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News Release: Working with leaseholders, LM’s Uranium Leasing Program (ULP) has resumed mine reclamation work in southwest Colorado. The reclamation is done with an eye toward environmental stewardship.


Biden-Harris Administration Launches $675 Million Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Program to Expand Domestic Critical Materials Supply Chains

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- The Biden-Harris Administration, through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), today issued a Request for Information (RFI) on the development and implementation of a $675 million Critical Materials Research, Development, Demonstration, and Commercialization Program. Funded by President...


Statement by Secretary Granholm on the Senate's Passage of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm issued the following statement today following the Senate’s passage of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022...


E&C Republican Leaders Demand Answers for Biased “Fact Checking” Used by Big Tech to Censor Speech

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and other Republican leaders on the Committee are demanding transparency from the Poynter Institute, the parent company of PolitiFact, for its clear biased and politically motivated decisions that help Big Tech censor Americans on their platforms.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) and Argonne National Lab (ANL) announced the winner of the CyberForce® Conquer the Hill Competition - Reign Edition. This year’s competition featured a virtual escape...


There is one release scheduled to be published on Aug. 10.


DOE and NOAA Announce Winners of Ocean Observing Prize BUILD Contest to Advance Hurricane-Monitoring Systems

News Release: Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA ) today announced the winners of $500,000 in the BUILD Contest, the second phase in the Powering the Blue Economy™: Ocean Observing Prize DEVELOP Competition. The prize challenges competitors to develop solutions that use marine energy to power hurricane-monitoring systems.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senate Democrats voted for higher inflation, higher taxes, and to keep more American energy locked in the ground as part of their reckless tax and spending spree. U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), issued the following statement:


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement after the Senate passed President Joe Biden’s tax and spending spree that will make life even more unaffordable for Americans and their families.


Barrasso: Instead of Pleading with Dictators, We Should Expand American Energy Production

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) delivered the following remarks on the Senator floor encouraging senators to support his amendment forcing Democrats to choose between American energy or dictators.


PAMS-SC grant application closes on Oct. 11

FY2023 Phase I Release 1 grant opened on Aug. 8.


Rural and Municipal Utility Advanced Cybersecurity Grant and Technical Assistance Listening Sessions

News Release: The DOE’s Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) is excited to launch a new program that will accelerate the ability of electric utilities to improve their cybersecurity posture. The Rural and Municipal Utility Advanced Cybersecurity Grant and Technical Assistance Program...


Pallone Applauds Senate Passage of Historic Climate & Clean Energy Provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today applauding Senate passage of historic clean energy and climate provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act, which are expected to slash our nation’s greenhouse gas pollution by 40 percent by 2030...


Barrasso Votes to Lower Prices at the Pump

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), issued the following statement after voting in support of Senator Lindsey Graham’s (R-SC) amendment to lower prices at the pump:


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act, which includes key health care provisions that will lower the cost of health care and lifesaving prescription drugs for Americans...


News Release: The DOE’s Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) is excited to launch a new program that will accelerate the ability of electric utilities to improve their cybersecurity posture. The Rural and Municipal Utility Advanced Cybersecurity Grant and Technical Assistance Program...


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission set to publish a new notice on Aug. 9

There are three releases scheduled to be published on Aug. 9.


News Release: The DOE’s Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) is excited to launch a new program that will accelerate the ability of electric utilities to improve their cybersecurity posture. The Rural and Municipal Utility Advanced Cybersecurity Grant and Technical Assistance Program...


Public notices: Energy Department publishes 32 in week ending July 23

There were 32 notices published by the Energy Department in week ending July 23, according to the Federal Register.


There was activity on eight bills related to the Energy and Commerce Committee on Aug. 5.