Thursday - May 22, 2025
Tipoffs for Santa Fe, New Mexico (Los Alamos) Newsletter for Sunday May 04, 2025 ( 11 items )  

100 Days of Fighting Fake News
WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * 100 Days of Fighting Fake News From Stories on Criminals to Statistics, DHS has been Holding the Media Accountable for Spreading Disinformation to the American people WASHINGTON-- During President Trump's 100 days in office, the Department of Homeland Security published a non exhaustive list of facts, to help set the record straight on numerous false and misleading stories that have spr  more

CBO Predicts U.S. Nuclear Weapons Will Cost Nearly a Trillion Dollars Over Coming Decade, 25% More Than Two Years Ago - Most Expenses are for Modernization, Not Deployment and Maintenance
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, April 30 -- The Los Alamos Study Group issued the following news release: * * * CBO predicts US nuclear weapons will cost nearly a trillion dollars over the coming decade, 25% more than two years ago - Most expenses are for modernization, not deployment and maintenance Last week, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its latest biennial estimate of the costs of nuclear weapons over the coming decade (2025-2034). CBO's nuclear weapons cost estimates are built  more

EPA Celebrates 100 Days with 100 Environmental Actions
WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Celebrates 100 Days with 100 Environmental Actions Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin released a recap of 100 environmental actions taken by the agency during President Trump's First 100 Days in office. EPA's Region 2 office contributed to these and other accomplishments. EPA Region 2, under the leadership of Regional Administrator Michael Martucci  more

EPA celebrates 100 days with 100 environmental actions
WASHINGTON, May 1 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA celebrates 100 days with 100 environmental actions Major accomplishments achieved in Mountains and Plains Region DENVER -- Yesterday, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin released a recap of 100 environmental actions Exit EPA's website taken by the agency during President Trump's First 100 Days in office. The recap highlights numerous accomplishments in EPA Re  more

EPA Region 3 Highlights 100 Days of Environmental Actions Across the Mid-Atlantic and United States
WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Region 3 Highlights 100 Days of Environmental Actions Across the Mid-Atlantic and United States PHILADELPHIA (April 30, 2025) -- Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin released a recap of 100 environmental actions taken by the agency during President Trump's First 100 Days in office, including the record Phase 1 hazardous materials clean up after the cat  more

EPA Region 7 Celebrates 100 Days with 100 Environmental Actions in Heartland and Across Nation
WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Region 7 Celebrates 100 Days with 100 Environmental Actions in Heartland and Across Nation LENEXA, KAN. (APRIL 30, 2025) - Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin released a recap of 100 environmental actions taken by the Agency during President Trump's First 100 Days in office, including the record Phase 1 hazardous materials cleanup after the catastroph  more

EPA-Pacific Southwest Celebrates 100 Days with 100 EPA Environmental Actions Nationwide
WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA-Pacific Southwest Celebrates 100 Days with 100 EPA Environmental Actions Nationwide San Francisco - Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin released a recap of 100 environmental actions taken by the agency during President Trump's First 100 Days in office, including the announcement of major actions to combat PFAS contamination, redevelopment at 21 Superf  more

ICYMI: HHS Folds to Grassley Oversight, Reverses Course on $89 Billion Biden-Era Contract Awarded to Shady Nonprofit
WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: HHS Folds to Grassley Oversight, Reverses Course on $89 Billion Biden-Era Contract Awarded to Shady Nonprofit Washington Free Beacon: HHS to Reevaluate $89 Billion Contract Awarded to Shadowy University of California Nonprofit Sen. Chuck Grassley hails agency's decision to reverse Biden's 'outrageous' award Andrew Kerr April 30, 2025 The National Institutes of Health is having   more

Office of Nuclear Energy: National Lab Conducts First-Of-A-Kind Experiments to Support Transportation of TRISO Fuels
WASHINGTON, April 21 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy issued the following news release: * * * National Lab Conducts First-of-a-Kind Experiments to Support Transportation of TRISO Fuels Los Alamos National Laboratory wraps up its first set of criticality experiments designed specifically for the transportation of TRISO fuels. Los Alamos National Laboratory recently performed a series of first-of-a-kind criticality experiments that will provide data to support the t  more

Secretary Wright Highlights 100 Days of Unleashing American Energy Under President Trump
WASHINGTON, April 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news release: * * * Secretary Wright Highlights 100 Days of Unleashing American Energy Under President Trump WASHINGTON-- U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright today released the following statement marking President Trump's 100 th day in office: "Under President Trump's leadership, the Department of Energy has restored American Energy Dominance and strengthened our position as the largest oil producer and LNG export  more

Visionary LLNL director and national security pioneer Johnny Foster dies at 102
LIVERMORE, California, April 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Visionary LLNL director and national security pioneer Johnny Foster dies at 102 Former Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Director John S. Foster Jr., a pioneering physicist and nuclear weapon designer who shaped U.S. national security for seven decades, died on April 25 at the age of 102. Known affectionately as "Johnny," Foster was a towering   more