By DOE Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
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), and Senator Jim Risch (R-ID) introduced S.2506, the Tree Spiking Mitigation Act. This legislation will reduce the dangers that trees spiked by eco-terrorists pose to firefighters, loggers, and sawmill workers.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $60 million for 24 research and development projects aimed at reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from passenger cars and light- and heavy-duty trucks. The projects will help decarbonize the transportation sector and enhance the...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: U.S. energy companies have been using the Cybersecurity Capability Maturity Model (C2M2) to evaluate their cybersecurity capabilities and optimize their security investments for nearly a decade. During that time, the U.S. energy infrastructure has seen rapid changes in the technology and threat landscape. These changes prompted energy sector partners and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to validate and update the C2M2.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: Cincinnati - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a non-competitive financial assistance renewal Cooperative Agreement to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: U.S. energy companies have been using the Cybersecurity Capability Maturity Model (C2M2) to evaluate their cybersecurity capabilities and optimize their security investments for nearly a decade. During that time, the U.S. energy infrastructure has seen rapid changes in the technology and threat landscape. These changes prompted energy sector partners and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to validate and update the C2M2.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
Release: 24 University- and Industry-Led Projects Focus on EV and Battery Technology, New Mobility Systems and Vehicle Lightweighting to Cut Pollution
By DOE Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks as prepared for delivery today at a Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee hearing titled, “Transforming the FTC: Legislation to Modernize Consumer Protection:"
By DOE Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers issued the following statement on a comprehensive package of discussion draft bills to hold Big Tech accountable by improving transparency and content moderation accountability, reforming Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, promoting competition, and preventing illegal and harmful activity on their platforms.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader for Consumer Protection and Commerce Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) delivered opening remarks at today’s subcommittee hearing with the members of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
By DOE Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers and House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-OH) released the following statement regarding their draft discussion bill to rein in Big Tech abuses of Section 230 protections.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks in today’s Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee hearing with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
By DOE Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and National Alliance for Water Innovation (NAWI) announced $5 million in federal funding to develop desalination technologies that will help bring freshwater supplies to communities across the nation.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
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 the president’s budget request for the Department of the Interior for Fiscal Year 2022.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: Programming looked different at the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management’s (LM) Atomic Legacy Cabin (ALC) in Colorado this summer. The ALC formed a partnership with the City of Grand Junction Parks and Recreation, offering a variety of virtual programs to nearly 300 children ages 5 to 14.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) delivered the following remarks on the Senator floor about Tracy Stone-Manning being disqualified to lead the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
By DOE Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) questioned Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland at a hearing to examine the president’s budget request for the Department of the Interior for Fiscal Year 2022.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - A top Hanford priority got a major boost thanks to upgrades to the site’s massive electrical system.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) delivered the following remarks on the Senator floor about Tracy Stone-Manning, President Biden’s nominee to be director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Stone-Manning collaborated with eco-terrorists who spiked hundreds of trees in Idaho and then lied to the United States Senate.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - How many safety hazards do you think you could spot in two minutes? That’s the question being asked of team members at the EM Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant through a new safety initiative. In the TAKE Two campaign, employees have two minutes to find as many safety...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. - Workers at EM ’s Paducah Site are set to begin constructing a state-of-the-art material sizing area (MSA) in the C-333 Process Building to downsize large components.
