News from March 2021
By DOE Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon® announced the 63 Finalist Teams of the 2021 Design Challenge. These teams submitted detailed Design Proposals and were selected from the initial 103 Participating Teams, representing 75 collegiate institutions.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau released the total number of 2020 Census paid temporary workers that earned any pay Feb. 21 - Feb. 27, 2021. The data tables include national totals for all 50 states and the District of Columbia by Census Bureau regional geography. A weekly number of paid temporary workers for Puerto Rico is also available. The weekly release will occur 10 days after the end of the weekly period.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Wednesday, March 17, at 10 a.m. (EDT) with Biden Administration...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management, Sierra Front Field Office is seeking public comments on a Preliminary Environmental Assessment (PEA) for Hungry Valley Off-highway Vehicle (OHV) Area Public Health and Safety Improvements. This PEA will analyze the direct, indirect, and cumulative effects...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: Jackson, TN - Orlando Mays, 41, has been sentenced to 88 months in federal prison for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. Joseph C. Murphy, Jr., Acting United States Attorney announced the sentence today.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: Today at 10:00 a.m. ET, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) will join House Republican Leaders to discuss the radical, anti-worker PRO Union Bosses Act, which the House is expected to vote on this week.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney W. Anders Folk today announced the guilty pleas of ERIC JAY WECKWORTH-PINEDA, 25, and TANNER JOHN SIK, 21, to one count each of negligent discharge of a pollutant. WECKWORTH-PINEDA and SIK, who were charged by misdemeanor information on October 8, 2020, pleaded guilty before Senior Judge Michael J. Davis in U.S. District Court. Sentencing dates will be scheduled at a later time.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A California man has been sentenced to probation for illegally possessing explosive materials on a Savannah movie set.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Passaic County man today admitted to coercion and enticement of a minor and to illegally reentering the United States, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: A former environmental laboratory analyst was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Pamela A. Barker to two years of probation and ordered to pay a $2,500 fine for falsifying laboratory test results.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that Nathaniel Leon Brown, 31, of Lafayette, Louisiana, has been sentenced by Chief United States District Judge S. Maurice Hicks, Jr. to 84 months (7 years) in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for illegal possession of a firearm.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: A diverse array of feathered friends can be found throughout the seasons at the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management’s Fernald Preserve in Ohio and Weldon Spring Site in Missouri - and for good reason. These ecologically restored sites provide ample habitat for hundreds of species, as they go about foraging, building nests, or finding mates. Open to the public, these sites have also attracted a growing group of hikers, photographers, and bird-watchers.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Samuel Fletcher, 72, an enrolled member of the Pueblo of Pojoaque, was sentenced on March 8 in federal court to six months of probation after pleading guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol in Indian Country.
By State Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
Release: Today in Brussels, Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry met with European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen, Executive Vice President Frans Timmermans, and the College of Commissioners to discuss efforts to raise global climate ambition heading into COP26 in Glasgow. After their meetings, they released the following statement.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Wednesday, March 17, at 10 a.m. (EDT) with Biden Administration...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Amtrak employee was arrested last night for stealing chainsaws and chainsaw parts valued at over $50,000 from Amtrak and reselling them, primarily through an online auction service, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: Jackson, TN - Joseph Robert DiMarco, 47, has been sentenced to 180 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute over 50 grams of actualmethamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Joseph C. Murphy, Jr., Acting United States Attorney, announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Bryson McBride, 22, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of possessing with intent to distribute cocaine and possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number, was sentenced to serve 46 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: Lake Havasu City, Ariz. - Fire personnel from the Bureau of Land Management’s Colorado River District will conduct prescribed burning near Parker through late March 2021 as weather conditions allow. The burn area is located seven miles northeast of Parker and one-half mile west of Parker Dam Road near Crossroads, on the California side of the Colorado River.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 9, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today hailed the announcement of a March 25 Department of the Interior forum with a variety of labor, economic justice, and environmental advocates on the future of federal fossil fuel policies. The event, which will also include industry representatives...
