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Hanford Contractor Collaboration Enhances Worker Safety

News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Radiation safety experts with EM Richland Operations Office contractors Central Plateau Cleanup Company (CPCCo) and Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS) recently teamed up to improve worker safety at the Hanford Site.


Leader Upton Remarks at Hearing With Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI) delivered opening remarks at today’s Energy Subcommittee hearing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).


New Well at Idaho Site to Target Hazardous Solvent Plume in Aquifer

News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) recently drilled a new well at the north end of the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site that will help EM enhance a groundwater treatment system that has been removing a hazardous solvent from the underlying aquifer for two decades.


Idaho Site Draws Closer to Shipping More Than 2,200 Waste Drums to WIPP

News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - More than 2,200 drums containing Cold War weapons waste at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site recently received the green light for certification to be shipped out of state in compliance with the 1995 Idaho Settlement Agreement.


News Release: Washington, D.C.-House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement regarding the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) plans to update mask guidance for vaccinated people to wear masks indoors...


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a request for information (RFI) to inform the creation of a new Clean Energy Manufacturing Institute focused on industrial decarbonization. Released by DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, the RFI seeks input from stakeholders in identifying key opportunities to decarbonize energy-intensive sectors across America’s economy through public-private collaboration.


139 Lawmakers Urge EPA to Reinstate Waiver for California’s Clean Car Standards

News Release: Today, 139 lawmakers wrote to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan to urge him to promptly reinstate the Clean Air Act waiver for California’s Advanced Clean Cars program. The waiver would restore the authority of California and other states to impose emission standards on...


Pallone Opening Remarks at Hearing on Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Oversight

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Energy Subcommittee hearing titled, “The Changing Energy Landscape: Oversight of FERC:"


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks in today’s Energy Subcommittee hearing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $60 million in funding for its largest-ever cohort of university-based Industrial Assessment Centers (IACs), which assist small- and medium-sized manufacturers in reducing their carbon emissions and lowering energy costs, while training...


DOE Announces New $60 Million Investment to Increase Energy Efficiency in Manufacturing

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $60 million in funding for its largest-ever cohort of university-based Industrial Assessment Centers (IACs), which assist small- and medium-sized manufacturers in reducing their carbon emissions and lowering energy costs, while training...


Securing America’s Energy Infrastructure from Cyber Threats

News Release: Cyber threats to our nation’s energy systems are rising. Recent cyber incidents, like the Colonial Pipeline attack, have demonstrated the power of malicious actors to shut down our nation’s critical energy infrastructure and disrupt our energy supplies, economy, and everyday lives. For the Department of Energy (DOE), the resiliency and security of America’s energy infrastructure is a top priority.


Securing America’s Energy Infrastructure from Cyber Threats

News Release: Cyber threats to our nation’s energy systems are rising. Recent cyber incidents, like the Colonial Pipeline attack, have demonstrated the power of malicious actors to shut down our nation’s critical energy infrastructure and disrupt our energy supplies, economy, and everyday lives. For the Department of Energy (DOE), the resiliency and security of America’s energy infrastructure is a top priority.


DOE Announces New $60 Million Investment to Increase Energy Efficiency in Manufacturing

Release: 32 Universities Across 28 States Will Conduct Industrial Assessments to Help Local Manufacturers Reduce Carbon Footprint, Lower Costs, and Train Energy Workforce of Tomorrow


DOE Announces Intent to Fund Direct Air Capture FEED Studies

News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM), in collaboration with the Office of Nuclear Energy and the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s Geothermal Technology Office, issued a notice of intent (NOI) for a Funding Opportunity Announcement...


DOE Announces $73 Million for Materials and Chemical Sciences Research to Advance Quantum Science and Technology

Release: 29 Projects Led by National Labs and Universities Will Enhance Energy, Economic, and National Security


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded $4 million for four projects focused on developing and deploying solutions to risks posed by intentional electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attacks and naturally occurring geomagnetic disturbance (GMD) events. Both events can significantly damage U.S. critical energy infrastructure, causing extended power outages, damaged pipelines, and other impacts to U.S. energy systems.


News Release: 189 Republican Members of Congress, including House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers and House Republican Leadership, urged the Biden Administration to abandon their censorship mission and respond to inquiries regarding their coordination with social media companies to censor Americans.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded $4 million for four projects focused on developing and deploying solutions to risks posed by intentional electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attacks and naturally occurring geomagnetic disturbance (GMD) events. Both events can significantly damage U.S. critical energy infrastructure, causing extended power outages, damaged pipelines, and other impacts to U.S. energy systems.


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 business meeting to consider the nomination of Ms. Tracy Stone-Manning to be director of the Bureau of Land Management.