By DOE Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing titled, “A Humane Response: Prioritizing the Well-Being of Unaccompanied Children:"
By DOE Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
Release: 266 Clean Energy Projects Across America Will Help Bring New Technologies to Market and Create Good-Paying Jobs
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: CARLSBAD, N.M. - EM ’s Safety Significant Confinement Ventilation System (SSCVS) at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) is rising from the desert.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced new immediate policy actions to scale up a domestic manufacturing supply chain for advanced battery materials and technologies. These efforts follow the 100-Day review of advanced batteries-directed by President Biden’s Executive...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. - EM ’s Paducah Site recently transferred approximately 210,000 gallons of electrical insulating oil to support economic development in the region.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 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 nominations hearing.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: During the COVID-19 pandemic, the interpreters and educators at the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management’s (LM) public interpretive centers did not let their passion for community outreach and science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education lay idle. Instead, they adapted and produced high-quality programming and educational opportunities for students, community members, and stakeholders in a new digital frontier.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - The Savannah River Site (SRS) management and operations contractor received an overall rating of “excellent" and nearly $45 million - or 96% of the available fee award - for its performance from Aug. 1, 2019 through Nov. 30, 2020.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM ’s Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF) has successfully processed more than 1 million gallons of radioactive waste at Savannah River Site (SRS) since the first-of-a-kind facility began processing the legacy material in October 2020.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - A wide range of employees recently contributed to the success of an emergency response exercise on the Hanford Site, reacting to a scenario that included contamination and a take-cover alert.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the latest cohorts in its Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program (LEEP). The 22 selected innovators will join an extensive network of mentors and experts at U.S. national laboratories to develop the next-generation technologies that will help pave the way to a clean-energy future.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - EM crews have completed demolition on Building 9207, the largest and final building in the former Biology Complex at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 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), introduced the Ski Hill Resources for Economic Development (SHRED) Act. This legislation will invest in outdoor recreation in mountain communities by ensuring National Forests retain a portion of the annual fees that ski areas operating within their boundaries pay to support local recreation and community priorities.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: To the skeptic, a sustainable, self-sufficient solar-powered future might seem like a long row to hoe for a long-suffering Indian Tribe embedded in America’s heartland.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s hearing at today’s Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee hearing on the 2022 fiscal year budget for the Department of Commerce.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
Release: Department of Energy Takes Immediate Action to Shore Up Battery Supply Chain, U.S. Competitiveness and Spur Job Creation
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Teamwork between EM Office of River Protection contractors at the Hanford Site will ensure legacy tank waste is ready for treatment and vitrification.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 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 fully remote legislative hearing on Tuesday, June 15, at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) on vaccine legislation. The hearing is entitled, “Booster Shot: Enhancing Public Health through Vaccine Legislation."
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 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, “The Fiscal Year 2022 Department of Commerce Budget:"
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced today that the Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a full Committee markup on Thursday, June 10 at 11 a.m. via Cisco Webex video conferencing. The Committee will mark up legislation to reestablish common sense methane emissions standards, reinforce our nation’s energy cybersecurity, and restore the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) 13(b) consumer protection powers.
