PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, June 12 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Pittsburgh District issued the following news release: By Michel Sauret, Pittsburgh District A power outage that began in Ohio spread across seven states and into Canada as brush fires caused transmission lines to go out of service. Mass transit shut down, traffic chaos filled the streets, cell phone towers became overwhelmed, and approximately 5,000 critical facilities requested emergency generators after losing power. A   more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, June 12 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: NETL has released version five of a user-friendly, sophisticated database that can be used to estimate the carbon dioxide (CO2) storage potential of underground geological environments, helping stakeholders make more informed decisions that could improve the efficiency, safety and long-term stability of CO2 storage operations. NETL's updated CO2-SCREEN   more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: Through "Build America, Buy America," Biden-Harris Administration is investing in American workers, creating good-paying, union jobs Click here to view the third installment of the Investing in America short-form video series Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation released the third installment of its "Investing in America" video series focused on the men and women producing American-made s  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, June 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: NETL researchers recently scaled up hydrogen production tests by increasing the catalyst load from 500 grams to 4.5 kilograms, a significant step toward advancing the hydrogen production technology needed for a clean energy future. The patented NETL catalyst helps to enable a process called catalytic methane pyrolysis (CMP), which breaks down methane in  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, June 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Zhenyu ("Bill") Wang, 43, of Dallas, Texas, and Daniel Ray Lane, 42, of McKinney, Texas, who were convicted at trial in November 2023, were sentenced to prison today by United States District Judge Harvey Bartle III on charges of attempting to violate the International Emergency Economic Powe  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, June 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: Dimetrius Morris of Farrell, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to 84 months in federal prison for committing drug trafficking and firearms crimes, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. Morris, 39, was sentenced by United States District Judge Robert J. Colville, who also ordered Morris to serve three years of supervised release followi  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, June 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: A resident of New Castle, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. Dontae Blackshear, 25, pleaded guilty before Senior United States District Judge Arthur J. Schwab to conspiring to distribute fentanyl and cocaine between May 2021 and October 2  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- President Biden issued the following statement on June 11, 2024, on the death of civil rights activist James Lawson: * * * Born in Pennsylvania, the cradle of our democracy, James Lawson dedicated his life to fighting for our country's ideals. Hailing from a family of ministers, he became a disciple for freedom and a visionary of the Civil Rights Movement. While attending Vanderbilt Divinity School, James Lawson organized sit-ins in Nashville, Tennessee that led to his   more