Imperial Valley News Center
Secretary Tom Vilsack on Updated 2015 U.S. Farm Income Forecast
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Washington, DC - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack today made the following statement:
Soyuz Move Sets Stage for Arrival of New Space Station Crew
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Washington, DC - Half of the residents of the International Space Station will take a spin around their orbital neighborhood in the Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft on Friday, August 28. NASA Television coverage will begin at 2:45 a.m. EDT.
New Application Shows Projected Climate Change Impacts in California
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Sacramento, California - An application that shows how climate change could alter ecosystems in the California desert and the natural range of birds, fish, and mammals was released today by the California Energy Commission.
U.S. Department of Education Awards Grants Totaling More Than $14 Million to Help Public Charter Schools Obtain Facilities
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Washington, DC - The U.S. Department of Education has announced grant awards totaling more than $14 million to three organizations working across the country to help public charter schools obtain facilities under the Credit Enhancement for Charter Schools Facilities Program (Credit Enhancement). Today’s grant awards are to Boston Community Loan Fund, Inc., Charter Schools Development Corporation, and the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency (MassDevelopment).
Online Park Atlas for Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
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Sequoia National Park, California - Anyone can use a new interactive “park atlas” created by Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks to explore the dramatic geography of these parks and create custom maps. Its public availability coincides with the 99th anniversary of the National Park Service today.
Conventional Ground Beef Twice As Likely To Contain Superbugs as Sustainable Beef
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Washington, DC - In Consumer Reports new tests of ground beef, 18 percent of the beef samples from conventionally-raised cows contained dangerous superbugs resistant to three or more classes of antibiotics used to treat illness in humans compared with just 9 percent of beef from samples that were sustainably produced.
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