 22, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley and Rep. Darrell Issa today asked the Acting Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) to explain how a top ATF official involved in Operation Fast and Furious, Bill McMahon, can remain on paid leave while simultaneously drawing an additional...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 22, 2012
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MT. - Glacier National Park announces the beginning of public scoping for a proposal to conduct lake trout removal on Logging Lake and continue lake trout suppression on Quartz Lake. Public scoping is the first step involving the public in the environmental assessment process.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 22, 2012
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released a statement after a U.S. Court of Appeals issued a 2-1 decision vacating the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Cross State Air Pollution Rule.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 22, 2012
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, called today’s report issued by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) an indictment of President Obama’s failed economic agenda.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 22, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today released the following statement on the Federal Communications Commission’s approval of a “special access" order by a 3-2 vote to suspend existing FCC rules...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 22, 2012
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the selection of recipients for grants and loans to help spur economic development and create or save jobs in six states.
