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DOE Announces Actions to Bolster Domestic Supply Chain of Advanced Batteries

Release: In Concert with White House Report on Supply Chain Vulnerabilities, DOE Takes Immediate Steps to Create Jobs and Secure America’s Economic Competitiveness


E&C Republicans Request a More Comprehensive Investigation to Determine Accurate Date of First COVID-19 Case in the U.S.

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee sent a letter to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle P. Walensky as another step in their ongoing investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. The letter to Dr. Walensky asks for a staff...


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader for Consumer Protection and Commerce Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s subcommittee hearing on the 2022 fiscal year budget for the Department of Commerce.


Department of Energy Announces $1 Million in Collaborative Funding for Privacy-Preserving Artificial Intelligence Research

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $1 million for collaborations in privacy-preserving artificial intelligence research. The aim of this funding is to bring together researchers from the DOE National Laboratories and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to jointly...


Japan-U.S. Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity Week for the Indo-Pacific Region in FY2020

News Release: On March 9, 2021 CESER Senior Advisor for Cybersecurity Cheri Caddy presented a briefing on DOE supply chain risk management programs at the third annual Japan-U.S. Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity Conference for the Asia-Pacific Region. The conference was held virtually for the first time. The...


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy & Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) announced today that Rep. David B. McKinley (R-WV), Republican Leader for the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee, will host a forum entitled “Mounting Costs: The Real Harm of the Biden Administration’s Environmental Agenda on the American People and the Economy" on Monday, June 14, 2021 at 4:30 PM ET.


ICYMI: In West Virginia, Secretary Granholm Touts American Jobs Plan, State's Clean Energy Potential

Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Thursday and Friday, Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm traveled to West Virginia to tout the American Jobs Plan, the Biden Administration’s efforts to empower and uplift coal and power plant communities , and the Department of Energy (DOE)’s clean energy investments in West Virginia.


Rodgers, Graves, and Barr Lead Over 60 House Republicans in Letter to President Biden on Nord Stream 2 Waiver

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), House Select Climate Committee Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-LA), and Congressman Andy Barr (R-KY) sent a letter to President Joe Biden expressing concern over the Biden Administration waiving sanctions to allow Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline to move forward.


Secretary Granholm Launches Hydrogen Energy Earthshot to Accelerate Breakthroughs Toward a Net-Zero Economy

Release: First Energy Earthshot Aims to Slash the Cost of Clean Hydrogen by 80% to $1 per Kilogram in One Decade


Japan-U.S. Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity Week for the Indo-Pacific Region in FY2020

News Release: On March 9, 2021 CESER Senior Advisor for Cybersecurity Cheri Caddy presented a briefing on DOE supply chain risk management programs at the third annual Japan-U.S. Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity Conference for the Asia-Pacific Region. The conference was held virtually for the first time. The...


DOE Awards $9.5 Million to Support Clean Energy Innovation and Commercialization Across America

Release: Energy Program for Innovation Clusters Strengthens Innovation Ecosystem Development in Ten Regions Around the United States


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management today announced that it has selected the West Virginia University Research Corporation to receive $5 million for the research and development of an advanced component that can improve the ability of thermal power plants to generate highly-flexible, low-carbon power from traditional, renewable, and nuclear energy.


E&C Republicans Send Letter to GAO Requesting Technology Assessment to Identify Future Pandemic Origins

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, led by 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), sent a letter to the Comptroller General of the U.S. Gene Dodaro requesting a Government Accountability Office (GAO) technology assessment to prevent future pandemics and identify its origins.


Osprey Love at LM’s Atomic Legacy Cabin

News Release: Two ospreys have made their home at Atomic Legacy Cabin, located on the Grand Junction, Colorado, office campus of the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management (LM). The osprey couple, as well as their future fledglings, are doubly protected, considering that ospreys are federally protected under the migratory bird treaty act and their home is on federal property.


Barrasso: Wyoming will be Home to Groundbreaking Advanced Nuclear Reactor

News Release: CHEYENNE, WY - 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 an event to announce that TerraPower will build its first Natrium advanced nuclear reactor in the state of Wyoming.


News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) today announced legislation to permanently authorize the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) program to support the...


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Vice Chair Tony Cardenas (D-CA) released the following joint statement today after the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) voted to finalize a new safety standard for infant sleep products...


News Release: Cincinnati - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) issued the Final Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Management and Operating (M&O) Acquisition.


Denmark, Norway, and the United States to Lead Zero-Emission Shipping Mission

News Release: The governments of Denmark, Norway, and the United States, along with the Global Maritime Forum and the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping, today announced that they will lead a new Zero-Emission Shipping Mission as part of Mission Innovation. The Mission aims to accelerate international...


Paducah Advances Large Building Toward Deactivation

News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. - Workers at EM ’s Paducah Site recently relocated personnel and operations from 129,800 square feet of space in the C-720 Maintenance and Storage Building to prepare for future deactivation of the large structure.