By DOE Newswire | Feb 1, 2021
News Release: By: U.S. Senator John Barrasso Feb. 1, 2021 Read the Full Op-Ed Here: USA Today Excerpts from the op-ed: Last Congress, Senate Democrats and Republicans proved we can work together on several issues - including protecting our environment. As chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, ...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - A bipartisan group of elected officials and stakeholders have slammed President Biden’s executive order to ban new oil and gas leasing on federal lands and waters and coal leasing on federal lands.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 29, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.- Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) today announced additional senior staff for the Committee.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 29, 2021
News Release: Washington D.C.- House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Republican Subcommittee Leader for Energy Fred Upton (R-MI), and Republican Subcommittee Leader for the Environment and Climate Change David McKinley (R-WV) issued the following joint statement regarding President Biden’s climate agenda.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: A new edition of the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management (LM) Site Management Guide (SMG) is now available online.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee 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, February 4, at 12 p.m. (EST) entitled “Safeguarding American Consumers: Fighting Scams and Fraud During the Pandemic."
By DOE Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after President Biden signed two executive orders this afternoon strengthening access to quality, affordable health care for the American people...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) issued the following statement in response to President Biden’s executive order to ban new oil and gas leasing on federal lands and waters and coal leasing on federal lands.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) questioned Jennifer Granholm, President Biden’s nominee to be the next secretary of energy. Granholm testified before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 27, 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 Nomination of the Honorable Jennifer Granholm to be the Secretary of Energy."
By DOE Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced that the Health Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Wednesday, Feb. 3, at 11 a.m. (EST) on federal COVID-19 response efforts related to vaccines, testing, and medical supply chain. The hearing is entitled, “Road to Recovery: Ramping Up COVID-19 Vaccines, Testing, and Medical Supply Chain."
By DOE Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) questioned Jennifer Granholm, President Biden’s nominee to be the next secretary of energy. Granholm testified before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to President Biden’s Executive Orders prioritizing the climate crisis at the national level, spurring the creation of new good-paying jobs, securing environmental justice, and rebalancing the energy sector in favor of clean energy...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: Washington D.C- Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) today issued the following statement regarding President Biden’s moratorium on new energy leasing and permitting on federal lands.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - A crew at EM’s West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) recently conducted several mock-up sessions in which employees practiced properly suiting up before entering the Main Plant Process Building to prepare it for future demolition.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: DOE recently announced the recipients of the Secretary’s Honor Awards, and three EM teams - two from the Hanford Site and one from Oak Ridge - were recognized for their contributions.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - DOE’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and its contractor UCOR have found a way to reuse mercury collected from a cleanup project for Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) research instead of disposing of it, once again drawing from innovation to achieve significant cost savings.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM and management and operations contractor Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) completed six major environmental cleanup projects at the Savannah River Site (SRS) in 2020.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM workers at the Savannah River Site (SRS) recently began transferring dissolved spent nuclear fuel to a waste processing facility two years early, freeing tank space at a chemical separations facility and reducing the inventory of the fuel in a basin at the site.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) issued the following statement in response to Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) calling on President Biden to declare a climate emergency and take executive actions without Congress. Last night, on MSNBC, Schumer said, “I think it might ...
