By DOE Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and its contractor UCOR are preparing to demolish the remaining structures associated with Building 3026, the former Radioisotope Development Lab.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: The atomic age began in the New Mexico desert on July 16, 1945, with the Trinity Test - the culmination of the top-secret Manhattan Project.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, Congressman Adam Smith (D-WA), Chairman of the House Committee on Armed Services, Congressman Eliot Engel (D-NY), ...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI), Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D-MA), and Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) released the following statement on their newly introduced bipartisan mental health bill, H.R. 7539, the Strengthening Behavioral Health Parity Act.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at an Energy Subcommittee hearing titled, “Oversight of DOE During the COVID-19 Pandemic:"
By DOE Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
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: AIKEN, S.C. - A team from the Savannah River Site (SRS) that completed cleanup of coal ash-contaminated land a year early and at a savings of more than $8 million has been recognized by DOE with the prestigious Project Management Excellence Award.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
Release: 105 Grants Will Support Scientific Innovation
By DOE Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette announced additional details today for the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on Tuesday, July 21, at 10:00 am. The hearing is entitled, “Pathway to a Vaccine: Efforts to Develop a Safe, Effective and Accessible COVID-19 Vaccine."
By DOE Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered remarks at a Subcommittee on Energy hearing titled, “Oversight of DOE During the Covid-19 Pandemic."
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy today announced $11.5 million in funding for 12 projects as part of Phase 1 of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA-E) FLExible Carbon Capture and Storage (FLECCS) program. FLECCS project teams will work to develop carbon capture and storage...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced today that the Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a full Committee markup on Wednesday, July 15, at 11 am via Cisco WebEx video conferencing.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) wrote to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Stephen M. Hahn, M.D., today regarding the agency’s work to determine the accuracy of COVID-19 diagnostic and serological tests.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy today announced $11.5 million in funding for 12 projects as part of Phase 1 of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s
By DOE Newswire | Jul 10, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the selection of eight projects totaling over $5 million to conduct research and development (R&D) needed to accelerate the US biomanufacturing sector. Part of the Agile BioFoundry (ABF) consortium, these projects will leverage National Laboratory capabilities to address challenges in biomanufacturing.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 10, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the 10 teams that are advancing to the final phase of the American-Made Solar Prize Round 3, the $3 million competition designed to incentivize the nation’s entrepreneurs and strengthen domestic solar manufacturing. DOE also announced the launch of Round 4 of the Solar Prize, inviting more U.S. innovators to compete and potentially transform their ideas into prototypes ready for industry testing.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 10, 2020
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 the Department of Health...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 9, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the winners of the first phase of competition for the Water Resource Recovery Prize. Launched in January 2020, the Water Resource Recovery Prize accelerates resource recovery from municipal wastewater across the United States. In this two-phased competition, DOE seeks novel, systems-based solutions from multidisciplinary teams at small- to medium-sized water resource recovery facilities (WRRFs).
By DOE Newswire | Jul 9, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) promotes the use of geospatial tools in long-term stewardship of LM sites, and in communication with stakeholders about the history and current management of the sites.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 9, 2020
News Release: Today, chairs of the House committees with jurisdiction over health care condemned the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for finalizing a rule that weakens protections under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for LGBTQIA+ individuals, women, people with limited English proficiency, immigrants, people of color, people with disabilities, and patients from other marginalized communities and urged HHS Secretary Alex Azar to immediately rescind it.
