WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release on Jan. 16, 2025: * * * Inspections found 32 significant and substantial violations, 2 unwarrantable failures * * * The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Mine Safety and Health Administration completed impact inspections in December 2024 at 13 mines in Alabama, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah and West Virginia, and issued 119 violation  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Jan. 15 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release: * * * Drummond announces victory after EPA filing OKLAHOMA CITY (Jan. 15, 2025) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has closed the file on California's request for a waiver for its Advanced Clean Fleets regulation, Attorney General Gentner Drummond announced today just a few months after filing a formal comment letter opposing the request. In September, Drummond and  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release: * * * SBA Administrator Guzman Grants More Than $26M to Create 13 New Women's Business Centers WASHINGTON -- Today, Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice in President Biden's Cabinet for America's more than 34 million small businesses, awarded $26.25 million to create 13 new Women's Business Centers (WBC) and support 17 existing WBCs ac  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release: * * * USGS releases first-ever map of potential for geologic hydrogen in U.S. The map is the first of its kind at continental scale anywhere, showing likely underground areas to explore for geologic hydrogen. It reveals areas of interest that have the potential to hold accumulations of geologic hydrogen, including a mid-continent region that covers Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota and  more