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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $20 million in funding to demonstrate technology that will produce clean hydrogen energy from nuclear power. This innovative approach will allow clean hydrogen to serve as a source for zero-carbon electricity and represent an important...


USACE Hosts LM Leadership at Iowa Army Ammunition Plant FUSRAP Site

News Release: On Sept. 9, LM Director Carmelo Melendez and staff, escorted by executive officer Maj. Nicholas Copeland and others from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), St. Louis District, visited the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) site at Iowa Army Ammunition Plant (IAAAP) in Middletown, Iowa.


DOE Announces $20 Million to Produce Clean Hydrogen From Nuclear Power

Release: Arizona Project Will Advance DOE’s Hydrogen Shot of $1 per 1 Kilogram of Clean Hydrogen in One Decade


ICYMI: Secretary Granholm, Dolores Huerta Co-Hosted IG Live with Latinx Youth Climate Leaders

Release: Dolores Huerta “To the young people: this is your future, this is your planet”


News Release: House Committee leaders wrote to Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, Labor Secretary Martin J. Walsh, and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to request that their Departments work together to ensure that the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) requirements to provide individuals with coverage for the full range of contraceptives approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continue to be protected and enforced.


E&C Announces Legislative Hearing to Strengthen American Manufacturing and Competitiveness

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced today that the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee will hold a fully remote legislative hearing on Thursday, Oct. 14, at 12 p.m. (EDT). The hearing is entitled, “Investing in American Jobs: Legislation to Strengthen Manufacturing and Competitiveness."


DOE Announces Agency Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plan

Release: Strategic Plan Supports President Biden’s Executive Order Calling on a Comprehensive Federal Response to Combating Climate Change


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) today announced the launch of the Clean Energy Cybersecurity Accelerator, a technology partnership of federal experts, industry partners in the energy sector, and innovators to accelerate the development...


News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) today announced the launch of the Clean Energy Cybersecurity Accelerator, a technology partnership of federal experts, industry partners in the energy sector, and innovators to accelerate the development of new cybersecurity...


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) today announced the launch of the Clean Energy Cybersecurity Accelerator, a technology partnership of federal experts, industry partners in the energy sector, and innovators to accelerate the development...


DOE Invests $45 Million to Decarbonize the Natural Gas Power and Industrial Sectors Using Carbon Capture and Storage

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $45 million in funding for 12 projects to advance point-source carbon capture and storage technologies that can capture at least 95% of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions generated from natural gas power and industrial facilities that...


News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced nearly $8 million for nine cooperative projects that will complement existing H2@Scale efforts and support DOE’s Hydrogen Shot goal to drive down the cost of clean hydrogen by 80% within the decade. The selected projects, or cooperative research and...


News Release: Domes Beach in Rincón, Puerto Rico, widely known for hosting several international surfing competitions every year, is considered one of the most popular surfing beaches in the world. But beyond the waves, there’s more than immediately meets the eye in this celebrated place. Peeking out just above the...


DOE Invests $45 Million to Decarbonize the Natural Gas Power and Industrial Sectors Using Carbon Capture and Storage

Release: Point-Source Carbon Capture Can Filter At Least 95% of Emissions from Natural Gas and Industrial Operations, Help Meet Biden Administration Climate Goals


News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Communications and Technology Subcommittee legislative hearing titled, “Strengthening Our Communications Networks to Meet the Needs of Consumers:"


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader for Communications and Technology Bob Latta (R-OH) delivered remarks today at a hearing on strengthening America’s communications networks to meet consumers’ needs and close the digital divide.


DOE Announces Clean Energy Cybersecurity Accelerator Program to Modernize the Grid

Release: Program Will Accelerate the Deployment of Cyber Solutions to Combat Threats to the Power Grid


What They Are Saying...Support for House Democrats’ Radical Anti-Mining Legislation Crumbles in the Senate

News Release: Democrat and Republican Senators on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee oppose House Democrats’ attempt to change mining law through partisan budget process.


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), delivered the following remarks at a full committee hearing to examine and consider updates to the Mining Law of 1872.


Hanford Plant Finishes Testing Effluent Disposal System

News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Hanford ’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant team recently completed startup testing of a radioactive liquid waste disposal system that will play an instrumental role during future operations to treat waste from the site’s large underground tanks.