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Environmental Management System Deemed 'Robust' at Savannah River Site

News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Two major EM contractors at the Savannah River Site received high marks from a recent independent audit of their environmental management system.


Leader Rodgers: The CLEAN Future Act Will Take Us Backwards to a Time Before Reliable Electricity and Modern Conveniences

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Republican Leader for the House Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following remarks today during an Energy Subcommittee hearing on modernizing America’s electric grid.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI) delivered opening remarks at Tuesday’s Energy Subcommittee hearing on modernizing America’s electric grid.


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 CLEAN Future Act and Electric Transmission: Delivering Clean Power to the People:"


Pallone on Supreme Court Decision Allowing PennEast Pipeline Company to Use Eminent Domain on State Land

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that PennEast pipeline company can use eminent domain to claim New Jersey’s land...


Barrasso: Tracy Stone-Manning Lied to the Senate

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), issued the following statement in response to the E&E News story regarding Tracy Stone-Manning’s involvement with a 1989 tree spiking case in Idaho. E&E interviewed a federal ...


DOE Awards New Contract for Environmental Remediation Services at the DOE/National Nuclear Security Administration Naval Reactors Knolls Site

News Release: Cincinnati -Today, the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) awarded a new contract to North Wind Site Services, LLC (Morgantown, WV) an 8(a) certified small business and Alaska Native Corporation, for cleanup services at the DOE/National Nuclear Security Administration Naval Reactors Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory (KAPL) located in Niskayuna, NY.


E&C Republicans Seek Information From USAID on 2020 Grant on COVID-19 Origins

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) are continuing their investigation into the...


DOE Invests $93 Million for New Discoveries in High Energy Physics

Release: 71 University-Led Projects Will Explore the Fundamental Physics that Fuels Modern Innovations


News Release: For those familiar with the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management’s (LM) post-closure responsibilities at former nuclear sites across the country, the image of scientists working in the field to, conduct surveillance, and monitor sites is what immediately springs to mind.


News Release: By: U.S. Senator John Barrasso June 28, 2021 Newsweek As Rahm Emanuel, President Barack Obama's chief of staff, famously quipped, "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste." President Joe Biden has taken that advice to heart. He's used the COVID-19 crisis as an excuse to spend trillions of ...


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), issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court upholding hardship relief for small refineries under the Renewable Fuel Standard.


News Release: Today, Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr., Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement announcing the Committees will examine the approval and pricing of Biogen Inc.’s Alzheimer’s drug, Aduhelm...


Pallone Floor Remarks on Joint Resolution to Restore Methane Pollution Standards

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor today during consideration of S.J. Res 14, a joint resolution of disapproval reinstating methane pollution standards...


News Release: United States Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm and Canadian Minister of Natural Resources Seamus O’Regan today held a bilateral meeting to launch a new updated and revised Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that reinvigorates and expands energy cooperation between their departments, accelerates...


Barrasso: We Should Work to Build a Broad Consensus on Energy Infrastructure Legislation

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 infrastructure needs of the U.S. energy sector, western water and public lands, and to consider this legislative proposal.


DOE Announces Over $65 Million in Public and Private Funding to Commercialize Promising Energy Technologies

Release: 2021 Technology Commercialization Fund Awards Connect Private-Sector Partners to DOE National Labs, Bolstering U.S. Competitiveness While Combating the Climate Crisis


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Health Subcommittee hearing titled, "Empowered by Data: Legislation to Advance Equity and Public Health:"


Testimony as Delivered by Secretary Granholm Before the Senate Armed Services Committee

Release: Testimony as Delivered by Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm


Leader Rodgers Opening Statement on Social Determinants and Health Data

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Republican Leader for the House Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following remarks today during a Health Subcommittee hearing.