News from January 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Andres Manuel Castro Aragon, 29, of Albuquerque, made an initial appearance in federal court today facing a charge of bank robbery. He will remain in custody pending a preliminary and detention hearing scheduled for Jan. 31.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2022
On February 1, 2021, Burma’s military (also known as the Tatmadaw)[2] overthrew the country’s democratically elected civilian government.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2022
Deputy Secretary Wendy Sherman met virtually today in Washington with outgoing Vietnamese Ambassador Ha Kim Ngoc.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2022
On behalf of the United States of America, please accept my best wishes as the people of Australia commemorate Australia Day on January 26.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2022
On January 12, 2022, the Department of State released the Limits in the Seas study on the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) maritime claims in the South China Sea.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2022
“Providing clean water to communities, especially those already overburdened by pollution, is a fundamental right everyone deserves,” said Acting Assistant Administrator Larry Starfield for the EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2022
Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and its federal partners announced the Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity Initiative
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2022
“We write to renew our call to you to work with Congress to enact a nationwide consumer privacy and data security law this year.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2022
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a series of upcoming public listening sessions on the Draft Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities (Lead Strategy), so communities and stakeholders can provide their comments on the Agency’s plan.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2022
The Challenge, which began in 2013, is a national effort under EPA’s Sustainable Materials Management Program to encourage agencies to reduce the federal government's environmental impact.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2022
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognizes Sprouts Farmers Market’s Food Rescue Program, as one of 18 businesses and organizations honored nationally for notable achievements and innovations in EPA’s Food Recovery Challenge in 2020 and 2021.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2022
“As a result of this settlement, the sewer system improvements will reduce discharges from Combined Sewer Overflows by 370 million gallons per year.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2022
House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement about Speaker Pelosi’s expansive, duplicative government spending that will not secure America’s global competitive edge against China.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2022
“With the 2022 Winter Olympics set to commence in Beijing, China on February 4, we write to inquire how you will use your investment in the Games to shed light on China’s history of human rights abuses.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2022
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a series of upcoming public listening sessions on the draft Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2022
“The EPA Food Recovery Challenge Award winners demonstrate how preventing food waste and diverting excess wholesome food away from landfills and to people is important for the environment and for communities,” said EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2022
“The Times’ report found that these tests are frequently wrong, sometimes more than 90 percent wrong for some genetic conditions.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2022
Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following remarks in today’s Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee hearing on the many crises of President Biden’s first year in office.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2022
On January 10, 2022, Tracy Mapes pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California for violating national defense airspace regulations. Mapes modified an unmanned aircraft, or drone, by adding a compartment underneath large enough to hold dozens of leaflets.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2022
The Kansas State University Pollution Prevention Institute (PPI) in Manhattan, Kansas, and Shawnee Mission East High School in Prairie Village, Kansas, were recognized by the U.S.
