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DOE-GFO grant application closes on Dec. 6

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law: Advancing Equity through Workforce Partnerships grant opened on July 27.


Energy Department discusses Sunshine Act Meetings on July 26

The US Energy Department published a two page notice on July 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


DOE Issues Notice of Intent to Provide Funding for Clean Hydrogen and Grid Resilience Projects to Support Climate Goals

News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today issued a notice of intent for a potential funding opportunity to accelerate the research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) of clean-hydrogen technologies and grid resilience. The potential funding will advance the Biden Administration’s goals of achieving carbon-free electricity by 2035 and net-zero carbon emissions across the entire economy by 2050.


The House section of the Congressional Record published “PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 263, BIG CAT PUBLIC SAFETY ACT” on July 27.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on July 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.



DOE-GFO offers new grant application process starting July 27

Low-Income Community Solar Subscription Platform RFI grant opened on July 27.



The US Energy Department published a one page notice on July 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - As a twentysomething operations technician, Mark Henderson thought he would work in the Transuranic Storage Area-Retrieval Enclosure (TSA-RE) at DOE’s Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site for his entire career.


SRS Liquid Waste Team Reduces Risk, Cost With Spare Equipment Rebuilds

News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM is reducing radiological exposure, reducing costs and minimizing facility downtime at the Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF) at the Savannah River Site (SRS ) by using existing facilities to rebuild critical equipment onsite.


Hanford Facility Marks 20 Years of Testing New Technologies for Waste Retrieval

News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Twenty years ago, a mock-up single-shell tank on the Hanford Site went into service, allowing workers to safely test prototype systems and train in a nonradioactive environment.


Hanford ‘Sting’ Operation Safely Relocates Native Bees

News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - The area near the Hanford Site ’s former K Reactors is buzzing with activity as several environmental cleanup projects continue to reduce risk near the Columbia River.


Portsmouth Contractor Awarded $16.6 Million Fee for March 2021-March 2022

News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - EM ’s Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office (PPPO) recently awarded the Portsmouth Site decontamination and decommissioning (D&D) contractor about $16.6 million, or 75 percent of the total fee available for its performance at the former Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant cleanup site in southern Ohio from March 2021 through March 2022.


DOE Announces More Than 140 Programs Supporting President Biden's Justice40 Initiative

Release: DOE’s Justice40 Programs Represent the Biden Administration’s Commitment to Address Environmental Justice and Provide Relief for Disadvantaged Communities


New notice from Energy Department to be published on July 27

There are two releases scheduled to be published on July 27.


Savannah River Site Hosts Workshop for Teachers on Environmental Justice

News Release: WAYNESBORO, Ga. - About 25 local middle and high school teachers came together recently at the Augusta Technical College’s satellite location in Waynesboro, Georgia for the Teaching Radiation, Energy and Technology (TREAT) Workshop, an event for area educators held by the DOE Savannah River Operations Office since 1995.


News Release: DOE plans to further advance equity in research and development and clean energy, and among the ways EM supports this effort is through its Minority Serving Institutions Partnership Program (MSIPP).


News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - The previous EM Savannah River Site (SRS ) liquid waste contractor, Savannah River Remediation (SRR), recently earned an overall “excellent" performance rating and nearly $16 million or 95.5% of the available fee for the evaluation period of Oct. 1, 2021 through Jan. 31, 2022, according to the award fee determination scorecard.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) today announced an additional Notice of Sale of up to 20 million additional barrels of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). This Notice of Sale is part of President Biden’s announcement...