News from August 2021
By DOE Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
Release: 2020 Sees Record for Land-Based Wind Generation, 24% Increase in Pipeline of Offshore Wind Energy — Laying the Foundation for Rapid Growth in Years to Come
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today joined the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) ...
By State Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
Release: On behalf of the Government of the United States of America and the American people, I congratulate the people of the Kyrgyz Republic as you celebrate your 30th Independence Day on August 31.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: WEST GLACIER, Mont. [Aug. 30, 2020] - As the autumn season approaches, operations in the park will start winding down. On September 6, 2021 the park’s ticketed entry pilot program will end as well as the park’s shuttle program. Park officials are expecting high visitation numbers in September. Visitors are encouraged to plan ahead and prepare for temporary traffic restrictions at the west entrance due to congestion and Highway 2 construction delays.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - The Justice Department and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced coordinated actions to address allegations of lending discrimination by Cadence Bank, N.A. The Department’s Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia announced...
By State Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Representatives Gregory Meeks and Michael McCaul, Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, sent a letter urging President Biden to “prioritize securing the release of American citizens unjustly imprisoned in Iran.".
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - An additional 58 Mississippi counties have been designated for federal emergency aid to supplement state, local, and tribal response efforts for areas affected by Hurricane Ida, beginning on Aug. 28 and continuing.
By State Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
Release: Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will travel to Tokyo, Japan and Tianjin, People’s Republic of China from August 31 to Sept. 3, 2021, to engage with international counterparts on efforts to address the climate crisis. The Special Envoy’s travel bolsters the United States’ bilateral...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A Faribault man was sentenced today to 75 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for possessing a firearm as a felon.
By State Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
Release: More information about Belarus is available on the Belarus Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration urges response crews and residents to recognize the hazards created by flooding, power loss, structural damage, fallen trees and storm debris in areas affected by Hurricane Ida.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. - Two area men were arrested in the past 72 hours on various counts of sexual exploitation of a minor as a result of ongoing investigations by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Sierra Vista Police Department (SVPD).
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.-House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans sent a letter today to Chairman Frank Pallone (D-NJ) ramping up pressure for the Majority to “commit to regular order and a robust, open, and transparent process on any matters the Committee on Energy and Commerce considers to meet its reconciliation instructions."
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man pleaded guilty on Friday, Aug. 27, 2021 to his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Dennis Port man was sentenced today for receipt and possession of child pornography.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: Each year, the U.S. Census Bureau brings together cross-sector collaborators during The Opportunity Project ’s (TOP) technology development sprints to come up with ways to use data and technology to solve some of the world’s biggest challenges.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Worcester man was sentenced today in federal court for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA continues to track Ida, which made landfall as a dangerous Category 4 hurricane near Port Fourchon, La., on Sunday afternoon. Now downgraded to a tropical storm, Ida continues to bring dangerous storm surge, damaging winds and life-threatening flash, urban and river flooding over portions of southeastern Louisiana and southern Mississippi today.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: WORLAND, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management will lift fire restrictions at midnight on August 31 on all public lands administered by the Cody, Lander and Worland field offices within Big Horn, Carbon, Fremont, Hot Springs, Natrona, Park, Sweetwater and Washakie counties.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
Release: The Government of Guatemala has asked USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to authorize the importation of dianthus (Dianthus spp.) plants for planting into the United States and Territories. APHIS has drafted a pest risk assessment that describes potential pests associated with ...
