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Critical Infrastructure News

This page includes news feeds about critical infrastructure to help ground resilience theory and concepts in real-world applications and current events. Excerpts from the RSS news feeds are updated every two hours as new articles are published. In addition to ‘Headlines’ featuring related current events, the following critical infrastructure sectors are represented:

  • Air Quality: Environmental Protection Agency
  • Communications: National Institute of Standards and Technology
  • Cyber-Security: U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team and ThreatPost
  • Energy: U.S. Energy Information Administration
  • Transportation: National Institute of Standards and Technology

Click the tabs and pages to review the excerpts. Click on the ‘Read More’ link for more detailed information and to access a link to the source website. Please contact us to recommend news feeds for other critical infrastructure sectors.

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Air Quality

EPA–Air Quality

Environmental Protection Agency

EPA Announces More Than $20 Million in Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants in Ohio

Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced The MetroHealth System and The Trust for Public Land in Ohio will receive $17,191,775 and $3,000,000 ...
/ EPA Air Quality
Environmental Protection Agency

EPA Issues Cleanup Plan for Shaffer Equipment Superfund Site in Minden, West Virginia

PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a Record of Decision (ROD) that addresses a source of contaminated soil at ...
/ EPA Air Quality
Environmental Protection Agency

EPA Fines Two Oahu Nurseries over Federal Worker Protection Standard Violations

SAN FRANCISCO – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced settlements of two cases involving agricultural worker protection, one with Olomana ...
/ EPA Air Quality
Environmental Protection Agency

Puerto Rico recibirá $28.6 millones para reemplazar tuberías de plomo para lograr agua potable segura

Puerto Rico recibirá $28.6 millones para reemplazar tuberías de plomo para lograr agua potable segura La EPA anuncia la última ronda de ...
/ EPA Air Quality
Environmental Protection Agency

Puerto Rico to Get $28.6 Million for Lead Pipe Replacement to Advance Safe Drinking Water

NEW YORK  – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $28.6 million from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to help Puerto ...
/ EPA Air Quality
Environmental Protection Agency

Governo Biden-Harris anuncia US$ 3 bilhões para substituição de tubos de chumbo para promover água potável segura como parte da agenda de investimento nos Estados Unidos

Governo Biden-Harris anuncia US$ 3 bilhões para substituição de tubos de chumbo para promover água potável segura como parte da agenda de ...
/ EPA Air Quality

Communications

NIST–Advanced Communications

National Institute of Standards and Technology News

Save the Date – 2025 MBE & QIF Summit April 15-17, 2025

In 2024, the MBE Summit in-person event returned and combined with the QIF Summit. The event was held from April 16-19, 2024 ...
National Institute of Standards and Technology News

NIST Publishes Automated Vehicles Workshop Report

NIST held a virtual workshop in September 2023 on Standards and Performance Metrics for On-Road Automated Vehicles, attracting over 600 attendees from ...
National Institute of Standards and Technology News

NIST Makes Significant Contributions to International Workshop on Advancing Healthcare Through Innovative Technologies

NIST Internet of Things (IoT) Research Lead Dr. Edward Griffor co-organized, with the Dean of the Medical University of Gdansk, the technical ...
National Institute of Standards and Technology News

NIST Industrial Wireless Team Leads Special Session on Performance Assurance of Industrial Wireless Systems

In May 2024, the NIST Industrial Wireless Team led by Rick Candell organized and chaired a special session on Performance Assurance of ...
National Institute of Standards and Technology News

NIST Leader Presents at Control System Cyber Security Association International Symposium

In a June 2024 presentation, NIST Networked Control Systems Group Leader, Keith Stouffer, presented at the Control System Cyber Security Association International ...
National Institute of Standards and Technology News

NIST Has Significant Presence at IEEE Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems (ICPS) Conference

In May 2024, NIST researchers were invited to provide several presentations at the 7 th IEEE International Conference on Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems ...

Cyber-security

US Computer Emergency Readiness Team

North Korea Cyber Group Conducts Global Espionage Campaign to Advance Regime’s Military and Nuclear Programs

North Korea Cyber Group Conducts Global Espionage Campaign to Advance Regime’s Military and Nuclear Programs

Summary The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the following authoring partners are releasing this Cybersecurity Advisory to highlight cyber espionage ...
CISA Red Team’s Operations Against a Federal Civilian Executive Branch Organization Highlights the Necessity of Defense-in-Depth

CISA Red Team’s Operations Against a Federal Civilian Executive Branch Organization Highlights the Necessity of Defense-in-Depth

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In early 2023, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) conducted a SILENTSHIELD red team assessment against a Federal Civilian ...
People’s Republic of China (PRC) Ministry of State Security APT40 Tradecraft in Action

People’s Republic of China (PRC) Ministry of State Security APT40 Tradecraft in Action

Overview Background This advisory, authored by the Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC), the United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure ...
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Cyber-security: ThreatPost

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Energy

US Energy Information Administration

Energy Information Administration News

Natural gas electricity generation in the United States spiked with July heatwave

In-brief analysis July 25, 2024 U.S. power plant operators generated 6.9 million megawatthours (MWh) of electricity from natural gas on a daily ...
Energy Information Administration News

Natural gas storage injections remain below five-year average so far this summer

In-brief analysis July 24, 2024 Injections into natural gas storage in the Lower 48 states since April 1 have totaled 950 billion ...
Energy Information Administration News

Less natural gas consumption in Europe is keeping storage full

In-brief analysis July 23, 2024 Consumption of natural gas in Europe consistently decreased since mid-2022, driven by a combination of mild winter ...
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EPA–Energy

Environmental Protection Agency

OMG Partners of Turlock, Calif. Penalized $140,000 for Fuel Spill that Reached San Francisco Bay

SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a proposed settlement with OMG Partners of Turlock, Calif. to resolve claims ...
/ EPA Energy
Environmental Protection Agency

EPA settles with Massachusetts solar company for Construction General Permit violations

BOSTON (May 21, 2024) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has settled with Navisun, LLC, a solar energy company based in Hingham, ...
/ EPA Energy
Environmental Protection Agency

EPA Awards $1.275M to Advance Resilience in Disadvantaged Communities

BOSTON (Apr. 8, 2024) – EPA's Southeast New England Program (SNEP) is announcing funding to improve climate resiliency in disadvantaged communities throughout ...
/ EPA Energy
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Transporation

NIST–Transporation

NIST Researcher Engages Automotive Stakeholders at SAE World Congress Experience (WCX) 2024

The SAE World Congress Experience (WCX) 2024 was held on April 16–18, 2024 in Detroit, Michigan. The event attracts researchers, government officials, ...
/ NIST Transportation

CHIPS R&D National Advanced Packaging Manufacturing Program (NAPMP) Advanced Packaging Summit

The National Advanced Packaging Manufacturing Program (NAPMP) and NASA Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley are co-hosting an Advanced Packaging Summit ...
/ NIST Transportation

NIST Automated Vehicles Team Visits Virginia Tech Transportation Institute to Discuss Collaborative Efforts

On February 28-29, 2024, the NIST Automated Vehicles team , representing multiple NIST laboratories, visited the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) site ...
/ NIST Transportation