News from February 2012
By Interior Newswire | Feb 17, 2012
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: Enjoy a sweet taste of our shared Indiana dunes heritage at the annual Maple Sugar Time. Join National Park Service rangers and volunteers at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore's historic Chellberg Farm from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. on the weekends of March 3 & 4 and March 10 & 11, 2012 for this fun and educational event marking the unofficial start of spring.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 17, 2012
News Release: As we vote on this bill and as we prepare to go home, I ask you just to remember four numbers.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 17, 2012
News Release: San Francisco, CA-- The National Park Service (NPS), the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, and the Federal Transit Administration are pleased to announce the availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Extension of F-Line Streetcar Service to Fort Mason Center.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 17, 2012
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement regarding the Federal Emergency Management Agency's release of its Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Preparedness Grant Guidance. Pursuant to the end-of-the-year spending law, ...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 17, 2012
News Release: Approximate Six Week Closure Needed to Rebuild Damaged Section of Road.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 17, 2012
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI -- Over the holidays, hundreds of hikers in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park braved a 10-mile roundtrip trek over jagged terrain to witness molten lava cascading into the Pacific at the West Kaʻiliʻili ocean entry. Many were unprepared for the arduous backcountry journey.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 17, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today congratulated the U.S. Department of the Interior for its approval of Shell’s oil discharge prevention and contingency plan for Alaska’s Chukchi Sea.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 17, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -- ARPA-E issued a Request For Information (RFI) regarding the development of technologies to support transformational research and development for advanced management strategies for Energy Storage Systems. ARPA-E seeks input from researchers of various backgrounds, and representing a...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 17, 2012
Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 17, 2012
News Release: Kenai Fjords National Park and the Resurrection Bay Conservation Alliance (RBCA) were recently honored with a Coastal America Spirit Award for their cooperative work to remove marine debris from beaches around the park. Over the last six years, this partnership has cataloged and removed thousands of...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 17, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL), and other members of the Energy & Commerce Committee today sent a bipartisan letter to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson urging the...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 17, 2012
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Today, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, said she sees "a clear path forward" for bringing the transportation bill, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21), to final passage.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 17, 2012
News Release: Acadia National Park Invites Proposals to Host Ranger-Narrated Boat Cruises.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 17, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee this evening received 463 pages of internal White House documents and emails produced in response to subpoenas issued by the committee on Nov. 3, 2011. On Dec. 12, 2011, committee investigators went to the White House for good faith negotiations...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 17, 2012
News Release: (Agoura Hills, CA) Come discover your neighborhood national parks at the third annual Science Festival. The event and parking is free and open to the public. Hours are 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday, April 27th, and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 28th at Paramount Ranch in Agoura Hills, CA.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 17, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL), and other members of the Energy & Commerce Committee today sent a bipartisan letter to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson urging the...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 17, 2012
News Release: Berlin, MD - Officials at Assateague Island National Seashore expressed satisfaction with a recent decision by the Federal Court in Salisbury, Maryland regarding the shooting of an Assateague wild horse by hunter Justin Eason on Jan. 15, 2011.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 17, 2012
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that The Alphas Company of New York Inc., satisfied a reparation order issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOE Newswire | Feb 17, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) recently outlined a 2012 agenda for his subcommittee that includes protecting jobs and the economy, increasing access to affordable American energy, and conducting oversight of the Obama administration.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 17, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns are pressing Energy Secretary Steven Chu for answers regarding a $1.4 billion partial loan guarantee for a large-scale rooftop solar project that was to be supplied...
