News from August 2022
By USDA Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
Release: Private exporters reported the following sales activity.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: Effective this weekend, Grand Canyon National Park will implement mandatory water conservation measures due to diminished water resources and storage on the South Rim. This measure is a reversal from earlier this week when water restrictions were lifted, as park managers have learned that storage tanks...

By Homeland Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - On Tuesday, extensive coordination and cooperation efforts between United States and Guatemalan law enforcement authorities culminated in the Guatemalan National Civil Police (PNC) conducting a significant enforcement operation to disrupt and dismantle a transnational human smuggling organization. This operation included the arrest of four alleged human smugglers who have been indicted in the United States.

By State Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, everyone. One of the great benefits and great pleasures of taking part in the ASEAN meetings is the opportunity it also affords to get together and compare notes with our closest partners, starting with my longtime friend, Indian Foreign Minister Jaishankar. So this is ...

By State Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Ali Sabry today in Phnom Penh on the sidelines of the ASEAN Regional Forum. Secretary Blinken congratulated Minister Sabry on his recent appointment. He reiterated the United ...

By DOE Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
Innovative Methane Measurement, Monitoring, and Mitigation Technologies (iM4 Technologies) grant opened on Aug. 5.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
There is one release scheduled to be published on Aug. 8.

By DOE Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement today after the Biden administration declared a public health emergency (PHE) for the current monkeypox outbreak in the United States.

By State Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: Today’s conviction and sentencing by a Russian court of U.S. citizen Brittney Griner to nine years in prison further compounds the injustice of her wrongful detention. This step puts a spotlight on our significant concerns with Russia’s legal system and the Russian government’s use of wrongful detentions to advance its own agenda, using individuals as political pawns.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: An Ohio corporation and its vice president pleaded guilty in federal court to the illegal sale of antimicrobial products. Assistant Attorney General Todd Kim of the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD), U.S. Attorney Kenneth L. Parker for the Southern District of Ohio and Special Agent in Charge Jennifer Lynn of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Criminal Investigation Division (EPA-CID) made the announcement.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
There was activity on one bill related to the Environment and Public Works Committee on Aug. 4.
By State Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
There is one release scheduled to be published on Aug. 8.

By Homeland Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - Owsley County is now eligible for FEMA assistance after flooding in Eastern Kentucky.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
There are four releases scheduled to be published on Aug. 8.

By EPA Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Centers Program (EJ TCTAC) grant opened on Aug. 5.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced up to $32 million in funding toward the research and development of new monitoring, measurement, and mitigation technologies to help detect, quantify, and reduce methane emissions across oil and natural gas producing regions of the...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - FEMA is proposing updates to the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) for Henrico County, Virginia. Community partners are invited to participate in a 90-day appeal and comment period.

By DOE Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Despite Democrats’ claims that their latest budget reconciliation bill will lower prices for families, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) today confirmed that the Democrats’ proposed prescription drug price controls will cause prices for new drugs to be more expensive, in response...
By DOE Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
There was activity on four bills related to the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Aug. 4.
By State Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar today on the sidelines of the ASEAN Regional Forum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The two exchanged views on global and regional issues, including Russia’s ...