News from April 2022
By Press release submission | Apr 22, 2022
EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant moved a step closer to completing a milestone when employees began filling the last disposal room in Panel 7 in the underground repository with transuranic waste.Crews carefully began stacking waste containers in Panel 7’s Room 1.
By Press release submission | Apr 22, 2022
EM Senior Advisor William “Ike” White recently visited the DOE Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site, where he surveyed progress on major cleanup projects, attended a celebration to mark the completion of buried waste exhumation at a Cold War-era landfill and met with members of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes.
By Press release submission | Apr 22, 2022
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) Director Carmelo Melendez sees the Fernald Preserve Site as more than just a DOE success story.
By Press release submission | Apr 22, 2022
Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced a Health Subcommittee hearing on Wednesday, April 27, at 10:15 a.m. (EDT) with Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra on the fiscal year 2023 budget request for HHS and its agencies.
By Press release submission | Apr 22, 2022
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced final product performance data requirements for products claiming efficacy against certain pests.
By Press release submission | Apr 22, 2022
Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it has awarded $75,000 to the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community under the Environmental Justice Small Grants program. The funding will provide support to identify legacy and current environmental pollutants in the community, conduct an environmental risk assessment and develop materials to distribute project findings.
By Press release submission | Apr 22, 2022
Our Office of Indian Energy staff is excited to attend the 2022 Reservation Economic Summit (RES) on May 23–26, 2022, at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. Please attend our sessions, stop by our booth, and meet our team!
By Press release submission | Apr 22, 2022
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $14 million in funding for five front-end engineering design (FEED) studies that will leverage existing zero- or low-carbon energy to supply direct air capture (DAC) projects, combined with dedicated and reliable carbon storage.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on April 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: A member of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma was sentenced today to more than 12 years in prison for his conduct in connection with a homicide that took place in 2017 within Indian Country in Oklahoma. The defendant was sentenced to 155 months for kidnapping and 120 months for being a felon in possession of a firearm, to run concurrently, followed by five years’ supervised release.
By Press release submission | Apr 22, 2022
Foxx on OSHA’s Latest Power Grab
By Press release submission | Apr 22, 2022
The NLRB Keeps Playing Footsies with Unions
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: Defendant Swung Poles at Police Officers, Hitting One in the Shoulder.
By Press release submission | Apr 22, 2022
Foxx, Davis Press Georgia Secretary of State on Stacey Abrams' Group Teaching 'Critical Election Theory'
By Press release submission | Apr 22, 2022
Senator Murray Pushes to Protect Workers at Dollar Store Chains, After Reports of Egregious Labor Violations
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: Defendant Also Set Fire to Her Family’s Apartment Building.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration today announced a new program that unlocks $6.4 billion in formula funding for states and localities over five years. The new Carbon Reduction Program (CRP), created under the President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure . .
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the results of its first bug bounty program. Through the “Hack DHS” program, vetted cybersecurity researchers and ethical hackers are invited to identify potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities in select external DHS systems. In ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: ANCHORAGE - A federal jury convicted an Anchorage man today for possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, distribution of a controlled substance and carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Two Cornelius, North Carolina residents are facing federal charges in connection with a multi-million dollar investment scheme, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. A federal grand jury returned a criminal indictment this week against Marlin...
