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Leader McKinley Delivers Remarks at Forum on Keystone XL Pipeline

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change Republican Leader David B. McKinley hosted a forum on President Joe Biden’s decision to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline and what it means for this and other energy projects around the country.


Rep. Armstrong Highlights the Economic and Environmental Benefits From Keystone XL

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee member Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) spoke at a forum on the Keystone XL pipeline and the effect its cancelation by President Joe Biden has on American jobs and the environment. Watch live here.


Bipartisan E&C Health Leaders Urge HHS to Enforce Trump Administration’s Hospital Transparency Rule

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) wrote to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra today...


News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. - Deactivation workers at EM ’s Paducah Site recently completed major modifications to the fire sprinkler system in one of the former gaseous diffusion plant’s four massive uranium-enrichment process buildings.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Full Committee Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA), and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Brett Guthrie (R-KY) wrote to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra...


News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $5 million in new funding for the second round of the Solar Desalination Prize, a competition designed to accelerate the development of systems that use solar-thermal energy to purify water with very high salt content. DOE also announced that eight semifinalists will advance in the first round of prize.


DOE Announces New CESER Senior Leader

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced that Puesh M. Kumar will serve as Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) for DOE’s Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER). With this appointment, DOE is accelerating capacity-building...


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced that Puesh M. Kumar will serve as Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) for DOE’s Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER). With this appointment, DOE is accelerating capacity-building...


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced more than $5 million in scholarships and fellowships for students across the country pursuing degrees in nuclear energy and engineering. These awards through the Office of Nuclear Energy’s Integrated University Program will invest...


Statement by Secretary Granholm on the President's FY22 Discretionary Funding Request

Release: DOE Funding Request Invests in Key Clean Energy Innovations to Meet Administration’s Climate Change Goals, Create Good-Paying Union Jobs


Statement by Secretary Granholm on President Biden's Nomination of Dr. Ali Nouri

Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. — Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm issued the following statement today on President Biden's intent to nominate Dr. Ali Nouri for Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)...


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Republican Leader David B. McKinley (R-WV) announced the list of participants for their forum on President Biden’s cancellation of the Keystone XL Pipeline. The participants who will be joining members of the Committee will be focusing on the devastating impacts President Biden’s decision on the pipeline will have on jobs and workers.


U.S. Department of Energy Awards $5 Million to the Next Generation of Nuclear Scientists and Engineers

Release: New Scholarships and Fellowships Will Help America Harness Nuclear’s Full Potential to Power a Clean Energy Future


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today on President Biden’s discretionary budget request for Fiscal Year 2022...


U.S. Department of Energy Announces $35 Million for Technologies to Reduce Methane Emissions

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced up to $35 million for a new Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program focused on developing technologies to reduce methane emissions in the oil, gas, and coal industries. This funding opportunity will support projects that can be replicated easily and commercialized quickly to cut methane accumulation in the atmosphere and mitigate the effects of climate change.


Bipartisan Congressional Leaders Respond to Supreme Court Ruling on Unwanted Text Messages

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chair Mike Doyle (D-PA), Communications and Technology Ranking Member Bob Latta (R-OH), Senator Ed Markey (D-MA), and Senator John Thune (R-SD) released the following joint statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that unwanted text messages do not violate the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s protections against robocalls...


News Release: The scientists and engineers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) are environmental professionals who see site closure as a measure of success because it means “mission accomplished." Case in point: hydrogeologist Julian Caballero, the Legacy Management Strategic Partner (LMSP) site lead for the Pinellas County, Florida, Site.


Remarks as Delivered by Secretary Granholm at the White House Daily Press Briefing

Release: Remarks as Delivered by Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm


DOE Announces $61.4 Million for Biofuels Research to Reduce Transportation Emissions

Release: Low-Carbon Biofuels Could Power Airplanes, Ships, and Other Heavy-Duty Vehicles


Leaders Rodgers and Jordan Call for Extension of Emergency Scheduling of Fentanyl Analogues

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and House Judiciary Committee Republican Leader Jim Jordan (R-OH) are leading legislation that will continue to keep fentanyl-related substances in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. In addition, the Leaders are calling on Democrats in Congress to work with Republicans to make this move permanent.