By DOE Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce 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 Thursday, April 15, at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) on several environmental...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
Release: New ARPA-E Funding Will Create Cleaner Solutions for the Oil, Gas, and Coal Sectors
By DOE Newswire | Apr 7, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee 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 Wednesday, April 14, at 10:30 a.m. (EDT). The hearing is entitled, “An Epidemic within a Pandemic: Understanding Substance Use and Misuse in America."
By DOE Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: CARLSBAD, N.M. - A donation by the EM Waste Isolation Pilot Plant ’s primary contractor is helping students at New Mexico State University’s Carlsbad campus prepare for an intriguing future in the technology and manufacturing sectors.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Physical progress is visible at the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) as EM ’s Office of River Protection (ORP) moves closer to treating millions of gallons of Hanford Site tank waste. Workers recently took down scaffolding used in startup testing around large vessels in...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM workers at the Savannah River Site (SRS) are setting the stage to accelerate the removal and disposal of plutonium from South Carolina.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - An EM Office of River Protection (ORP) contractor team has finished creating almost 5,500 step-by-step procedures required for operation of Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) systems and facilities needed for Hanford ’s Direct-Feed Low-Activity Waste (DFLAW) approach to tank waste treatment.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) established its Aviation Program in 2020 to accommodate the growing use of small unmanned aircraft systems for performing long-term surveillance and maintenance at LM sites.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - EM crews have completed demolition on a contaminated 1960s-era building at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), opening land that DOE can reuse for future missions.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: Today, Congressional leaders sent a letter asking Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to establish a Special Enrollment Period that will allow unemployed workers to maintain access to affordable coverage after the expiration of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021’s (ARPA) COBRA subsidies-which...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: CARLSBAD, N.M. - Monitoring the environment for radiation can include many things, such as air, water, and soil. However, one key element that at times can be overlooked is people.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM Richland Operations Office (RL) contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company (CPCCo) recently resumed key risk-reduction activities to prepare to remove contaminated soil under Hanford ’s 324 Building.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 5, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Energy (DOE) today announced an $8 million funding opportunity announcement (FOA) for the research, development, and demonstration of cyber-physical platforms that will make electric power systems more resilient and secure.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 5, 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), issued the following statement in response to Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland saying the Department of the Interior’s oil and gas program is “fundamentally broken."
By DOE Newswire | Apr 5, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Energy (DOE) today announced an $8 million funding opportunity announcement (FOA) for the research, development, and demonstration of cyber-physical platforms that will make electric power systems more resilient and secure.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) published a series of State and Regional Energy Risk Profiles, developed in collaboration with Argonne National Lab (ANL), to support state energy security planning. The updated...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) published a series of State and Regional Energy Risk Profiles, developed in collaboration with Argonne National Lab (ANL), to support state energy security planning. The updated...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 1, 2021
News Release: Uranium mining in southwest Colorado is as much a part of the region’s history as the iconic Dolores River. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) is currently working towards protecting the Dolores River by addressing sedimentation issues stemming from the historic Burro Mines Complex in San Miguel County, Colorado.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 1, 2021
News Release: Cincinnati - Today, the Office of Environmental Management (EM) awarded North Wind Construction Services (NWCS), LLC of Idaho Falls, ID, a contract to design and construct the Advanced Manufacturing Collaborative (AMC) Facility. The new facility, to be located on the campus of the University of South...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 1, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released a statement today applauding the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) for comments he recently made regarding the need for further investigations into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.
