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Federal Independent Agencies

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Multilateral Development Banks Increase Climate Finance to $163 Billion in 2025, Supporting Climate-Resilient and Sustainable Growth
WASHINGTON, July 15 (TNSrpt) -- The Inter-American Development Bank issued the following news release:

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Multilateral Development Banks Increase Climate Finance to $163 billion in 2025, Supporting Climate-Resilient and Sustainable Growth

* Multilateral development banks' climate finance in low-and middle-income countries jumps 21% to $103 billion last year, according to their new annual report.

* MDB adaptation finance in low- and middle-income economies rose 31% to $35 billion, and mitigation finance rose 16% to $68 billion.

* MDBs on track to meet their 2030 climate-finance projections ... Show Full Article
SBA Expands Use of Palantir Software to Accelerate Pandemic Fraud Crackdown
WASHINGTON, July 15 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on July 14, 2026:

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SBA Expands Use of Palantir Software to Accelerate Pandemic Fraud Crackdown

Advanced Technology Will Strengthen SBA's Fraud Analysis and Enforcement Efforts on Behalf of Small Businesses and Taxpayers

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Today, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced a new phase in its anti-fraud initiative in which it is deploying Palantir Technologies (Palantir) software to advance the agency's ongoing efforts to identify, investigate, and help prosecute fraud in pandemic-era small ... Show Full Article
FHLBanks Will Not Issue a Global on July 14
WASHINGTON, July 15 -- The Federal Home Loan Banks Office of Finance issued the following news release:

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FHLBanks Will Not Issue a Global on July 14

Today, the FHLBank System is announcing that no Global will be issued or reopened on the July 14 calendar date.

The next Global opportunity for the FHLBanks is July 23, 2026, per the Global calendar that is published and available on the Office of Finance website.

On these predetermined dates, the FHLBanks have the option of issuing a new Global, reopening an existing Global, or deferring until the next scheduled opportunity.

This announcement ... Show Full Article
EPA Proposes Updated Residential Soil Cleanup at Vega Baja Superfund Site in Puerto Rico
WASHINGTON, July 15 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release:

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EPA Proposes Updated Residential Soil Cleanup at Vega Baja Superfund Site in Puerto Rico

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Vega Baja, P.R. \- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to update the cleanup plan for the Vega Baja Solid Waste Disposal Superfund site in Puerto Rico to better protect residents from lead in soil. EPA is taking this step after reviewing recent sampling results under current science that calls for a more protective look at lead in residential areas. Under the proposed update, EPA would ... Show Full Article
Comments of the National Academy of Medicine on OMB's Proposal to Alter the Federal Grantmaking Process
WASHINGTON, July 15 -- The National Academy of Medicine issued the following news:

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Comments of the National Academy of Medicine on OMB's Proposal to Alter the Federal Grantmaking Process

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The approach the United States has taken to funding biomedical and health research for more than seven decades rests on a straightforward premise: awards are chosen through rigorous, independent, competitive peer review, within priorities that elected leaders set through statute and appropriations. That approach has delivered enormous returns, including steep declines in deaths from cancer, heart disease, ... Show Full Article
CfA Astronomers Win Share of Roman Space Telescope's Inaugural General Investigator Program
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 15 -- The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics issued the following news release:

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CfA Astronomers Win Share of Roman Space Telescope's Inaugural General Investigator Program

Four major projects and seven CfA researchers will lead and co-lead investigations spanning the Milky Way, exoplanets, black holes, and the earliest galaxies

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The Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian was strongly represented in the newly announced Cycle 1 General Investigator Program from the Roman Science Support Center with four scientists leading and three co-leading ... Show Full Article
CSB Issues Woodland Pulp Investigation Update
WASHINGTON, July 15 -- The U.S. Chemical Safety Board issued the following news release on July 14, 2026:

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CSB Issues Woodland Pulp Investigation Update

U.S. Chemical Safety Board Issues Investigation Update on Fatal January 2026 Toxic Hydrogen Sulfide Release at the Woodland Pulp Mill in Baileyville, Maine

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Today, the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) released an update on the agency's ongoing investigation into the January 27, 2026, fatal release of highly toxic hydrogen sulfide gas at the Woodland Pulp mill in Baileyville, Maine. The incident resulted in the ... Show Full Article