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Current Market Landscape and Future Trends in Alternative Fuels Impact on U.S. Ports Fact Sheet

DHS S&T, in partnership with Montana State University’s MilTech, launched a market assessment to better understand the details of production, storage, and transportation of alternative fuels in U.S. ports and assess the associated hazards.

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Cultivating Relationships Today to Solve Tomorrow’s Homeland Security Challenges

This summer, S&T ONL hosted the event, a space where program managers from within S&T, and from across DHS’s operational components, could hear from leading S&T and DOE experts on future and current RDT&E capabilities, have meaningful discussions, and forge relationships to further innovation and collaboration.

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DHS Section 106 Agreement for Climate Resilience and Sustainability Undertakings on DHS-Owned Assets

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has drafted a proposed NPA in coordination with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers, and is soliciting comments from the public for 45 days which must be received no later than October 30, 2023.

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DHS Climate Literacy Strategy

The objective of this Climate Literacy Strategy is to develop a climate literate DHS workforce, ensuring all employees across the Department have a sufficient and up-to-date understanding of climate change and its relevance to the DHS mission. This understanding ensures we are better prepared to execute our mission in ever-changing conditions while successfully implementing the executive orders, administrative directives, and regulations relevant to climate change. DHS will do this by supporting climate literacy development and initiatives throughout the Department and being a source of climate change information. Within climate literacy there are many topics including, but not limited to, climate science literacy and climate security literacy. This strategy will evolve to educate the DHS workforce on all topics as necessary. As a starting point, we define climate literacy at DHS as an educated layman’s understanding of the (non-technical) basics of climate, climate change, and climate change’s implications for DHS.

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Feature Article: Delivering Clean Power to Disaster Scenes, Without Compromise

The H2Rescue is an innovative new truck that can bring power to a disaster scene, with zero emissions.

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DHS Mission Sustainable Energy

Mission Sustainable Energy focuses on helping the DHS community with smart energy strategies. The combined power of merging energy supply from renewable energy resources with energy efficiency improvements enhances facility operations, lowers energy bills, and in some cases, contributes to a more resilient energy supply.  

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Sustainability and Environmental Programs

SEP advances operational readiness by leading DHS in the development of policy and guiding the integration of sustainability and environmental considerations into mission execution. Our organization supports a transformative culture within DHS to facilitate individual accountability and organizational commitment for preserving our nation’s resources while protecting the security of the homeland.

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Secure Freight Initiative

Under the Secure Freight Initiative, containers from identified ports are scanned for radiation and risk factors before being allowed to depart for the U.S.