AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 14 (TNSper) -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has reappointed Tom Duncavage, Benjamin Miranda, Jr., Annette L. Sobel, M.D., Michael Bob Starr, and Timothy "Bounce" Strawther to the Texas Military Preparedness Commission for terms set to expire on February 1, 2029. The Commission's goal is to preserve, protect, expand, and attract new military missions, assets, and installations. Additionally, the Commission encourages defen  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board's Resident Inspector in Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following weekly report: TO: Katherine R. Herrera, Acting Technical Director FROM: A. Boussouf and D. Gutowski, Resident Inspectors SUBJECT: Los Alamos Activity Report for the Week Ending January 27, 2023 Staff Activity: D. Brown was on site. Area G-Readiness: The contractor team continued its readiness assessment of corrugated metal pipe (CMP) size reduction   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news: Zoonotic pathogens, those that spill over from animals to humans such as SARS-CoV-2 and hantavirus, present a challenge for scientists in terms of how the diseases evolve and spread in animal populations. Now, a broad coalition of institutions, including Los Alamos National Laboratory and the University of New Mexico, seeks to shed light on the evolution and spread of these pathogens  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2023: U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (N.M.) and U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) welcomed the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) first-ever agency-related Foundation for Energy Security and Innovation (FESI). During the 117th Congress, Senator Lujan and Representative Stansbury introduced the Partnerships for Energy Security and Innovation Act, bipartisan legislation to establis  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) welcomed the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) first-ever agency-related Foundation for Energy Security and Innovation (FESI). During the 117th Congress, Senator Lujan and Representative Stansbury introduced the Partnerships for Energy Security and Innovation Act, bipartisan legislation to establish a nonprofit foundati  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following commentary on USA Today, on Feb. 15, 2023: * * * Like many Americans, residents of my home state of Wyoming could not understand how a Chinese spy balloon could lazily and brazenly pass over their heads. They are rightfully angry that an adversary's spying platform was able to violate and then linger over U.S. airspace for an entire week. They are angr  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) applauded the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) launch of the Foundation for Energy Security and Innovation (FESI) that will partner with the private sector to create, develop, and commercialize clean energy technologies. Senators Coons, Graham, and Lujan led the Partnerships for Energy Security and Innovation Act t  more