News from March 2023
Granholm: Water is 'nation's oldest source of renewable energy and an integral part of the suite of clean energy solutions'
By Federal Department News | Mar 26, 2023
The U.S. Department of Energy is committing more than $200 million to modernize and expand hydropower and advance marine-energy technologies across the country.
LaTourette: 'New Jersey is excited to advance its critical work of reducing and responding to climate change'
By Karen Kidd | Mar 26, 2023
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $3 million for New Jersey to plan ways to reduce pollution and build clean energy economies.
Tourassi: MSU work with supercomputer is 'opening up avenues throughout the whole of science'
By Federal Newswire Report | Mar 26, 2023
Michigan State University has been awarded 1.3 million node hours of computation time on the world’s fastest supercomputer by the Department of Energy to study galaxies at an unprecedented level.
Driscoll: 'Chiu exploited his access to facilitate a years-long scheme to embezzle'
By Karen Kidd | Mar 26, 2023
A former New York-area bank employee is being charged in an almost two-year-long, $2 million fraud and embezzlement scheme.
Buttigieg: 'Technology and innovation are reshaping our transportation systems'
By Federal Newswire Report | Mar 25, 2023
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced the first round of grants, worth more than $94 million, for 59 projects through the Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Grants Program.
Federal Reserve Board publishes its order denying the application by Custodia Bank, Inc., to be supervised by the Federal Reserve
By Federal Newswire | Mar 25, 2023
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday published its order denying the application by Custodia Bank, Inc., of Cheyenne, Wyoming to be supervised by the Federal Reserve. The Board previously announced its denial of the application, and its order is now available following a review for confidential information.
Missouri NRCS announces additional Conservation Stewardship Program funding: 'We look forward to providing greater opportunities to address the unmet demand from producers who have sought funding for climate-smart conservation activities'
By Federal Newswire Report | Mar 25, 2023
The Missouri Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) will receive additional funding through the Inflation Reduction Act to boost the start of climate-friendly initiatives under the Conservation Stewardship Program (CPS), providing opportunities to farmers and the owners of forested land to take part in the program and back climate-mitigation projects.
USDA announces new investments in school meals to support Healthy Kids: 'The Biden-Harris Administration believes that a healthier future for our country starts with our children'
By Federal Newswire Report | Mar 25, 2023
The U.S. Department of Agriculture this week announced several efforts designed to increase support for and access to school meal programs for children in need, including $50 million in grants to jumpstart collaboration between schools, suppliers and food producers in an effort to provide nutritious food.
Lester Moffit: 'USDA is excited to partner with Forest County Potawatomi Community'
By Karen Kidd | Mar 25, 2023
U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service recently signed a cooperative agreement with the Forest County Potawatomi Community.
Cosby: 'Projects will empower communities to reduce waste'
By Karen Kidd | Mar 25, 2023
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is making $9.5 million available for Compost and Food Waste Reduction pilot projects for 2023.
EPA's 'Fix a Leak Week' has been 'helping people save water and money' for 15 years, agency wastewater management director says
By Karen Kidd | Mar 25, 2023
Gotta water leak? A couple of days remain to get it fixed and make it part of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's 15th annual "Fix a Leak Week," EPA's WaterSense program's way to encourage consumers and businesses to find and repair plumbing leaks in homes and improve landscaping irrigation systems.
Federal Reserve Board releases annual audited financial statements
By Federal Newswire | Mar 25, 2023
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday released the 2022 combined annual audited financial statements for the Reserve Banks. An independent public accounting firm engaged by the Board issued unqualified opinions, asserting that its audit found the financial statements for the Board and the Reserve Banks to be free of material misstatements in accordance with the applicable auditing standards. The Board released preliminary income and expense data earlier this year.
Graham: 'We prepare to mark the 60th anniversary of Medgar Evers' assassination'
By Karen Kidd | Mar 25, 2023
Public comment is now underway over a draft operations plan for Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument in Jackson, Miss.
Boger: Legacy Management 'monuments are important for the long-term stewardship of the site'
By Karen Kidd | Mar 25, 2023
U.S. Department of Energy Legacy management recently installed six new aerial-survey quality-control monuments at the Falls City, Texas, disposal site.
Granholm: 'To meet our future energy needs, we will need versatile renewables like bioenergy'
By Karen Kidd | Mar 25, 2023
U.S. Department of Energy recently announced funding to renew the four Bioenergy Research Centers.
Wang: 'Agreements will provide an effective remedy for grape farmers and processors of white grape juice concentrate'
By Karen Kidd | Mar 25, 2023
U.S. Department of Commerce recently announced antidumping and countervailing duty suspension agreements on white grape juice concentrate from Argentina.
Buttigieg: Proposed funding 'will increase the speed, reliability & frequency of commuter rail service' in Utah
By Federal Newswire Report | Mar 25, 2023
Utah’s FrontRunner transit system would receive more than $315 million in federal funding in the Department of Transportation's proposed spending plan.
Newland: 'Revitalizing Tribal economies is key to our goal of making lives better for people'
By Karen Kidd | Mar 24, 2023
Indian Affairs Office of Indian Economic Development recently announced more than $3 million in Tribal Tourism Grant Program funding.
Noyes: 'This is the first time we are treating tank waste on an industrial scale at Hanford'
By Karen Kidd | Mar 24, 2023
The U.S. Department of Energy Environmental Management Office of River Protection and Washington River Protection Solutions are resuming processing tank waste at the Hanford Site using the Tank-Side Cesium Removal System.
Ryan: 'We need to close the facility' to protect wild horses from strangles
By Karen Kidd | Mar 24, 2023
The Bureau of Land Management is suspending visits and adoptions at the wild horse and burro corrals in Litchfield, Calif., due to a bacterial infection.
