WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: Projects Funded by President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act Will Lower Energy Costs and Expand Access to Cleaner Fueling Options ERIE, Pa., April 23, 2024 - Today, in honor of Earth Day 2024, Agriculture Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is funding more than 700 clean energy projects to lower energy bills, expand access to domestic biofuels  more

OAKLAND, California, April 24 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: On behalf of California and leading a multistate coalition of 23 attorneys general and four cities, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, Governor Gavin Newsom, and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) filed a motion to intervene in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to help defend the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s final rule for light- and medium-duty vehic  more

KIRTLAND AFB, New Mexico, April 24 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: Department of the Air Force Chief of Safety Maj. Gen. Sean Choquette released the recipients for the fiscal year 2023 Secretary of the Air Force and Chief of Staff Safety Awards, as well as the Air and Space Forces Chief of Safety Awards. "Safety is about increasing combat power," Choquette said. "Our safety enterprise goal is to build an operational force maximizing readiness in air, space, and cyberspace. The  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The General Services Administration issued the following news on April 22, 2024: Much of GSA's vast real estate portfolio - the equivalent square footage of 137 Empire State Buildings - was built before reports on climate change made us take a closer look at building management and construction practices. What we know now is that we can reduce emissions that worsen climate change and pollute the air, even before a building is even under construction. At every step of b  more

CHEYENNE, New Mexico, April 24 -- Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: Govs. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-N.M., and Mark Gordon, R-Wyo., today announced their participation in the National Governors Association (NGA) Disagree Better Initiative and released a related video. The two governors, who have collaborated on policy initiatives as chairman and vice chair of the Western Governors Association, recently sat down to share a message of   more

MONTEREY, California, April 24 -- The Naval Postgraduate School's Center for Homeland Defense and Security issued the following story: To say that Jake Debevec's career arc has been meteoric is hardly hyperbolic. Jake Debevec The Center for Homeland Defense and Security Emergence Program alum has skyrocketed from working for the University of New Mexico (UNM) Hospital Emergency Department as a transporter straight out of high school to University of New Mexico School of Medicine faculty and,   more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57007) involving Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico: * * * Rep Org: Kirtland Air Force Base Licensee: Kirtland Air Force Base Region: 4 City: Albuquerque State: NM License #: 42-23539-01AF Agreement: N NRC Notified By: Ryan Eiswerth HQ OPS Officer: Adam Koziol Notification Date: 03/05/2024 Notification Time: 14:17 [ET] Event Date: 03/05/2024 Event Time: 10:00 [MST]   more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57061) involving Louisiana Energy Services, Eunice, New Mexico: * * * Facility: Louisiana Energy Services Comments: Uranium Enrichment Facility Gas Centrifuge Facility Region: 2 City: Eunice State: NM County: Lea License #: SNM-2010 Docket: 70-3103 NRC Notified By: David Hurd HQ OPS Officer: Kerby Scales Notification Date: 04/02/2024 Notification Time: 02:36 [ET] Event Date: 04/0  more

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, North Carolina, April 24 -- The U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune issued the following news: By 2nd Lt. John Graham 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing U.S. Marines with 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) Battalion, Marine Air Control Group 28, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), conducted a scenario-driven training for counter-unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 15-17. The purpose of the training was to asses  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: Sandia National Laboratories and the Kansas City National Security Campus completed a crucial weapons component development milestone, prior to full rate production. The Mark 21 Replacement Fuze interfaces with the W87-0 warhead for deployment onto the Minuteman III and, eventually, the Sentinel Intercontinental Ballistic Missile. The first production unit of th  more

CANNON AFB, New Mexico, April 24 -- The U.S. Air Force's 27th Special Operations Wing issued the news release: By 2nd Lt. Merit Davey, 27th Special Operations Wing Public Affairs From approximately April 23, 2024, to Oct. 2, 2024, the New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) will be conducting construction to install a traffic signal at the intersection of U.S. Highway 60/84 and New Mexico Highway 467. This signal will help reduce accidents and provide clear rights of way for both dire  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The White House issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: Yesterday, to celebrate Earth Day 2024, President Biden traveled to Prince William Forest Park in Triangle, VA, a national park system site developed by FDR's Civilian Conservation Corps, to announce $7 billion in awards through EPA's Solar for All program and unveil major steps to advance the American Climate Corps. Building on the President's climate, clean energy, and environmental justice accomplish  more