WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Oversees Largest Lithium-Ion Battery Cleanup in Agency History at Moss Landing * Following work to delink batteries and stabilize severely fire-impacted Moss Landing 300 Building, crews begin removing, treating lithium-ion batteries MOSS LANDING, Calif. (Sept. 29, 2025) - Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) began oversight of the removal of lithium-ion batteries from the M  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept. 29 (TNSLrpt) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco issued the following white paper (No. 2025-19) on September 23, 2025, by Michael Bauer, Giuseppe Fiori, Francesca Loria, and Molin Zhong entitled "Accounting for Uncertainty and Risks in Monetary Policy." Here are excerpts: * * * This paper discusses the measurement, assessment, and communication of risks and uncertainty that are relevant for monetary policy. It provides a taxonomy of policy-relevant un  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept. 29 (TNSLrpt) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco issued the following white paper (No. 2025-18) on September 23, 2025, by Daniel Wilson entitled "Estimating National Weather Effects from the Ground Up." Here are excerpts: * * * Understanding the effects of weather on macroeconomic data is critically important, but it is hampered by limited time series observations. Utilizing geographically granular panel data leverages greater observations but introdu  more

LIVERMORE, California, Sept. 30 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * X-ray technique provides a new tool for nuclear forensics investigations Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) are experts in nuclear forensics: the art and science of extracting information about the provenance and history of nuclear materials. Now, they have a new technique to add to their toolkit. In a study published in t  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: * * * Minneapolis CBP officers seize 165,000 illicit vaping products * U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Minneapolis-St. Paul recently seized pallets of illicit vaping products for violating the U.S Food and Drug Administration Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. All the shipments, originated from China and were destined to a wholesaler in Californi  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Sept. 30 -- The New Mexico Department of Economic Development issued the following news release on Sept. 29, 2025: * * * All-electric school bus pilot ready to roll in New Mexico State and GreenPower launch electric school bus program in Las Vegas and Santa Fe * GreenPower Motor Company Inc. ("GreenPower") and the New Mexico Economic Development Department have announced the launching of the New Mexico All-Electric, Purpose-Built, Zero-Emission School Bus Pilot Project  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (TNSxrep) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service issued the following news release: * * * 2024 Visitor Spending Impacts New report shows visitor spending impacts * A new National Park Service report shows that 263 thousand visitors to Channel Islands National Park in 2024 spent $17.7 million in communities near the park. That spending had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $24.9 million. "People come to Channel Islands National Park to e  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (TNSxrep) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service issued the following news release: * * * Tourism to Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks contributes $230 million to local economy A new National Park Service report shows that a record 2,008,962 visitors to Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks in 2024 spent $192.5 million in communities near the park. That spending had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $230.9 million. "People come t  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- The Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued the following news release: * * * NHTSA Approves More Than $800M for States to Make Roads Safer Grants will fund vital traffic safety programs and enforcement in all 50 states, territories and tribal lands * The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has notified all 50 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, U.S. territories and the Bureau of Indian Affairs representing  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: * * * NOAA Fisheries Seeks Information on the Decapitation of a Sea Lion at Point Pinos Beach NOAA Fisheries' Office of Law Enforcement offering a reward of up to $20,000 for information. * NOAA Fisheries' Office of Law Enforcement is offering a reward of up to $20,000 for information leading to an arrest, civil penalty assessment, or criminal conviction in the decapitation of a California  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory issued the following news: * * * U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Celebrates 62-Year Career of Radar Pioneer * WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) marked the retirement of Joseph Thomason on Sept. 5, recognizing his extraordinary 62-year career in the Radar Division that helped shape modern over-the-horizon (OTH) radar capabilities for the Navy and the nation. Thomason joined NRL in September 1963, just two ye  more