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News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - An Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site program has adapted to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and continues to ship waste out of the state in support of the 1995 Idaho Settlement Agreement.

Bilirakis: The U.S. Must Seek the Highest and Safest Form of Autonomy so We Can Reap the Benefits

News Release: Washington, D.C. - In a Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee hearing on automated vehicles, Subcommittee Republican Leader Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) said that, while full autonomy is still years away, we need to set the industry on the path to a fully autonomous vehicle future today.

SRS Bolsters Use of Tools to Improve Employee Performance

News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - The Savannah River Site recently took steps to strengthen the use of human performance improvement (HPI) tools to help personnel reduce the chance and severity of errors while performing work activities.

Rodgers: To Win the Future, the U.S. Must Lead on AVs

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following remarks in today’s Consumer protection and Commerce Subcommittee hearing on advancing America’s automated vehicle industry.

Energy & Commerce to Hold Oversight Hearing on Building COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Wednesday, May 26, at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) on building confidence in COVID-19 vaccines in order to vaccinate more Americans. The hearing is entitled, “A Shot at Normalcy: Building COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence."

Cleanup Progress in Oak Ridge Creates New Economic Opportunities

News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Land at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) is already being put to beneficial reuse and providing new economic opportunities for the community after the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and its contractor UCOR became the first in the world to remove a former enrichment site there last year.

DOE's National Roadmap for Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings

News Release: The digital age is coming to a building near you.

Hanford Team Completes Effluent Management Facility System Handovers

News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - The EM Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant team recently finished all startup testing and system handovers for the Effluent Management Facility (EMF), marking its full transition into the commissioning phase.

Pallone Remarks at Hearing on the Future of Vehicle Technology

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee hearing titled, “Promises and Perils: The Potential of Automobile Technologies:"

E&C Announces Legislative Hearing on the CLEAN Future Act and Drinking Water

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a fully remote legislative hearing on Tuesday, May 25, at 11:30 a.m. (EDT) entitled, “The CLEAN Future Act and Drinking Water: Legislation to Ensure Drinking Water is Safe and Clean."

DOE's Better Buildings Initiative Saves $13.5 Billion in Energy Costs

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - According to a new report released today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Better Buildings Initiative, in collaboration with nearly 1,000 businesses, government, and other partners, saved $13.5 billion in energy costs and more than 130 million metric tons of carbon emissions...

Republican E&C Leaders Introduce Legislation to Promote America’s Drinking Water Infrastructure

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change Republican Leader David B. McKinley (R-WV) introduced legislation today to ensure key drinking water programs are funded and protected.

DOE's Better Buildings Initiative Saves $13.5 Billion in Energy Costs

Release: New Report Highlights 12 Organizations Achieving Bold Energy, Water, Financing Goals; DOE Launches New $12 Million Lighting Prize

Rodgers and Bilirakis Urge Attorney General Garland for Input on the FTC’s Section 13b Authority

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Republican Leader Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) urged Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice to address constitutional issues raised in proposed legislation...

Secretary Granholm Unveils National Actions to Increase Energy Efficiency for Homes and Buildings and Save Costs for Consumers

Release: Department of Energy Makes Major Steps Toward Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Buildings, Which Use 40% of the Nation’s Energy; Invests $30 Million in New Workforce Training Initiatives

Secretary Granholm Unveils National Actions to Increase Energy Efficiency for Homes and Buildings and Save Costs for Consumers

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - As part of a White House roundtable on building efficiency, Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm today announced sweeping actions to power more American homes and buildings with cleaner, smarter, and more affordable energy services that sharply reduce the buildings sector’s contributions to the climate crisis.

Rocky Flats Site and Las Colonias Park Win U.S. EPA Site Reuse Awards

News Release: Two U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) sites in Colorado have been recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as models for reuse of contaminated land.

ICYMI: Barrasso Op-Ed: The MAP Land Act will Make Accessing Wyoming’s Federal Lands Simpler and Safer

News Release: By: U.S. Senator John Barrasso May 13, 2021 Casper Star Tribune Across Wyoming, hunters are running into a consistent problem. They are unable to easily access maps showing which land is open to the public for hunting and which land is private property. A checkerboard pattern of Bureau of Land ...

U.S. Department of Energy Invests $35 Million to Dramatically Reduce Carbon Footprint of Biofuel Production

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $35 million in funding that will help slash carbon emissions and scale up the volume and efficiency of renewable biofuel. The 15 awarded research projects are housed at colleges, universities, and labs across nine states and will...

DOE Invests $35 Million to Dramatically Reduce Carbon Footprint of Biofuel Production