UNIONTOWN, Pennsylvania, April 16 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following remarks: * * * Acting Secretary Julie Su today made the following remarks during an announcement of the department's issuance of a final rule by its Mine Safety and Health Administration to reduce miners' exposure to respirable crystalline silica dust: (As prepared for delivery) "Thank you so much Dave, for that introduction and for sharing your story today. It's great to be in Uniontown and I want to than  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration issued the following news brief on April 17, 2024: * * * Date of action: April 15, 2024 Type of action: Consent judgment and order Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Defendants: Joseph Silvestri & Son Inc., Donna M. Fecondo and Joseph Silvestri & Son Inc. Profit-Sharing Plan Background: An investigation by the Department of Labor's Em  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, April 20 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: NETL's Andy Jones, technology manager for the Lab's Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) Program, shared details of how the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) intends to kick-start a nationwide network of large-scale carbon removal sites using direct air capture (DAC) technology to address legacy carbon dioxide (CO2) pollution and complement rapid emissions reductions. D  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, April 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has elected NETL Director Marianne Walck as a 2023 AAAS Fellow for distinguished contributions and technical excellence in geophysics, earth sciences and energy and climate science; strategic leadership at two national laboratories; and unwavering diversity, equity and inclusion leadership a  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, April 19 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: Representatives of the Womanium Foundation, an organization that encourages girls and women to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), visited NETL along with officials of the Naval Nuclear Laboratory's Pittsburgh-based Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory to discuss potential collaborative efforts. NETL Director Marianne Walck, Ph.  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, April 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: A resident of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court today for conspiring to commit and carrying out hate crimes against numerous severely disabled victims, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. United States District Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan sentenced Tyler Smith, 34, of New Brighton, Pennsylvania, to 120 months  more

SCRANTON, Pennsylvania, April 16 -- President Biden issued the following remarks at a campaign event at the Carpenters Training Center: * * * THE PRESIDENT: Guys, you come up here. Come on. Come on. Good to see you, buddy. PARTICIPANT: Yeah, you too. THE PRESIDENT: Come on. With the Bells and the Bidens, like all of you -- my dad used to have an expression. He'd say, "Family is the beginning, the middle, and the end" -- "the beginning, the middle, and the end." (Addressing Megan Bell's   more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, April 20 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news on April 19, 2024: NETL will present its research in Gasification Systems, Advanced Energy Materials, Advanced Turbines, Sensors and Controls, Simulation-Based Engineering, University Training and Research and Reversible Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, technologies that will help realize a decarbonized economy and power sector, during the 2024 FECM/NETL Spring R&D Projec  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a news call via teleconference by National Economic Advisor Lael Brainard and senior administration officials previewing President Biden's remarks on steel: * * * MR. KIKUKAWA: Good afternoon, everyone. And thank you for joining our call previewing President Biden's remarks tomorrow at the United Steelworkers headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This ca- -- call will feature on-the-record remarks from National Ec  more