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News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Full Committee markup on legislative recommendations for its budget reconciliation instructions...


DOE Announces Notice of Sale of Crude Oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve

News Release: Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy announced today a Notice of Sale of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR).


NNSA renews university consortium grant for research and development into nuclear science, engineering, and security

Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) announced a $25 million grant to a University of California, Berkeley-led consortium of 11 universities for research and development (R&D) in nuclear science, engineering, and security. This long-term investment ...


Leader Rodgers:  Unacceptable to play politics and score political points when so many are in despair.

News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks at the beginning of today’s House Committee on Energy and Commerce markup.


U.S. Department of Energy Announces $100 Million for Transformative Clean Energy Solutions Supporting President Biden's Climate Innovation Agenda

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - In support of the Biden Administration’s climate innovation agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced up to $100 million in funding for transformative clean energy technology research and development via its Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA-E) OPEN...


DOE Announces $100 Million for Transformative Clean Energy Solutions

Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. — In support of the Biden Administration’s climate innovation agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced up to $100 million in funding for transformative clean energy technology research and development via its Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA-E) OPEN ...


Committee Republicans Express Disappointment In Partisan COVID-19 Relief Process In Letter To Chairman

News Release: Washington D.C.- House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Committee Republicans sent a letter to Energy and Commerce Chair Frank Pallone (D-NJ) expressing their disappointment over the partisan COVID-19 relief process.


DOE Announces Notice of Sale of Crude Oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve

Release: Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy announced today a Notice of Sale of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR).


News Release: Three environmental science undergraduate students at Colorado Mesa University (CMU) in Grand Junction, Colorado, presented their senior capstone project to an audience of U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) officials in December 2020, including LM Director Carmelo Melendez and Deputy Director Peter O’Konski.


LM Highlights 3 Accomplished Scientists in Honor of Black History Month

News Release: Historian Carter G. Woodson started the first Black History Week in February 1926 through the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH). Decades later in 1976, this commemoration of black history in the United States was expanded by ASALH to Black History Month, also known as African American History Month, and President Ford issued the first Message on the Observance of Black History Month that same year.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) announced today that the Energy Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Thursday, Feb. 18, at 11:30 a.m. (EST) entitled, “A Smarter Investment: Pathways to a Clean Energy Future."


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), announced the following staff hires for the committee’s minority side for the 117th Congress.


Pallone Praises Biden Administration’s Leadership on COVID-19 Response and Requests Details on National COVID-19 Vaccine Plan

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) wrote to White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Jeffrey Zients today, commending the Biden Administration’s swift action to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and requesting a briefing and written response on its efforts to quickly increase the number of Americans vaccinated across the country.


News Release: The annual Site Sustainability Plan (SSP) outlines the sustainability plans of the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management (LM) and summarizes the office’s progress in meeting sustainability goals. The 2021 SSP describes how LM was faced with new challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


Energy and Commerce Committee Announces Hearing on Expanding Internet Access Amidst Pandemic

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Wednesday, Feb. 17, at 11 a.m. (EST) entitled, “Connecting America: Broadband Solutions to Pandemic Problems."


Oak Ridge Moves Closer to Clearing Away Biology Complex

News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - EM crews recently finished taking down Building 9210, one of the final remaining buildings located in the former Biology Complex at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge.


News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy announced 10 winners in the ADAPT stage of the Waves to Water Prize, a competition focused on using the power of waves to develop clean energy-powered desalination technologies to help provide potable water to communities in need.


WIPP’s Eight-Week Maintenance Outage is Integral to EM Cleanup Mission

News Release: CARLSBAD, N.M. - No matter the timeframe, continual, timely maintenance keeps the vital national mission going at EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP).


News Release: MOAB, Utah - DOE recently awarded EM’s Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Project with multiple GreenBuy awards recognizing the project’s environmentally friendly acquisitions.


Spare Melters Critical to Hanford’s Tank Waste Treatment

News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - The EM Office of River Protection (ORP) continues to make substantial progress in its preparations to treat millions of gallons of radioactive and chemical waste stored in large underground tanks at the Hanford Site.