By DOE Newswire | Jul 28, 2020
News Release: The 2020 National Cleanup Workshop is being revamped to be a virtual workshop on Sept. 16, 2020. The half-day event will feature remarks from Under Secretary for Science Paul Dabbar and senior DOE officials, state and local government officials, and industry leaders. They will discuss key issues facing the DOE complex in the year ahead and celebrate important progress made this year.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 28, 2020
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - A team at the Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) recently held a drill considered an important first step in building an emergency preparedness program to ready the plant for commissioning and eventual full operations.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 28, 2020
Release: Studies Will Focus on Improving Crop Productivity and Resilience
By DOE Newswire | Jul 28, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered remarks at an Environment Subcommittee hearing entitled, “There’s Something in the Water: Reforming Our Nation’s Drinking Water Standards."
By DOE Newswire | Jul 28, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing titled, “There’s Something in the Water: Reforming Our Nation’s Drinking Water Standards:"
By DOE Newswire | Jul 27, 2020
News Release: U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today announced that her bipartisan American Mineral Security Act is included in new legislation to help the U.S. recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Murkowski’s bill, which focuses on rebuilding domestic supply chains, addresses systemic weaknesses exposed by the pandemic and is critical to the future of U.S. manufacturing and competitiveness.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today on President Donald J. Trump’s Executive Orders on drug pricing...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: Today, at a virtual awards ceremony, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the winners of the 2020 Marine Energy Collegiate Competition ) (MECC). Of the 14 collegiate teams that competed, DOE recognized three overall winners, who achieved the highest scores; DOE also recognized three teams for their performance in individual categories of the competition.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy announced a request for information (RFI) about hydrogen technology opportunities and research needs that could lead to advances in hydrogen technologies.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired a hearing to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on users of public lands, forests, and national parks. The committee received testimony from witnesses representing the outdoor recreation industry, ranchers, water providers, state wildlife agencies, and a nonprofit foundation that partners with the National Park Service.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today thanked her colleagues for supporting the inclusion of S. 903, her Nuclear Energy Leadership Act (NELA), in S. 4049, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2021. The Senate today passed the NDAA bill, with NELA incorporated by amendment, by a vote of 86 to 14.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
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) released its Record of Decision (ROD) for the Ambler Mining District Industrial Access Road project (Ambler Road).
By DOE Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
Release: Nationwide Effort to Build Quantum Networks and Usher in New Era of Communications
By DOE Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH), Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: Some abandoned mines are hard to reach. Take, for example, the Elk Park Mine, located near Molas Pass in the San Juan National Forest of southwestern Colorado. The mine is not accessible by vehicle and requires a 6-mile hike on the Colorado Trail from the Molas Lake parking lot.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
Release: Projects to Benefit Medicine, Industrial Applications, and Security
By DOE Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: SIMI VALLEY, Calif. - The Department of Energy (DOE) has resumed active environmental cleanup at the Energy Technology Engineering Center (ETEC), a former nuclear and liquid metals research site in Ventura County, California.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: On July 22, 2020 the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Electricity (OE), and the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) and Southwestern Power Administration (SWPA) announced the publication of the report, Fiber Optics Feasibility Assessment: Western Area Power Administration and Southwestern...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: The team of federal employees supporting the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs is small but mighty. In this “Meet Our Team" blog post series, we introduce key staff dedicated to the Office and its mission to support tribes in pursuing their energy visions.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) wrote to Federal...
