News from April 2022

By Press release submission | Apr 5, 2022
Newark Housing Authority (NHA)’s former director of information technology admitted using his position to embezzle NHA funds to purchase cellular telephones and other electronic devices, U.S.

By Press release submission | Apr 5, 2022
A Bergen County, New Jersey, man was sentenced to 97 months in prison on March 30, 2022 for orchestrating a long-running bank and securities fraud scheme, which led to large-scale losses for financial institutions and investors, U.S.

By Interior Newswire | Apr 5, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law provides $1.5 billion to the Department of the Interior’s Wildland Fire Management Program to address wildfire risk and prepare communities and ecosystems against the threat of wildfire by making historic investments in forest restoration, ...

By Press release submission | Apr 5, 2022
Blackburn Pleads Guilty to Carjacking and Assault on the Wind River Reservation

By Press release submission | Apr 5, 2022
A former Puerto Rico legislator and two employees who worked in his office pleaded guilty this week to engaging in a bribery and kickback scheme.

By Press release submission | Apr 5, 2022
With small businesses a key contract component across the EM complex, prime contractors at the Hanford Site are collaborating to connect with potential subcontractors and offer firsthand assistance to small businesses.

By Press release submission | Apr 5, 2022
FERC Chairman Rich Glick today outlined the Commission’s critical priorities, including modernizing and protecting the electric grid, improving energy infrastructure siting reviews and bolstering public participation in Commission proceedings, in a new five-year Strategic Plan.

By Press release submission | Apr 5, 2022
Communities LEAP Program Helps Environmental Justice and Energy Communities Leverage Tools to Lower Energy Bills, Develop Plans for Sustained Economic Empowerment

By Press release submission | Apr 5, 2022
Projects at the University of Washington and University of California, Davis Focus on Carbon Drawdown and Storage in Building Construction, Materials and Designs

By Press release submission | Apr 5, 2022
In the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing today, Subcommittee Republican Leader David B. McKinley (R-WV) delivered the following opening remarks about safe drinking water.

By Press release submission | Apr 5, 2022
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it completed review of a July 2020 determination to not regulate perchlorate in drinking water.

By Press release submission | Apr 5, 2022
Funding will help improve public health in high-risk Cincinnati neighborhoods

By Press release submission | Apr 5, 2022
In 2021, U.S. conventional weapons destruction (CWD) assistance to Latin America and the Caribbean made it more difficult for drug traffickers, criminal gangs, and terrorists to obtain weapons from poorly-secured stockpiles and bolstered the integrity of the U.S. southern border.

By Press release submission | Apr 5, 2022
Under Secretary Zeya will begin her trip in Islamabad where she will lead the U.S. delegation to the 48th session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers conference and meet with senior government officials, as well as members of civil society and international organizations.

By Press release submission | Apr 5, 2022
The United States and Costa Rica have announced a joint Migration Arrangement, outlining our mutual commitments to work collaboratively on migration and protection issues.

By Press release submission | Apr 5, 2022
They specifically discussed the need to support African countries in preparing for major shocks to global food security and nutrition following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

By Press release submission | Apr 5, 2022
Approximately 8.9 million people, more than two-thirds of the country’s population, will require humanitarian assistance this year, an increase of 600,000 since 2021.

By Press release submission | Apr 5, 2022
To celebrate International Seal Day, we’re highlighting a dedicated team of scientists and volunteers working to “lose the loop” and help entangled pinnipeds.

By Press release submission | Apr 5, 2022
Three recent studies shed new light on endangered hawksbill sea turtles in Hawaiʻi.

By Press release submission | Apr 5, 2022
This project will provide for the establishment of a workforce training center and other small business expansion spaces, supporting job creation and economic diversification in the region.