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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX) sent a letter to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ...


U.S. Department of Energy Announces $16 Million in Funding for Phase 1 of Ultra-High Temperature Materials Program

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy today announced $16 million in funding for 17 projects as part of Phase 1 of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA-E) Ultrahigh Temperature Impervious Materials Advancing Turbine Efficiency (ULTIMATE) program. ULTIMATE teams will develop ultrahigh temperature materials for gas turbine use in the aviation and power generation industries.


Innovation Key to Closure of Coal Yard at SRS

News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - The final dump truck delivering limestone gravel came and went, setting the stage for the closure of a 12-acre legacy coal yard at EM’s Savannah River Site (SRS) recently.


News Release: By 1920, French-Polish physicist Marie Curie had made an indelible mark on the sciences, but when an unexpected challenge led her to the United States, one of the places she specifically asked to visit was what is today the Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, Disposal Site managed by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management (LM). This is the story of that unlikely path.


Safer Dry Storage Area for Radioactive Capsules Takes Shape at Hanford

News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - After years of planning, the future interim storage area for nearly 2,000 highly radioactive capsules is taking shape at the Hanford Site.


Paducah Marks 25 Years of Successful Pump-and-Treat Operations

News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. - For the last quarter century, a cornerstone of the cleanup program at EM’s Paducah Site has been the safe operation of the system to treat and reduce groundwater contamination.


Oak Ridge Wins Government Team Project of the Year

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - DOE’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and its environmental cleanup contractor UCOR were honored Nov. 12 with the Government Team Project of the Year Award.


Effluent Treatment Facility Gets Ready for Hanford Tank Waste Treatment

News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM is implementing a series of robust upgrades to increase the capacity and reliability of a critical effluent treatment facility to ensure it is ready to carry out its mission when 24/7 operations to treat tank waste begin at the Hanford Site.


Students, SRS Experts Engage in ‘STEMulating' Conversations

News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Students are becoming pen pals with Savannah River Site (SRS) employees whose degrees and careers involve science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) in a new program called “STEMulating Conversations with SRS Experts.".


Crews Prep for Final Major Teardown at West Valley

News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - Crews prepared a large demolition excavator for the installation of a long-reach arm as they readied for the future teardown of the last remaining major facility at the West Valley Demonstration Project, an EM 2020 priority. Built in the 1960s, the Main Plant Process Building was...


Pallone and Eshoo on House Passage of Ten Health Care Bills

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) released the following joint statement after the House of Representatives passed ten health care bills today...


Walden Statement on House Leadership

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement after House leadership elections.


Oak Ridge Launches Demolition Project at Former Biology Complex

News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - EM crews on Nov. 16 began taking down the remaining facilities located in the former Biology Complex at the Y-12 National Security Complex at Oak Ridge.


Pallone & Doyle Praise House Passage of Three Bills to Protect and Strengthen American Communications Networks

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) released the following joint statement today after the House of Representatives passed three communications and technology bills...


Pallone & Schakowsky Praise House Passage of Three Consumer Protection Bills

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) released the following joint statement today after the House of Representatives passed three consumer protection and commerce bills...


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) released the following statement after 10 bills advanced by the Energy and Commerce Committee passed the House.


Walden, Latta Statement on House Passage of Communications & Technology Bills

News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) released a statement after the House passed three communications and technology bills that were reported favorably from the Energy and Commerce Committee.


DOE to Provide $100 Million for High Energy Physics Research

Release: Research Aims at Advancing Knowledge of the Universe


Walden, Rodgers Statement on House Passage of Consumer Protection & Commerce Bills

News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released a statement after the House of Representatives passed three consumer protection and commerce bills from the Energy and Commerce Committee.


News Release: U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, today issued the following statements after the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced it will issue a Call for Nominations for tracts to be offered in the first lease sale in the non-wilderness Coastal Plain (1002 Area) of ...