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News Tipoffs - Utah Editors Newsletter for Thursday December 05, 2024 ( 9 items )  

Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Funding Opportunity for Habitat Restoration and Species Recovery in the Upper Colorado River Basin
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: The Bureau of Reclamation today announced a new funding opportunity through President Biden's Investing in America agenda for projects that are environmentally focused and have additional water savings benefits. The funding will restore habitats and assist in species recovery, while providing water savings to help increase resiliency against prolonged drought driven by climate ch  more

Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Funding Opportunity for Habitat Restoration and Species Recovery in the Upper Colorado River Basin
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: The Bureau of Reclamation today announced a new funding opportunity through President Biden's Investing in America agenda for projects that are environmentally focused and have additional water savings benefits. The funding will restore habitats and assist in species recovery, while providing water savings to help increase resiliency against prolonged drought driven by climate ch  more

DOE EMSL Selects Five Projects for MONet Winter Soil Sampling
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

Fla. A.G. Moody Fights Back Against Latest Biden Attempt to Make Taxpayers Pay for Others' Student Loan Debt
TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Dec. 5 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2024: Attorney General Ashley Moody is fighting back against Biden's latest federal overreach attempt. Attorney General Moody, along with 22 other attorneys general, is challenging the Biden administration's fourth unlawful attempt to saddle working Americans with someone else's student loan debt. Attorney General Ashley Moody said, "Biden clearly does not believe in accountabilit  more

Gundam 22 U.S. - Japan Friendship Memorial: One Year on From Yakushima
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

Okla. A.G. Drummond Backs Bondi Nomination for U.S. Attorney General
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Dec. 5 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2024: Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond is urging the U.S. Senate to swiftly confirm the nomination of Pam Bondi, President-Elect Trump's pick for U.S. Attorney General. Drummond and a coalition of 30 current and future state attorneys general sent a letter to Senate leadership this week supporting Bondi. "Pam Bondi has proven herself to be an exceptional legal mi  more

Reclamation Celebrates Almost $1 Billion in Conservation Efforts in the Colorado River Basin with Tribal Partners
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

Sandia National Laboratories Study Supports Superior Bits
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

Utah A.G. Reyes and a Coalition Urge Secretary Blinken to Refrain From Multinational Plastic Regulation
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Dec. 5 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news on Dec. 4, 2024: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined ten attorneys general on a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Under Secretary Jose W. Fernandez to urge the federal government to refrain from "negotiat[ing] or enter[ing] an international agreement relating to regulating American-made plastics." The letter was led by the State of Iowa. This communication from the state attorn  more