WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: NOAA is announcing the availability of up to $100 million in funding for transformational projects that restore coastal habitat and strengthen community resilience. This funding has been made available through the Biden-Harris Administration's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. This is the third and final round of this funding opportunity under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Of the $100 million  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Dec. 7 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news release on Dec. 6, 2024: * * * Funding from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will support inclusive habitat restoration for coastal and Great Lakes communities * * * Today, NOAA Fisheries is announcing the availability of up to $100 million in funding for transformational habitat restoration and coastal resilience projects as part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda, und  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: TWIN FALLS, Idaho-The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today approved the Lava Ridge Wind Project northeast of Twin Falls, Idaho, which could power as many as 500,000 homes with clean energy, while creating hundreds of jobs and supporting local and regional economies. The project footprint reduces the area disturbed from the initial proposal by half, decreases the number of turb  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: PALM SPRINGS, Calif. The Bureau of Land Management today approved the Easley Solar project proposed on approximately 2,700 acres of BLM-managed public lands and 990 acres of private lands in Riverside County. The project is expected to generate up to 390 megawatts of photovoltaic solar energy and 650 megawatts of battery storage capacity, delivering reliable clean energy to the  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following news release: December 6, 2024 The U.S. Census Bureau today announced the appointment of five new members to its National Advisory Committee (NAC). The NAC considers topics such as hard-to-reach populations, race and ethnicity, language, aging populations, American Indian and Alaska Native tribal considerations, new immigrant populations, populations affected by natural disasters, highly mobile and migrant populations, complex ho  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news: By William A. Bleyer, Boatswain's Mate Chief, U.S. Coast Guard * * * When you are a beachmaster you are a lot of different things: a human measuring stick, a clay pigeon, a traffic cop, a walking information bureau, and, most important of all, a sort of invasion usher who shows the... heavy landing craft where to sit down on an enemy beach... Since charts and reconnaissance information seldom  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2024: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that PSF, Inc., formerly known as Peter Pan Seafoods, has paid a $750,000 penalty for violations of state and federal Clean Water Act permit requirements limiting the amount of waste that seafood processors can discharge to the marine environment. PSF's and Peter Pan Seafood Company LLC's violations occurred at seafood processing   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Indian Health Service issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2024: Today, the Indian Health Service released its Strategic Plan (https://www.ihs.gov/strategicplan/) for fiscal years 2025-2029, which aims to help strengthen health care service delivery for American Indians and Alaska Natives throughout the United States. "The IHS Strategic Plan reflects critical priorities of the agency over the next five years," said   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- NASA issued the following news release: Credit: NASA NASA has selected Nova Space Solutions, LLC of Anchorage, Alaska, to provide operations, services, maintenance, and infrastructure support for NASA's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, and NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. The Combined Operations, Services, Maintenance, and Infrastructure Contract is a cost-plus-incentive-fee, firm-fixed-price, and indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quanti  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: Seattle (December 5, 2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is re-issuing wastewater discharge permits to the southeast Alaska communities of Haines, Sitka, Skagway, Wrangell, Peterburg, and Ketchikan requiring the facilities to significantly reduce the levels of bacteria they discharge into local marine waters. Permits for Haines, Sitka, Skagway, and Wrangell are being reissued today, and per  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Dec. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: CAMP ASAKA, Japan Yama Sakura 87, the trilateral scenario-driven command post exercise and part of U.S. Army's Pacific's Operation Pathways, kicked off with an opening ceremony with service members from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, the Australian Defence Force, and the U.S. Army at Camp Asaka, Japan, Dec 6. It marks the 44th iteration of this annual Japan-ba  more