USDA Invests $21.7M in Research Innovations to Improve Soil Health and Climate Smart Agriculture and Forestry
WASHINGTON, April 21, 2021 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) will invest at least $21.7 million in several key programs to help agricultural producers manage the impacts of climate change on their lands and production.
Adrenaline Performance LLC pays $48,600 penalty for selling, installing emissions controls ‘defeat’ devices
Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that Adrenaline Performance LLC of Shelley, Idaho has agreed to pay a $48,600 Clean Air Act penalty for illegally selling and installing vehicle emissions-control defeat devices to businesses and individuals in southeast Idaho.
EPA Awards $400,000 to Los Angeles Small Business to Support Commercialization of Environmental Technologies
LOS ANGELES - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $400,000 in grant funding to Los Angeles-based Lucendi, Inc. to further develop and commercialize technology to protect public health and the environment.
Settlement Will Result in Improved Stormwater Controls at Newport Naval Station
WASHINGTON (April 21, 2021) - The US Navy has agreed to make more than $39 million in repairs at the Newport Naval Station in Rhode Island that will ensure the facility is in compliance with laws regulating the discharge of stormwater into Coddington Cove, an embayment of Narraga
US Gulf ports eyeing inland intermodal as Asian import share increases
[caption caption="Gulf Coast ports handled 5.4 percent of total US imports from Asia in 2020, up from 5 percent in 2019. Photo credit: POHA."][/caption]Ports along the US Gulf Coast expect to build on last year’s gains in containerized imports from Asia with a new all-water service coming in the second...
US Gulf ports eyeing inland intermodal as Asian import share increases
[caption caption="Gulf Coast ports handled 5.4 percent of total US imports from Asia in 2020, up from 5 percent in 2019. Photo credit: POHA."][/caption]Ports along the US Gulf Coast expect to build on last year’s gains in containerized imports from Asia with a new all-water service coming in the second...
USDA Issues Pandemic Flexibilities for Schools and Day Care Facilities through June 2022 to Support Safe Reopening and Healthy, Nutritious Meals
WASHINGTON, April 20, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today issued a broad range of flexibilities to allow school meal programs and childcare institutions across the country to return to serving healthy meals in fall 2021 as part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to reopen schools safely. Several meal service flexibilities that enable social distancing are now extended through June 30, 2022.
EPA Selects Kansas State University to Receive Funding to Deliver Training and Technical Assistance to Brownfield-Impacted Communities in Region 6
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the selection of six organizations to receive a total of $11 million in grants to provide training and technical assistance to communities across the country under the Technical Assistance to Brownfields (TAB) Program.