News from January 2022
By Andy Nghiem | Jan 12, 2022
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently awarded $35 million in grant funding to 158 projects across 29 states actively pursuing clean energy and climate solutions to meet the Biden-Harris Administration’s goal of net-zero emissions by 2050.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
Release: FOR INFORMATION AND ACTION. DA-2022-01. Jan. 11, 2022Subject: APHIS Removes Pale Cyst Nematode (Globodera pallida) Associated Fields From Regulation in IdahoTo: State and Territory Agricultural Regulatory Officials. On Nov. 22, 2021, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) released ...
By Andy Nghiem | Jan 12, 2022
The U.S. Department of Commerce recently outlined five ways the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) helped to make America ready for climate change during 2021.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new Business Formation Statistics (BFS) for December 2021. The BFS provide timely and high frequency information on new business applications and formations in the United States. The BFS are a standard data product of the Census Bureau, developed in research collaboration...
By Andy Nghiem | Jan 12, 2022
The U.S. Census Bureau recently swore in Robert Santos as its 26th director, making him the first Latino person to hold the position in U.S. history.
By State Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
Release: The United States has designated eight DPRK-linked individuals and entities under Executive Order 13382, which targets proliferators of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and WMD delivery systems. The seven individuals and one entity designated today are all linked to the DPRK’s weapons programs.
By Steven Hughes | Jan 12, 2022
The San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge in Brazoria, Texas, recently gained 4,628 acres from the Columbia Bottomlands habitat to help resident and migratory wildlife.
By State Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today gave the following opening remarks at a full committee business meeting.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: Eric Lira Allegedly Distributed Multiple Performance Enhancing Drugs in an Effort to Corrupt the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Kristy Stock, age 46, of Waterflow, New Mexico to 18 months federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for federal charges of interstate transportation of stolen goods and tax fraud.
By State Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: CONCORD - Sean R. Meola, 51, of Hampton, was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for unlawful possession of ammunition and 10 additional months for a supervised release violation, United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By David Hutton | Jan 12, 2022
Nine local, state and federal law enforcement officers and special agents have recently been recognized by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Nevada for going beyond the call of duty in carrying out the office’s mission during 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: ABINGDON, Va. - A West Palm Beach, Florida man who formerly lived in Georgia was sentenced today to 168 months in federal prison for his role in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy that trafficked the drug from Atlanta into Lee and Wise counties in Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: Two men who allegedly kidnapped a 14-year-old girl off the streets of Dallas have been charged with producing sexually explicit images of the child, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: Miami, Florida - A federal district judge in Fort Lauderdale has sentenced Jeremy Christoph Rolle, 27, of the Bahamas, to 60 months in prison for trying to smuggle into the United States a migrant previously removed from the country following aggravated felony convictions, including murder. Rolle pleaded guilty on Nov. 2, 2021, to aiding and abetting certain migrants to enter the United Sates.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: UKIAH, Calif. - The BLM Ukiah Field Office will host a virtual public engagement workshop on Thursday, Jan. 20, starting at 5:30 p.m., to hear public input on how to make the South Cow Mountain OHV Management Area more family friendly, increase safety and improve the trail system.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: FAYETTEVILLE - A West Fork man was sentenced today to 96 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release on one count of Possession with the Intent to Distribute Heroin. The Honorable Judge Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fayetteville.
By John Kelly | Jan 12, 2022
Officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently met with Oceans Canada to discuss strategies for protecting the fewer than 350 North Atlantic right whales estimated to remain.
By State Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul and 109 House Republicans sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging the administration to pull out of the fruitless Vienna talks to re-enter the JCPOA.
