UPTON, New York, Aug. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will provide $100 million in funding to new artificial photosynthesis research projects, including a $40 million award to the North Carolina-based Center for Hybrid Approaches in Solar Energy to Liquid Fuels (CHASE) to accelerate fundamental research of the production of fuels from sunlight. The University of North Carolina at Chapel H  more

UPTON, New York, July 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following news release: On July 29, 2020 the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory opened a new cryo-electron microscopy center, the Laboratory for BioMolecular Structure (LBMS), with an initial focus on COVID-19-related research. This state-of-the-art research center for life sciences imaging offers researchers access to advanced cryo-electron microscopes (cryo-EM)--  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 1 -- The U.S. Court of International Trade issued the following slip opinion (Court No. 18-00054): YAMA RIBBONS AND BOWS CO., Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant, and BERWICK OFFRAY, LLC, Defendant-Intervenor. Before:Timothy C. Stanceu,Chief JudgeCourt No. 18-00054 JUDGMENT Before the court are the Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant to Court Remand (Feb. 21, 2020), ECF No. 37-1 (the "Remand Redetermination"), submitted by the International Trade Administration, U.S  more

NEW YORK, July 29 -- The U.S. Court of International Trade issued the following slip opinion (Court No. 17-00018): TOSCELIK PROFIL VE SAC ENDUSTRISI A.S., Plaintiff, and ZEKELMAN INDUSTRIES, Consolidated Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant, and ZEKELMAN INDUSTRIES, Defendant-Intervenor. Before: Jennifer Choe-Groves, Judge OPINION [Sustaining the U.S. Department of Commerce's third remand results.] David L. Simon, Law Office of David L. Simon, of Washington, D.C., for Plaintiff Toscelik  more

ROCHESTER, New York, July 29 -- The U.S. International Development Finance Corp. issued the following news release on July 28: At the direction of President Donald J. Trump, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) Chief Executive Officer Adam Boehler will sign a letter of interest (LOI) to provide a $765 million loan to Eastman Kodak Company (Kodak) to support the launch of Kodak Pharmaceuticals, a new arm of the company that will produce critical pharmaceutical components. The  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release on July 29: U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced more than $180 million in new grant funding will be awarded to 11 states rethinking education to better serve students during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Rethink K-12 Education Models Grant will support states' efforts to create new, innovative ways for students to continue learning in ways that meet their needs. Awardees include Georgia, Iowa, L  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, July 30 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it will continue to provide financial and technical assistance to support two-year plans by the seven Chesapeake Bay states to reduce pollutants impacting the Bay and local rivers and streams. The federal actions are included in EPA's evaluations of final 2020-2021 milestones submitted by Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delawar  more

NEW YORK, July 30 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: Aggressively addressing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) continues to be an active and ongoing priority for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). EPA Region 2 highlighted efforts to help communities in the region address the exposure pathway risks from per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and the agency's constructive engagement to manage the potential PFAS environmental impact  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The Export-Import Bank of the U.S. issued the following news release: The Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) Board of Directors, in another application of EXIM's COVID-19 economic recovery measures to support U.S. businesses and American jobs during the global pandemic, unanimously approved a $97.2 million working capital guarantee that will support approximately $211.4 million in export sales and an estimated 800 U.S. jobs. EXIM's 90-percent guarantee of a o  more

NEW YORK, July 30 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of New York, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: The Federal Home Loan Bank of New York (FHLBNY) released its unaudited financial highlights for the quarter ended June 30, 2020. "Throughout the first half of 2020, as our region and our nation have grappled with the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic turmoil, our consistently strong performance has helped position the Federal Home Loan Ban  more

NEW YORK, July 29 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Audrey Strauss, issued the following news release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that SAVRAJ GATA-AURA ("GATA-AURA") was sentenced yesterday to four years in prison for participating in a scheme to defraud more than 800 investors of more than $40 million by making false and fraudulent representations about, among other things, the management,   more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Aug. 1 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following feature story: NOAA Fisheries was notified by the U.S. Coast Guard of a distressed humpback whale in the Ambrose Channel of New York on Monday, July 27. One of our New York stranding network partners, the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society (AMSEAS), immediately began working with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) on plans to get a good look at the anim  more

NEW YORK, July 31 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: An administrative law judge with the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission has upheld citations and penalties from the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) against Timberline Hardwood Floors LLC, a custom hardwood-flooring manufacturer that falsely claimed to have corrected previously cited hazards.  more

NEW YORK, July 28 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration issued the following news release: Transportation Security Administration officers at John F. Kennedy International and LaGuardia Airports are using new technology at checkpoints that validates a traveler's identification and confirms their flight information in near real time. TSA at JFK International Airport has 22 credential authentication technology (CAT) units in use and LaGuardia Airpor  more