By DOE Newswire | Jul 16, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Science, Space, and Technology Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) sent a letter to Vice President Mike Pence today demanding that the White House direct all federal agencies to develop contingency plans for responding to natural disasters such as storms, floods, fires and extreme heat this year in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today welcomed President Trump’s announcement of a final rule to modernize the federal regulations that govern the environmental review and permitting processes under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1970.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Committee voted to favorably report 17 bills to the full House of Representatives that will improve quality and access to health care...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr.‘s (D-NJ) opening remarks as prepared for delivery today at a Full Committee markup of 30 bills...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 15, 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 Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) released the following statement on the United Kingdom’s decision to ban Chinese telecommunications provider Huawei from its networks.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement after the Committee advanced seven communications bills and one House resolution to the full House of Representatives...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered remarks at a Full Committee markup of 30 bipartisan health, energy, and communications and technology bills.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - At today’s markup, the Energy and Commerce Committee advanced 30 bipartisan bills across three subcommittees.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $19 million in funding for 31 new projects in atmospheric sciences aimed at improving the power of Earth system models to predict weather and climate.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI), Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Republican Leader John Shimkus (R-IL), and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) released a statement following the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)’s announcement of the final rule updating the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement after five energy bills were favorably reported to the full House of Representatives today...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - EM’s West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) recently enhanced its security and safety by purchasing digital trunked radios that can assign frequency channels to various groups of users.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - New digital systems have significantly upgraded waste tank operations at the Hanford Site as the workforce prepares to support round-the-clock conversion of tank waste into glass in the site’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant when the complex is operating.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: The Manhattan Project was an unprecedented, top-secret research and development program created during World War II to develop an atomic weapon.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) will fund 49 new Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) research and development projects across 23 states, totaling nearly $53.4 million in funding.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - The EM program has added two portable units to its network of 14 permanent air monitoring stations at the Savannah River Site (SRS), helping extend the reach of its study of the atmosphere in and around the site.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - The EM Savannah River Site (SRS) landscape is changing again as Saltstone Disposal Unit (SDU) 8 cell construction work is underway.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: Watch an animated timeline to learn more about the history of the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management Shiprock, New Mexico, Disposal Site. The site lies on the Navajo Nation within the town limits of Shiprock.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released the Energy Storage Grand Challenge Draft Roadmap and a Request for Information (RFI) seeking stakeholder input on the Draft Roadmap. Announced in January 2020 by U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette, the Energy Storage Grand Challenge...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: Editor’s Note: Research and testing efforts of the secret Manhattan Project were realized with the detonation of the world’s first nuclear device at the Trinity Test site on July 16, 1945. Today, 75 years later, EM continues cleanup from the environmental impacts of national security efforts at the Manhattan Project sites and elsewhere. In this issue, EM Update highlights the cleanup, long-term management, and historical recognition of the Manhattan Project sites.
