News published on Federal Newswire in February 2022

News from February 2022


EPA’s Arizona Food Recovery Challenge Awardees Reducing Food Waste, Preventing Greenhouse Gases

Last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognized the achievements and innovations of two Arizona businesses that participated in EPA’s Food Recovery Challenge in 2020 and 2021.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul has released the following statement following multiple comments made by NBC journalists during the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics that downplayed the horrific genocide and human rights abuses committed by the...


EPA Announces Heartland Conservation Alliance in KCMO Selected for Brownfields Job Training Grant

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing that the Heartland Conservation Alliance in Kansas City, Missouri, has been selected to receive a grant for a Brownfields job training program, one of 19 organizations across the country to be chosen.


EPA Selects Three Bay Area Organizations for Environmental Job Training Grants

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that the Hunters Point Family in San Francisco, the City of Richmond, Calif. and the City of Pittsburg, Calif., will each receive a $200,000 Brownfields job training grant.


EPA Settlements Ensure that Three New England Companies Provide Public with Chemical Information

Three companies operating in New England have reported publicly on their use of certain chemicals, creating a safer environment for the public, because of investigations and enforcement actions taken by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The companies are in Bristol, Conn., Norwood, Mass. and Providence, R.I.


Observance of the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation

The United States joins the international community in observing the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation and recommits to ending this grave human rights abuse.


DRL FY2021 Research and Evaluation Innovation Fund: Security Force Engagement in Africa

United States United States Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL FY2021 Research and Evaluation Innovation Fund: Security Force Engagement in Africa


DRL Applied Research and Evaluation Fund: Contact Theory in DRG Programs

United States Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL FY2021 Research and Evaluation Innovation Fund: Contact Theory in DRG Programs


DRL FY2021 Research and Evaluation Innovation Fund: Global Trends in Democratic Erosion and Autocracy

United States Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL FY2021 Research and Evaluation Innovation Fund: Global Trends in Democratic Erosion and Autocracy


Capito, Colleagues Press EPA to Reconsider Denial of Small Refinery Exemptions

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today led several of her colleagues in a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan.


DRL FY21 Strengthening Disability Inclusive Governance

United States Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL FY21 Strengthening Disability Inclusive Governance


EPA Announces $3.8 Million in Grants to Train Environmental Workers for Jobs Created by Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding, including One Grant Benefitting Puerto Rico Communities

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the selection of 19 organizations to receive a total of $3,797,102 in grants for job training programs across the country, including one New York-based organization that will train students in Puerto Rico.


EPA Awards $200,000 to Los Angeles Conservation Corps for Environmental Job Training Initiative

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that the Los Angeles Conservation Corps will receive a $200,000 Brownfields job training grant.


EPA Announces St. Louis Community College Selected for Brownfields Job Training Grant

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing that St. Louis Community College (STLCC) in St. Louis has been selected to receive a grant for a Brownfields job training program, one of 19 organizations across the country to be chosen.


EPA Announces $3.8 Million in Grants to Train Environmental Workers for Jobs Created by Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the selection of 19 organizations to receive a total of $3,797,102 in grants for job training programs across the country.


Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL Anti-Corruption and Election Integrity Programs in the Balkans

United States Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL Anti-Corruption and Election Integrity Programs in the Balkans


Promoting Accountability for Transnational Repression of Belarusian Athletes Abroad

The Department of State is imposing visa restrictions on Belarusian nationals under the “Khashoggi Ban,” a tool the Administration announced last year to counter transnational repression.


EPA and Partners Establish a Plan to Eliminate Preventable Lung Cancer Deaths from Radon

Fourteen organizations representing the Federal government, states, Tribes, industry and non-profit sectors have announced a new plan to protect public health and reduce the risks of radon, “The National Radon Action Plan (NRAP) 2021–2025.” The NRAP is a public-private partnership spearheaded by the U.S.


DRL Promoting Government Accountability in Thailand through Citizen Journalism

United States Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL: Promoting Government Accountability in Thailand through Citizen Journalism


DRL Improving the Security of Technology for Ukrainian and Moldovan Anticorruption Efforts

United States Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL Improving the Security of Technology for Ukrainian and Moldovan Anticorruption Efforts