By DOE Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced that its Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE) Initiative at the University of Utah has selected 17 projects to receive up to $46 million in funding for cutting-edge, domestic, and carbon-free geothermal projects with potential to supply power to homes in the United States.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 24, 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), questioned the Honorable Debra Haaland, President Biden’s nominee to be the next secretary of the interior. Haaland testified before ENR at a hearing on her nomination.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Subcommittee Leader for Communications and Technology Bob Latta delivered remarks at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing about government censorship and the silencing of political views.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) offered the following opening remarks today at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing titled, "Fanning the Flames: Disinformation and Extremism in the Media:"
By DOE Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) wrote to former Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar today following up on recent information that calls into question the extent of his role in the formation of the Trump Administration’s inhumane family separation policy.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
Release: Research to Unleash Enhanced Geothermal Systems Can Unlock Innovative Carbon-Free Clean Energy Source
By DOE Newswire | Feb 24, 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), questioned the Honorable Debra Haaland, President Biden’s nominee to be the next secretary of the interior. Barrasso also entered a letter from the Northern Arapaho on job loss due to the Biden administration’s ban on oil and gas leasing into the record at the hearing.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing about government censorship and the silencing of political views.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM’s Office of River Protection (ORP) tank operations contractor, Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS), has awarded a subcontract worth about $14.5 million to construct a protective barrier above another group of large underground waste storage tanks at the Hanford Site.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM is moving closer to closing the first Savannah River Site (SRS) tank farm structures since the closure of an underground waste tank in April 2016.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 23, 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), questioned the Honorable Debra Haaland, President Biden’s nominee to be the next secretary of the interior. Haaland testified before ENR at a hearing on her nomination.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - DOE’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and contractor UCOR have begun removing the two remaining structures at the former Radioisotope Development Lab at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).
By DOE Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) delivered the following remarks at a hearing entitled, “Hearing to Consider the Nomination of the Honorable Debra Haaland to be the Secretary of the Interior."
By DOE Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) Defense-Related Uranium Mines (DRUM) Program is protecting the environment through a cooperative partnership with Bat Conservation International (BCI).
By DOE Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Following an arduous certification process, an emergency preparedness specialist with EM contractor Hanford Mission Integration Solutions is the only Hanford Site employee to hold a prestigious associate emergency manager (AEM) credential.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - EM’s Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride (DUF6) Conversion Project completed several plant modifications at its Portsmouth, Ohio and Paducah, Kentucky facilities to improve their safety and reliability.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - EM’s use of replica components of a liquid waste treatment facility at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site has proven effective in preparing for the facility’s active operations.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Future scientists, engineers, and mathematicians tested their knowledge during the annual DOE Savannah River Regional Science Bowl competition on Feb. 20. The virtual event attracted 18 teams from the Savannah River Site (SRS) area.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing entitled, ““Pathway to Protection: Expanding Availability of COVID-19 Vaccines"
By DOE Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
News Release: EM has joined forces with the DOE Office of Legacy Management (LM) to expand the EM National Laboratory Network to support the missions of both program offices: legacy nuclear waste cleanup and long-term stewardship of closure sites.
