WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 8, 2025: * * * EPA Begins Removing PCBs from Trowbridge Dam Site in Kalamazoo, Michigan This week, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency starts cleaning up soil and sediment contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls - or PCBs - along the Kalamazoo River near the Trowbridge Dam in Allegan, Michigan. Under EPA oversight, responsible party NCR Voyix is working with Michigan Department of Natu  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA's Research Vessel Lake Guardian Begins Annual Sampling of Great Lakes CHICAGO (April 7, 2025) - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's largest research vessel, the R/V Lake Guardian, has begun its annual spring water quality survey. During the month-long mission, scientists will collect samples of water and organisms such as plankton and zooplankton in each of the five Great Lakes. The data  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- The White House issued the following news: * * * ICYMI: President Trump's Steel Tariffs Mean American Jobs President Donald J. Trump's tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum imports are a big win for American workers and manufacturing -- just like they were during President Trump's first term. "We're in favor of the tariffs because we make everything in America. Our factories are in Baltimore, Indiana, and Michigan. We use American steel and American workers ... Our cha  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce issued the following news release: * * * Secretary Lutnick Announces Speaker Lineup for 2025 SelectUSA Investment Summit, including Global Business Leaders and U.S. Governors Tuesday, April 8, 2025 Office of Public Affairs publicaffairs@doc.gov (link sends email) Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick announced the first wave of global business leaders, and U.S. Governors participating at the 2025 SelectUSA Investment Summ  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following transcript on April 7, 2025: * * * Transcript of U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Interview with Tucker Carlson on President Donald Trump's Tariff Plan and Its Impact on the Middle Class Tucker Carlson: Mr. Secretary, thank you very much for joining us. So, the Treasury Department--President Trump had a press conference yesterday, next door, in which he announced a whole new global tariff regime. He'd been pr  more