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United States Mint Announces 2021 American Innovation® $1 Coin Program Designs
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2021 American Innovation $1 Coins WASHINGTON (PRWEB) April 08, 2021 The United States Mint (Mint) today officially announced the designs for the 2021 American Innovation® $1 Coin Program. This multi-year series that started in 2018 honors innovation and innovators by issuing $1 coins for each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the five U.S. territories. The Mint works with the Governor’s offices of each state along with subject matter experts to determine design concepts emblematic of innovation significant and meaningful to their jurisdiction and/or its role in the nation. After designs are developed and reviewed, the Secretary of the Treasury selects the final design for each coin. The 2021 designs honor innovations and/or innovators from New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, and North Carolina.
Gulf Spill PHOTO: U.S. Coast Guard CC
A chemical dispersant that is linked to making thousands of members of the Coast Guard as well as clean-up workers sick in the Gulf oil spill of 2010 is authorized to be used in Narragansett Bay.
The chemical dispersant called COREXIT is banned in nearly two dozen countries including the United Kingdom and Sweden.
The 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster was the largest U.S. oil spill and second-largest overall oil spill in world history. COREXIT 9500 and 9527’s became a global controversy during the BP oil spill and cleanup in the Gulf Coast in 2010.GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST
GoLocalProv: Controversial Chemical Used in Oil Spills, Banned in Many Countries, Can Be Used in Narragansett Bay
Controversial Chemical Used in Oil Spills, Banned in Many Countries, Can Be Used in Narragansett Bay
This article features Government Accountability Project and was originally published here.
A chemical dispersant that is linked to making thousands of members of the Coast Guard as well as clean-up workers sick in the Gulf oil spill of 2010 is authorized to be used in Narragansett Bay.
The chemical dispersant called COREXIT is banned in nearly two dozen countries including the United Kingdom and Sweden.
The 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster was the largest U.S. oil spill and second-largest overall oil spill in world history. COREXIT 9500 and 9527’s became a global controversy during the BP oil spill and cleanup in the Gulf Coast in 2010.
United States Mint Announces Designs for the National Law Enforcement Memorial and Museum Commemorative Coin Program
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National Law Enforcement Memorial and Museum Commemorative Coin Designs WASHINGTON (PRWEB) December 22, 2020 The United States Mint (Mint) Director David J. Ryder participated in a virtual design unveiling today for the 2021 National Law Enforcement Memorial Museum Commemorative Coin Program. The designs will be featured on a gold coin, a silver coin, and a half dollar as authorized by Public Law 116-94 (Division K). All obverse (heads) and reverse (tails) designs were created by United States Mint Artistic Infusion Program Designers and sculpted by United States Mint Medallic Artists.