News from April 2022
By Press release submission | Apr 18, 2022
Ancestry tests aren’t just for people or pets anymore.
By Press release submission | Apr 18, 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 18, 2022
U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and U.S. Representative David McKinley
By Press release submission | Apr 18, 2022
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s technology transfer agreements and activity over the last two decades generated more than $8 billion in economic impact and supported more than 1,300 high-paying jobs annually
By Press release submission | Apr 18, 2022
With its steep canyons and watersheds emptying into the Rio Grande, numerous ancient pueblo cultural sites, and wildlife ranging from black bears to broad-tailed hummingbirds, the Pajarito Plateau creates a distinct backdrop for environmental remediation around Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).
By Press release submission | Apr 18, 2022
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) is announcing the expansion of its Minority Serving Institutions Partnership Program (MSIPP).EM’s minority serving institutions program originally included internships, competitive research awards, a post-doctoral research program, and the Savannah River Environmental Sciences Field Station.
By Press release submission | Apr 18, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced that it is doubling down on its small business innovation investments, extending almost $18 million in research funds to further develop transformative agricultural solutions.
By Press release submission | Apr 18, 2022
Tank by tank, batch by batch, the EM Office of River Protection (ORP) and tank operations contractor Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) are reducing risk to the environment by retrieving waste from the Hanford Site’s single-shell waste-storage tanks.
By Press release submission | Apr 18, 2022
House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) sent a letter to White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Acting Director Alondra Nelson requesting more information on funding, including proposals for furin cleavage site research or any other cleavage site research.
By Press release submission | Apr 18, 2022
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has initiated its third five-year review of the cleanup of the Hudson River PCBs Superfund site, which extends from Hudson Falls, New York, to New York City
By Press release submission | Apr 18, 2022
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DNER), U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and The Nature Conservancy are celebrating Earth Day by offering a two-day virtual conference promoting climate resilience and equity in Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands.
By Press release submission | Apr 18, 2022
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) prepared a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Henderson County Expansion Project (Project) proposed by Texas Gas Transmission, LLC (Texas Gas).
By Press release submission | Apr 18, 2022
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) announced $3.5 million for two projects to develop natural gas demand response (NGDR) pilot programs.
By Press release submission | Apr 18, 2022
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), in collaboration with the Minority-Serving Institution (MSI) STEM Research and Development Consortium (MSRDC), awarded $3.2 million for eight projects at seven MSIs through the recently announced Science and Technology Research Partnership program.
By Press release submission | Apr 18, 2022
Today, in support of Executive Order 13985 Advancing Racial Equity and Support to Underserved Communities, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) made its Equity Action Plan (PDF, 500 KB) publicly available.
By Press release submission | Apr 18, 2022
Samples from the Pennsylvania flock were tested at the Pennsylvania Veterinary Laboratory and samples from the Utah flock were tested at the Utah Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, both part of the National Animal Health Laboratory Network.
By Press release submission | Apr 18, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Commodity Credit Corporation today announced the 2022 crop loan rate differentials for upland and extra-long staple cotton which are applied to the crop loan rate to determine the per bale actual loan rate.
By Press release submission | Apr 18, 2022
On Tuesday, April 12, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced steps the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is taking to implement President Biden’s plan to enable energy independence by boosting homegrown biofuels.
By Press release submission | Apr 18, 2022
Capito, Graves Lead Colleagues in Filing Amicus Brief on Clean Water Act Authority
By Press release submission | Apr 18, 2022
Audit Initiated of DOT’s Compliance With the Do Not Pay Initiative
