News published on Federal Newswire in February 2023

News from February 2023


USDA-NRCS Announces 2023 Water Quality Improvement funding for farmers within the Sakonnet River Watershed

USDA-NRCS Announces 2023 Water Quality Improvement funding for farmers within the Sakonnet River Watershed


USDA Offers Expanded Conservation Program Opportunity to Support Climate-Smart Agriculture

USDA Offers Expanded Conservation Program Opportunity to Support Climate-Smart Agriculture


USDA Invests $9.4 Million in Compost and Food Waste Reduction Projects

USDA Invests $9.4 Million in Compost and Food Waste Reduction Projects


Boozman, Braun & Lucas Reintroduce Legislation to Protect Family Farmers & Ranchers from Burdensome SEC Climate Rules

News Release: WASHINGTON-As the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) continues to press forward with a Biden administration proposal to institute burdensome greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reporting rules, Republicans in Congress are standing up for family farmers and ranchers by introducing legislation which will exempt family farmers and ranchers from this regulatory overreach.


Colorado Open Land Announces USDA RCPP Funding Opportunity

Colorado Open Land Announces USDA RCPP Funding Opportunity


Biden-Harris Administration Announces $56 Million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding for Pacific Islands to Address Emerging Contaminants like PFAS in Drinking Water

News Release: SAN FRANCISCO – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan announced the availability of $2 billion from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to address emerging contaminants, like Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in drinking water across the ...


EPA Region 7 Announces Virtual Listening Session on PFAS Strategic Roadmap

News Release: LENEXA, KAN. (FEB. 13, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 is announcing an upcoming virtual listening session on EPA’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap for Region 7 communities on Feb. 28, and inviting members of the public to attend and speak.


News Release: Two Amazon marketplace sellers and four of their companies have pleaded guilty to price fixing DVDs and Blu Ray Discs.



National Park Service Seeks Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Hyde Park Drive-In Movie Theatre

News Release: Quick Facts. Amenities. 1 listed. Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits. Apatosaurus louisae is a species of sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of North America found in the Morrison Formation, and its remains are present on the Wall of Bones at Dinosaur National Monument. Apatosaurus grew...


News Release: The webinar "Black History is American History: Centering the Long Civil Rights Struggle in DC Area Parks" occured on Aug. 17, 2021. A transcript of this video appears below.


January: One press release published by U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response

There was one press release published by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response in January.


Special Presidential Envoy for Climate Kerry’s Travel to The Bahamas and Germany

News Release: Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will travel to Nassau, The Bahamas, from February 14-16 and Munich, Germany from February 17-18. In Nassau, Secretary Kerry will continue efforts to advance international cooperation among nations particularly vulnerable to the climate crisis at the 44th ...


News Release: SAN FRANCISCO – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan announced the availability of $2 billion from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to address emerging contaminants, like Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in drinking water across the ...


Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Danish Foreign Minister Rasmussen

News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price


USDA-NIFA grant application closes on May 16

The Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program Produce Prescription Program grant opened on Feb. 14.


News Release: In November 2021, staff from Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, John Muir National Historic Site, and SMART Workforce Center in Redding, California met at the Tower House Historic District of Whiskeytown National Recreation Area to re-establish an apple orchard.


News Release: BOSTON (Feb. 13, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $38,204,000 from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to address emerging contaminants, like Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in drinking water in Massachusetts. This investment, which is ...


Former White House chief strategist on new book: 'Curtis Ellis will be remembered as an economic nationalist who answered the call and manned the ramparts'

A book, "Pandemonium: China's Global Strategy to Cripple America," penned by economic and trade expert Curt Ellis shortly before his death in 2021, is being published by Post Hill Press and is receiving praise from a number of policy experts, including Michael Pillsbury, director for Chinese Strategy at the Hudson Institute, and former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon, who wrote the book's preface.