WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2024: AMVAC Chemical Corporation was sentenced today to three years of probation time and a $400,000 fine for violating the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the federal hazardous waste law. According to court documents, AMVAC is a California corporation formed in 1945, which manufactures and distributes fungicide, defoliant, insecticide, herbic  more

MONTEREY, California, Oct. 30 -- The Naval Postgraduate School's Center for Homeland Defense and Security issued the following story: Perhaps given her career trajectory it was inevitable that Dr. Dominique Wong would become a leading advocate for what she calls homeland security medicine. The Center for Homeland Defense and Security alum who graduated from the Executive Leaders Program with Cohort 2101 in February 2022 as the Ellen Gordon Award winner and now serves as a co-facilitator for EL  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2024: * * * EPA's Clean Ports Program to fund 55 zero-emission port equipment, infrastructure, and planning projects across the nation to tackle climate change, reduce air pollution, promote good jobs, and advance environmental justice * * * Today, October 29, as part of the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2024: * * * Privacy and Data Protection Task Force Will Lead Agency's Coordination with CPPA on Consumer Privacy and Data Protection * * * The FCC's Privacy and Data Protection Task Force today announced a new Memorandum of Understanding with the California Privacy Protection Agency. Unlike state Attorneys General offices, which are responsible for enforcing all state laws and regulatio  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: The Department of the Interior today announced it will commit over $375 million to fund 36 projects aimed at enhancing recreational opportunities, conserving wildlife habitat, reducing hazardous fuels, and preventing wildfires across Nevada and the California side of the Lake Tahoe Basin. The funding, sourced from land sales under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (SNPLMA), marks a continu  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: The Department of the Interior today announced it will commit over $375 million to fund 36 projects aimed at enhancing recreational opportunities, conserving wildlife habitat, reducing hazardous fuels, and preventing wildfires across Nevada and the California side of the Lake Tahoe Basin. The funding, sourced from land sales under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act  more

LIVERMORE, California, Oct. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: In 2023, Americans reduced their consumption of electricity and fossil fuels, while increasing consumption of carbon-free energies, according to the most recent energy and carbon flowcharts released by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). Each year, LLNL releases these flowcharts to illustrate the nation's consumption and uses of energy, as well as assoc  more

LIVERMORE, California, Oct. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: On the latest episode of the Big Ideas Lab podcast, explore the frontier of implantable technology with experts from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Listen on Apple (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/implantables/id1766302914?i=1000674882939) or Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/episode/7jcBR  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release: RESTON, Va. Low-level helicopter flights are planned over parts of the western Mojave Desert in Southern California to image geology using airborne geophysical technology. The survey will begin in early November 2024 and is expected to be completed in December 2024, weather and flight restrictions permitting. Flights will cover areas within Kern, Los Angeles, and San Bernar  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Oct. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: PACIFIC OCEAN A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 466 delivered critical U.S. Navy support equipment to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's largest ship, the Izumo-class multi-functional destroyer JS Kaga (DDH-184), off the coast of Southern California, Oct. 25, 2024. The mission underscored the operat  more

LIVERMORE, California, Oct. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: Char Berss, a dedicated site and space planner at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), joined the space planning team within LLNL's Office of Laboratory Infrastructure in August 2021. Her role involves project management, move management and people coordination across the Laboratory. "I like to tell people that I play Tetris at work," she said. "But it   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2024: A California man was sentenced to prison today after he previously pleaded guilty to a felony charge related to his conduct during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. Jay J  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service issued the following news: DAVIS, Calif., Oct. 29, 2024 -- Advances in crop production and preservation are poised for new digs as the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) broke ground today for a modernized facility to consolidate labs that are currently located at the University of California, Davis. The Agricultural Research and Technology Center (ARTC) is a cutting  more