News from September 2012
By EPA Newswire | Sep 4, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today unveiled a new website to provide visitors with easy access to the most up-to-date information on the committee’s important work.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 4, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - The role of fossil fuels in the global energy portfolio, reducing the environmental impacts of coal-based energy systems, and recent advances in clean coal technology are just some of the subjects that will be discussed at the 2012 International Pittsburgh Coal Conference to be held October 15-18 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Pa.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 4, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Exactly three years ago today, Vice President Joe Biden famously participated in Solyndra’s groundbreaking following the Obama administration’s rushed approval of the $535 million loan guarantee to the now-bankrupt solar company. Appearing via satellite, the vice president heralded Solyndra...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 4, 2012
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on two produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By Interior Newswire | Sep 4, 2012
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - On Monday, Sept. 3, at approximately 7:20 p.m., the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a visitor report that someone had fallen from the Grandview Trail located east of Grand Canyon Village on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 4, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today unveiled a new website to provide visitors with easy access to the most up-to-date information on the committee’s important work.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 4, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today unveiled a new website to provide visitors with easy access to the most up-to-date information on the committee’s important work.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 4, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, and U.S. Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.), Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee today said a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) analysis confirms the Obama Administration circumvented Congress to waive bipartisan welfare work requirements.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 4, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Exactly three years ago today, Vice President Joe Biden famously participated in Solyndra’s groundbreaking following the Obama administration’s rushed approval of the $535 million loan guarantee to the now-bankrupt solar company. Appearing via satellite, the vice president heralded Solyndra...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 4, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Exactly three years ago today, Vice President Joe Biden famously participated in Solyndra’s groundbreaking following the Obama administration’s rushed approval of the $535 million loan guarantee to the now-bankrupt solar company. Appearing via satellite, the vice president heralded Solyndra...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 4, 2012
News Release: Democrats’ Inaction Promises Slash in Social Security Benefits.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2012
News Release: The Inyo National Forest, Mammoth Ranger District is announcing the beginning of the wind-fallen tree removal work in Reds Meadow Valley, for hazardous fuels reduction. The tree removal work will take place on approximately 220 acres and will be accomplished under a contract known as the Red Devil Stewardship Sale.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2012
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. -The current size estimate of the Avalanche Wildland Fire is approximately 45 acres. This size estimate is due to more accurate mapping of the fire, not fire growth. The wildland fire is located on Mount Brown, near Avalanche Lake on the west side of Glacier National Park. The Avalanche Lake Trail is closed until further notice.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 2, 2012
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 SLIDELL, La.— Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today traveled to Mississippi and Louisiana where she met with state and local officials, first responders, and volunteers, and surveyed ongoing response and recovery efforts to ...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2012
News Release: Northwest Indian College Vice President David Oreiro will discuss traditional American Indian conservation efforts and current tribal issues, state and nationwide, in a talk scheduled 7 p.m., Sunday September 9 at Skagit Valley College's Friday Harbor Campus.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2012
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. -The Avalanche Wildland Fire is estimated to be approximately 25 acres and located on Mount Brown, near Avalanche Lake on the west side of Glacier National Park. The Avalanche Lake Trail is closed until further notice.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2012
News Release: FATALITY: FISHERMAN PRESUMED DROWNED AT TEMPLE BAR.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2012
News Release: ONE DEAD, ONE INJURED IN ROLLOVER ACCIDENT AT LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 1, 2012
News Release: Join members of the Mohawk Valley Astronomical Society as they provide telescopes and expertise and offer you the chance to see the Milky Way Galaxy and other celestial bodies from the dark skies of Starr Hill. Take a night tour of the Sacred Grove and experience the night habitat, including a firefly show. Hear Native American legends of the stars. Earn your Junior Ranger Night Explorer certificate and magnet. View fascinating star gazing videos.
