WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following news: Undocumented orphaned wells pose hazards to both the environment and the climate. Scientists are building modern tools to help locate, assess, and pave the way for ultimately plugging these forgotten relics. Key Takeaways * Experts estimate there are hundreds of thousands of oil and gas wells in the United States that are not formally documented or owned. * Undocume more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following commentary on Dec. 2, 2024: * * * Fifty Years of Access to Lending Opportunity: Where Are We Now? Courtesy of Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke The Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) has just entered its 51st year, providing an occasion to look back -- and to look ahead. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a tireless advocate for a more just and equal society, and ensuring access to housing opportunity was a criti more PR

RANDOLPH AFB, Texas, Dec. 4 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: The Department of Defense will test an expansion of commissary shopping privileges for DOD civilian employees at select Defense Commissary Agency stores located in the continental U.S., for 120 days starting Dec. 5. "We welcome the opportunity to participate in DOD's pilot to expand commissary shopping privileges to DOD civilian employees at 16 of our stores," said John E. Hall, DeCA more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: CLICK HERE to view the remarks on YouTube. Senator James Lankford (R-OK) spoke at a press conference with Representative Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA) to call on congressional leadership to pass reforms targeting the pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) that restrict access to quality, affordable health care. Lankford has long been an advocate for PBM reforms that would increase transparency, ensure pharmaci more PR

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Dec. 5 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2024: Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond is urging the U.S. Senate to swiftly confirm the nomination of Pam Bondi, President-Elect Trump's pick for U.S. Attorney General. Drummond and a coalition of 30 current and future state attorneys general sent a letter to Senate leadership this week supporting Bondi. "Pam Bondi has proven herself to be an exceptional legal mi more PR

MUSKOGEE, Oklahoma, Dec. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Joe Clay Harris, age 39, of Boswell, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and one count of Felon in Possession of a Firearm. The Indictment alleged that on April 6, 2024, Harris knowingly possessed methamphetamin more PR

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Dec. 4 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: Jan. 1, 2025, marks the start of health care delivery under TRICARE's new regional contracts. There will be changes to the TRICARE regions in the U.S. as part of the new contracts. While there will still be two TRICARE regions, six states currently in the East Region (Arkansas, Illinois, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, Wisconsin) will move to the West Regi more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency issued the following news release: This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including the replacement of essential items such as equipment or livestock, reorganiza more PR

RANDOLPH AFB, Texas, Dec. 4 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: Whenever people ask me what the best part of working in public affairs is, I always tell them, "I get to shadow everybody." On Monday, I can be flying on a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft to document the loadmasters and by Thursday, I'm interviewing an Airman from the 97th Civil Engineer Squadron about his Dorm of the Quarter award. I often see people at their very best, when their eyes more PR