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  1. Department of Energy Announces $530M in Grants for Building Energy Efficiency and Resilience to Cut Consumer Costs The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announces up to $530 million in technical assistance competitive grants available for the adoption and implementation of the latest model energy codes, zero energy codes, building performance standards, and innovative codes that achieve equivalent energy savings to the latest model and zero energy codes. Read
  2. Large U.S. Military Contracts Awarded on December 18, 2023 The U.S. Defense Department announced new major contracts awarded on December 18, 2023 Read
  3. Amentum Wins Seat on $5 Billion U.S. Army Puerto Rico Power System Stabilization Contract The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Savannah District has awarded a multiple-award task order prime contract to Amentum and five other awardees. Awardees will provide temporary power generation solutions to help Puerto Rico with the infrastructure modernization of its power system. Read
  4. The Moskitia: The Honduran Jungle Drowning in Cocaine -- An Insight Crime Report The region of the Moskitia on the border between Honduras and Nicaragua is one of Central America’s last great wildernesses, a paradise of pristine ecosystems and biodiversity. But today, the jungle of the Moskitia is dying. And it is organized crime that is killing it. Read
  5. World’s First Fourth-Generation Nuclear Reactor Now Running in China The most advanced nuclear reactor just began commercial operations in Shidaowan, China. Read
  6. Presunto Organizador del Concierto de Romeo Santos en Venezuela Enfrenta Cargos por Narcotráfico El nombre de Juan Carlos Araujo, presidente de Producciones Solid Show, volvió a cobrar relevancia en Venezuela recientemente. Esto se debe a su presunta organización del concierto de Romeo Santos en la base aérea de La Carlota, inicialmente programado para el domingo 10 de diciembre. Read
  7. SEC Obtains Emergency Relief to Halt $191 Million Cattle Ponzi Scheme The Securities and Exchange Commission recently announced that it obtained a temporary restraining order, asset freeze, the appointment of a receiver, and other emergency relief to halt an ongoing $191 million cattle Ponzi scheme being perpetrated by Fort Worth, Texas company Agridime LLC, which claims to specialize in meat sales, distribution, and animal supply chain management, and its owners, Josh Link of Gilbert, Arizona, and Jed Wood of Fort Worth. Read
  8. CFPB Shuts Down Commonwealth Financial Systems for Illegal Debt Collection Practices The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on December took action against a medical debt collector, Commonwealth Financial Systems, for illegally trying to collect unverified medical debts after consumers disputed the validity of the debts. Under the order the company will cease operations and pay a $95,000 penalty to the CFPB’s victims relief fund. Read
  9. White House Announces Ten-Year Partnership to Restore Wild Salmon, Expand Clean Energy The White House recently announced a historic agreement to work in partnership with Pacific Northwest Tribes and States to restore wild salmon populations, expand Tribally sponsored clean energy production, and provide stability for communities that depend on the Columbia River System. Read
  10. ADB, ACEN Sign Php5.5B Sustainability-Linked Loan to Support Solar Energy Generation in the Philippines The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and ACEN Corporation have signed a sustainability-linked loan of up to Php5.5 billion (about $100 million) to boost solar energy capacity in the Philippines and support the country’s energy transition goals. Read
  11. Scientists Develop Unique AI Hardware + Biological Neural Network Hardware Combination For decades scientists have longed to create computing structures using actual neurological brain tissue as a key component and now that is a reality. Read
  12. Executives Charged with Bid Rigging, Territorial Allocation and Defrauding the U.S. Forest Service Following a court-authorized wiretap investigation, a federal grand jury in Boise, Idaho, returned an indictment this week charging two executives of competing companies with conspiring to rig bids and allocate territories in violation of the Sherman Act, conspiring to commit wire fraud and committing wire fraud. Read
  13. Time To Move On From ‘Doctor Knows Best’, Say Experts, Experts on December 17 call for more value to be given to patients’ ‘lived experiences’ as a study of over 1,000 patients and clinicians found multiple examples of patient reports being under-valued. Read
  14. Large U.S. Military Contracts Awarded on December 15, 2023 The U.S. Defense Department announced new major contracts awarded on December 15, 2023 Read
  15. Insight Crime Explores El Salvador's Crackdown on Gangs The investigative organization Insight Crime had released a new report entitled "El Salvador’s (Perpetual) State of Emergency: How Bukele’s Government Overpowered Gangs." Read
  16. The $20B Maya Train Hits the Rails on December 22, Ahead of Schedule One of the crowning achievements of Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the Maya Train, will soon start carrying passengers. Read
  17. BLM Opens Public Comments For The Reno To Las Vegas Fiber Optic Project The Vero Fiber Networks Reno to Las Vegas Fiber Optic is seeking public comments as part of the permitting process. Read
  18. UK Government And The British Overseas Territories Agree to Closer Collaboration The UK Government and its 13 British Overseas Territories are modifying their relationships and expectations. Read
  19. Fed Keeps Lending Rates Steady as Inflation Drops to 3.1% The Federal Reserve Board gave an early holiday gift to the U.S. this week by agreeing to keep prime lending rates flat. Read
  20. U.S. DOE Expands AI Expertise The Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has created the new Center for AI @PNNL. Read
  21. Energy Droughts in Wind and Solar Can Last Nearly a Week Understanding the pauses in renewable energy can help power planners understand where energy storage and backups are needed most. Read
  22. Venezuela's Maduro Met With Guyana's Ali Venezuela's President Maduro met with Guyana's President Irfaan Ali on December 14 to discuss Maduro's planned annexation of 2/3 of Guyana. Other than to agree not to go to war, not much happened. Read
  23. DOI Designates 18 New Sites of Natural, Historical Significance U.S. Department of the Interior recently designated 16 new National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) and two new National Natural Landmarks (NNLs). The designations reflect the importance of the sites in sharing America’s rich history and extraordinary natural features. Read
  24. Australia Expands Training Support To Ukrainian Forces Australia will extend and expand its commitment to the training of recruits from the Armed Forces of Ukraine as part of Operation Kudu, throughout 2024. Read
  25. Custom Software Speeds Up, Stabilizes High-profile Ocean Model On the beach, ocean waves provide soothing white noise. But in scientific laboratories, they play a key role in weather forecasting and climate research. Along with the atmosphere, the ocean is typically one of the largest and most computationally demanding components of Earth system models like the Department of Energy’s Energy Exascale Earth System Model, or E3SM. Read