WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation has released the following public communication dated Feb. 18, 2025, from the Southern Environmental Law Center: * * * To: Secretary Sean Duffy U.S. Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20590 Re: USDOT Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (FFRMS) Interim Guidelines (DOT- OST-2024-0120) * * * Dear Secretary Duffy: Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Department of Transportation's   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee issued a report (S.Rpt. 118-307) on the Decoupling From Foreign Adversarial Battery Dependence Act (H.R. 8631), which aims to prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from procuring certain foreign-made batteries. The report was advanced by Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, on Dec. 17, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * I. PURPOSE AND SUMMARY H.R. 8631, the Decoupling from Foreign Adversarial Battery Dependence  more