By DOE Newswire | Mar 4, 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 business meeting to consider the nomination of the Honorable Debra Haaland to be the secretary of the interior and to approve subcommittee assignments for the 117th Congress. Barrasso voted to oppose Haaland’s nomination.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: How DOE Prepares for Any and All Hazards | Clear Path VIII Outcomes.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rep. Marc Veasey (D-TX), and Rep. Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX) wrote to Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) President...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced today that the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Thursday, March 11, at 10:30 a.m. (EST) on the risks increased...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 4, 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 hearing entitled, “Hearing to Consider the Nomination of David M. Turk to be the Deputy Secretary of Energy."
By DOE Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to the International Code Council (ICC) announcing that it is replacing the current government consensus process for developing energy codes with a standards-based process...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
Release: Funding Supports Small Businesses Working on Climate Change Solutions
By DOE Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: Landscapes at U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management (LM) sites are as variable as they are numerous, providing habitat for a wide variety of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and insects. Some LM sites are even home (or are potentially home) to wildlife species afforded special federal, state, or tribal protections because their populations were deemed at-risk due to low numbers.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 3, 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 the Department of the Interior’s secretarial order to rescind the Trump administration’s order Promoting Open Science. The Trump administration’s order required the publication of scientific data used to make regulatory decisions.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
Release: Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm
By DOE Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
Release: Jigar Shah to Lead Loan Programs Office, Karen Skelton to Serve as Senior Advisor to the Secretary
By DOE Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
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, March 10, at 10:30 a.m. (EST) on the critical need to restore...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA), and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) wrote to Google CEO Sundar Pichai today expressing deep concern over the growing threat of extremist content propagating on YouTube and raising questions over the company’s policies and enforcement efforts to combat extremists and protect viewers.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - EM and cleanup contractor CH2M HILL BWXT West Valley (CHBWV) recently installed a long-reach arm on an excavator for ease of access in the demolition of the Main Plant Process Building at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP).
By DOE Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
News Release: PIKE COUNTY, Ohio - EM’s Portsmouth Site has launched a new education program aimed at getting local students to start thinking about careers in science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM).
By DOE Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) has successfully consolidated a laboratory that has provided vital analytical results to support almost every critical mission of the Savannah River Site over the last 60 years. The effort will provide future cost savings of more than $20 million.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM Office of River Protection (ORP) contractor Bechtel National, Inc. (BNI) is hiring and training dozens of laboratory and radiological technicians to prepare for cold commissioning of Hanford ’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant, when operators will run a non-radioactive waste simulant through the plant to ensure systems are working properly.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM Richland Operations Office (RL) contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company (CPCCo) is testing a new mobile ventilation system that will protect workers while they decontaminate former plutonium processing facilities on the Hanford Site ’s Central Plateau.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - DOE’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and contractor UCOR are attributing acceleration of several cleanup projects to a new regulatory partnership framework that marked its first anniversary in February.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) today issued the following statement regarding World Teen Mental Wellness Day.
