PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Aug. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: Next-generation engineers and scientists who served internships at NETL, two other national laboratories, and four universities to study hybrid resilient energy systems converged in Morgantown, West Virginia, recently to share presentations on their work as part of the Consortium of Hybrid Resilient Energy Systems (CHRES) Technical Forum. Hybrid energy systems a  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Matthew M. Graves, issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2023: Today, a federal jury convicted five defendants - Lauren Handy, 28, of Alexandria, Virginia; John Hinshaw, 67, of Levittown, New York; Heather Idoni, 61, of Linden, Michigan; William Goodman, 52, of Bronx, New York; and Herb Geraghty, 25, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - of both offenses in a two-count indictment charging them with federal civil rights offen  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Aug. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recently announced the recipients of the FY22 pre-disaster hazard mitigation assistance grants from their Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) and Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) programs. The selections, through the two competitive grant programs, will help communities across  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Aug. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Senior Officials, Victoria Salinas and Janice Barlow, toured DC Water's Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant to celebrate Disaster Resilience Month this August. The tour highlighted the innovative work the District of Columbia and DC Water are doing to reduce flood risk. Along with officia  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Aug. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: FEMA is proposing updates to the Flood insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for St. Mary's County, MD. Affected community members and partners are invited to participate in a 90-day appeal and comment period. The updated maps were produced in coordination with local, state and FEMA officials. Before the maps become final, community member and partners c  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56689) involving Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: * * * Rep Org: PA Bureau of Radiation Protection Licensee: Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA Region: 1 City: Pittsburgh State: PA License #: PA-1659 Agreement: Y NRC Notified By: John Chippo HQ OPS Officer: Donald Norwood Notification Date: 08/22/2023 Notification Time: 13:37 [ET] Event Date: 08/21/2023 Eve  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement issued the following news release: As part of the Biden-Harris administration's efforts to clean up legacy pollution and revitalize the environment and economy of coal communities, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement has awarded $30,000 in a cooperative agreement for a watershed restoration project in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania. OSMRE's Watershed Cooperative Agre  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Aug. 30 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Jacqueline C. Romero, issued the following news release: United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Norman D. Wise, 57, of Mullica Hill, NJ, Douglas E. Daniel, 65, of Philadelphia, PA, and Leonard F. Coleman, 53, of Paulsboro, NJ, were charged by Information with bribery and fraud charges related to two schemes: (1) a bribery scheme in which Coleman paid off Wise and Daniel in exch  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Aug. 30 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Eric G. Olshan, issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2023: A former resident of Monaca, PA, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating a federal narcotics law, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. The one-count Indictment named Martinis Ramon Lee, 36, formerly of Monaca, PA, as the sole defendant. According to the Indictment presente  more

SCRANTON, Pennsylvania, Aug. 30 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Gerard M. Karam, issued the following release on Aug. 29, 2023: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Lee Crawford, age 61, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty on August 28, 2023, before U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion, to the charge of conspiracy to distribute more than 40 grams of fentanyl and the charge of possession w  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 30 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is reminding small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture, and most private nonprofit organizations in Western Pennsylvania that October 2 is the filing deadline for federal working capital loans for losses due to the drought that occurred June 1 through August 30, 2022. Low-interest disaster loans are avai  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Aug. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: Technology developed by OxEon Energy with support from NETL is building upon earlier extraplanetary success to create a stable, robust and low-cost system capable of producing hydrogen at high pressures - an important step toward the commercialization of clean energy devices. "OxEon designed, built, and delivered an electrolysis stack to NASA's Mars 2020 Perseve  more