By DOE Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
Release: Ten “Connected Communities” Will Equip More than 7,000 Buildings with Smart Controls, Sensors, and Analytics to Reduce Energy Use, Costs, and Emissions
By DOE Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
Release: Four Projects Will Support Environmental Monitoring and Advance Federal Goal to Deploy 30 Gigawatts of Offshore Wind by 2030
By DOE Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on Wednesday, Oct. 20, at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, "Enhancing Public Health: Legislation to Protect Children and Families."
By DOE Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: SIMI VALLEY, Calif. - EM completed an important step in cleanup activities at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) when crews on Oct. 1 finished the safe demolition of the final DOE-owned buildings at the former Energy Technology Engineering Center (ETEC) northwest of Los Angeles, California.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Crews are upgrading security barriers at the three vehicle barricades on the Hanford Site, adding concrete barriers and relocating sand barrels placed in front of the guardhouse.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: CARLSBAD, N.M. - The mining machines are quiet. The salt haul trucks are still.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: CARLSBAD, N.M. - Nuclear Waste Partnership (NWP), EM’s primary contractor at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), collaborated with New Mexico State University-Carlsbad to mark Hispanic Heritage Month by hosting a panel spotlighting key Latinx people who have advanced their careers and inspired early career professionals within their community.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: STARKVILLE, Miss. - DOE recognized a former Mississippi State University (MSU) research center director with a career award honoring his work to evaluate and improve high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters used to contain nuclear materials.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - A group of women engineers with EM Office of River Protection (ORP) tank operations contractor Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) has established a series of monthly lunchtime presentations aimed at empowering and mentoring woman engineers.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM and it’s liquid waste contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) have developed a unique commercial mixer pump to use in a tank with space limitations, allowing waste retrieval efforts to advance in the tank farms.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: Members of eight local advisory boards across the cleanup complex gathered virtually last week for the biannual Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB) National Chairs meeting, where they discussed EM’s COVID-19 response, cleanup progress and accomplishments, regulatory and policy priorities, technology development efforts, the status of EM’s budget, and board membership.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it has authorized the marketing of three new tobacco products, marking the first set of electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) products ever to be authorized by FDA through the Premarket Tobacco Product Application (PMTA) pathway...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: EM is an active participant in a DOE-wide effort to address climate change and strengthen resilience at its sites and in its operations, tribal stakeholders were told at a recent climate webinar.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Friday, U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm traveled to Savannah, Georgia to join U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff to tour the site of next-generation of clean fuels manufacturing and meet with community and environmental justice leaders about deploying cheap, renewable power throughout ...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Crews are getting ready to deactivate the final hot cell of the former Radioisotope Development Laboratory at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in advance of demolishing the structure.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: The National Coal Council plays a major role in ensuring America remains a leader in advancing coal and carbon related technologies.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: Decades before the wildfires of 2020 darkened Northern California’s skies, Blue Lake Rancheria's (BLR's) elders and tribal leaders saw smoke in the distance.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: Today, in celebration of National Nanotechnology Day, the U.S. Department of Energy announced Stage 1 winners of the Conductivity-enhanced materials for Affordable, Breakthrough Leapfrog Electric and thermal applications (CABLE) Conductor Manufacturing Prize. Ten teams selected in Stage 1 of this $4.5...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
Release: 2025 Milestone Will Play a Key Role in Achieving Justice40 Goals and Create $1 Billion in Energy Savings
By DOE Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced a new National Community Solar Partnership (NCSP) target: to enable community solar systems to power the equivalent of five million households by 2025 and create $1 billion in energy bill savings. Reaching these milestones will help...
