WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following news: Undocumented orphaned wells pose hazards to both the environment and the climate. Scientists are building modern tools to help locate, assess, and pave the way for ultimately plugging these forgotten relics. Key Takeaways * Experts estimate there are hundreds of thousands of oil and gas wells in the United States that are not formally documented or owned. * Undocume  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following commentary on Dec. 2, 2024: * * * Fifty Years of Access to Lending Opportunity: Where Are We Now? Courtesy of Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke The Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) has just entered its 51st year, providing an occasion to look back -- and to look ahead. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a tireless advocate for a more just and equal society, and ensuring access to housing opportunity was a criti  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following commentary on Dec. 2, 2024: * * * On World AIDS Day, Justice Department Remains Resolute in Protecting the Civil Rights of People Living With HIV and AIDS Courtesy of Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke On World AIDS Day 2024 (observed Dec. 1), the Justice Department remains unwavering in its commitment to defending the civil rights of people living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune   more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Dec. 5 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2024: * * * Funds will support state and tribal projects to conserve and restore salmon on the West Coast and Alaska. * * * Today, the Department of Commerce and NOAA Fisheries announced up to $99 million in funding through the Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund (PCSRF) for conservation and recovery projects focusing on Pacific salmon and steelhead. This fundi  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Dec. 5 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Jaskiran "Jassy" Grewal, of Sacramento, has been appointed Deputy Secretary of Legislation at the Labor and Workforce Development Agency. Grewal was Legislative Director at United Food and Commercial Workers Western States Council since 2020, where she held several roles since 2016, including Legislative Advocate  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued the following news release: Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) took action to permanently ban Student Loan Pro and Judith Noh, its owner, from offering or providing consumer financial products. The CFPB alleges that Student Loan Pro and Noh violated federal law by charging borrowers upfront fees to file paperwork on their behalf to access free debt-relief programs available to consumers with federal studen  more

ROBINS AFB, Georgia, Dec. 5 -- The U.S. Air Force Reserve Command issued the following news: By Tech. Sgt. Tyler J. Bolken, 944th Fighter Wing GILA BEND AIR FORCE AUXILIARY FIELD, Ariz. -- The vast and desolate terrain of southern Arizona served as the backdrop for Desert Hammer 2024, the largest joint exercise in Arizona's history, Nov. 13-16, 2024. Over 700 personnel, 130 aircraft, and participants from multiple U.S. military branches, as well as coalition partners like Italy, Norway, and T  more

ROBINS AFB, Georgia, Dec. 5 -- The U.S. Air Force Reserve Command issued the following news: By Senior Airman Alexis Orozco, 944th Fighter Wing GILA BEND AIR FORCE AUXILIARY FIELD, Ariz. -- Southern Arizona became the epicenter of cutting-edge military preparedness during Desert Hammer 2024, a large-force exercise hosted by the 944th Fighter Wing that united over 700 participants and 130 aircraft in realistic combat training, Nov. 13-16, 2024. This groundbreaking event showcased the unparalle  more

RANDOLPH AFB, Texas, Dec. 4 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: The Department of Defense will test an expansion of commissary shopping privileges for DOD civilian employees at select Defense Commissary Agency stores located in the continental U.S., for 120 days starting Dec. 5. "We welcome the opportunity to participate in DOD's pilot to expand commissary shopping privileges to DOD civilian employees at 16 of our stores," said John E. Hall, DeCA  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (TNSres) -- The Department of Energy Office of Science Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Thirty-eight soil cores will contribute to the MONet database * * * Five researchers were recently chosen to conduct winter sampling for the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL)'s Molecular Observation (MONet). The principal investigators and their teams will collect 38 soil cores from tree cover, cropland, and grass/shrub land   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Dec. 4 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, a federal district bank, issued the following news: As a regular and active participant in the capital markets, Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco (FHLBank San Francisco) monitors on an ongoing basis relevant market data and activity. Below are certain observations about recent market data and activity. * * * Current State of the Repo Market Funding Pressures: The repurchase agreement (repo) market has see  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Dec. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam Against a backdrop of swirling dust and brisk island winds aboard Andersen Air Force Base, the inaugural Battle of the Branches combat marksmanship competition united military and civilian forces in a show of skill, discipline, and camaraderie. Hosted by the U.S. Air Force 36th Wing and Brig. Gen. Thomas Palenske, the event featured seve  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service issued the following recall alert: Dec. 4, 2024 The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for ready-to-eat (RTE) frozen chicken products that did not receive the benefit of import reinspection. A recall was not requested because the products are no longer available for purchase. The following products subject to the public health a  more

DENVER, Colorado, Dec. 5 -- Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colorado, issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2024: Governor Polis and Colorado Energy Office Executive Director Will Toor celebrated Colorado's leadership in electric vehicle (EV) sales announcing that Colorado has passed California to reach the highest EV market share of any state in the nation, according to Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM). "Coloradans are purchasing electric vehicles at a higher rate tha  more

HURLBURT FIELD, Florida, Dec. 5 -- The U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command issued the following news: By Capt. Richard Caesar, 353rd Special Operations Wing YAKUSHIMA, Japan -- Close to 100 military and civilian personnel from the United States and Japan gathered at the Yakushima Town Hall Nov. 29, 2024 to attend a ceremony dedicating a cenotaph to the eight heroes who died when their CV-22B Osprey went down just off the coast of the island last year and the joint effort expended to sear  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- The U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific issued the following news release: MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- U.S. Marines and Sailors from across I Marine Expeditionary Force, U.S. 3rd Fleet and Airmen from various units will conduct annual Exercise Steel Knight 24, Dec. 2-19, 2024. The exercise will take place at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Beale Air Force Base, and San Clemente Island in California and at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona. Steel Knigh  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Dec. 5 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2024: * * * Issues updated model policies and recommendations for California schools, libraries, healthcare facilities, courthouses, shelters, and labor agencies * * * In response to the incoming Trump administration's inhumane threats of mass arrests, detention, and deportations, California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued updated model policies and recommendations  more

LIVERMORE, California, Dec. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has released a compelling new episode of the Big Ideas Lab Podcast, focusing on the storied history and groundbreaking advancements of the Site 300 Experimental Test Site. Listen on Apple or Spotify. Situated on 7,000 acres in the rural foothills approximately six miles southwest of downtown Tracy and 15 miles southeast  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: The Bureau of Reclamation today hosted a signing ceremony celebration with the San Carlos Apache Tribe, Quechan Indian Tribe, Colorado River Indian Tribes, Ute Mountain Ute Indian Tribe, and White Mountain Apache Tribe to celebrate new initiatives with a total investment of over $43.7 million from President Biden's Investing in America agenda and annual appropriations. These new   more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Dec. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: In golf, a great caddie helps tune a professional golfer's performance, matching their skill, choice of club and type of swing to the course and weather conditions. A recent analysis of drilling records from the Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (https://utahforge.com/) by Sandia National Laboratories researchers aims to provide this level of g  more

MENLO PARK, California, Dec. 5 -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news release: By Glennda Chui While atoms are known to wiggle very fast, dopants added to a cuprate superconductor can also cause atoms to meander very slowly. A SLAC study shows this process, called atomic relaxation, offers a new way to explore quantum states in these puzzling materials. Materials known as unconventional superconductors can conduct electricity with no loss at higher temperatures   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: PORTLAND, Ore. - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has published a final recovery plan for the Oregon spotted frog, a threatened species living in the Pacific Northwest. The plan provides a road map to help recover the frog so it can thrive and ultimately be delisted from the Endangered Species Act. Recovery plans are not regulatory documents, and instead encourage coop  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued the following program update: Effective at 6:18pm Eastern Standard Time on December 2, 2024, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, prospectively vacated the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) final rule (7 CFR part 340) issued in May 2020 for organisms developed using genetic engineering. Regulatory Status Review responses, Confirmation Request resp  more

RANDOLPH AFB, Texas, Dec. 4 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: Whenever people ask me what the best part of working in public affairs is, I always tell them, "I get to shadow everybody." On Monday, I can be flying on a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft to document the loadmasters and by Thursday, I'm interviewing an Airman from the 97th Civil Engineer Squadron about his Dorm of the Quarter award. I often see people at their very best, when their eyes  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Dec. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2024: * * * Corvalis Stewart arranged for a private plane that brought 19 pounds of methamphetamine and 200,000 fentanyl pills into Dane County * * * Timothy M. O'Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Corvalis Stewart, 37, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peter  more