By DOE Newswire | Jul 7, 2020
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - EM and cleanup contractor Fluor Idaho recently partnered with Battelle Energy Alliance (BEA) to perform transfers of spent nuclear fuel at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 7, 2020
News Release: Bicameral Democratic Health Committee leaders wrote to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar, Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin today expressing serious concerns with guidance recently issued by the Trump Administration allowing insurance plans and group...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 7, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce 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 on the latest announcements from the Departments...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 6, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the latest cohorts in its Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Programs. The 20 selected researchers will leverage the National Laboratories’ expert mentorship and world-class facilities over the next two years to advance their energy and manufacturing technologies from concepts to products.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 6, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette issued the following statement on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 6, 2020
Release: Projects Span Colliders, Neutrinos, Dark Matter, and Dark Energy
By DOE Newswire | Jul 6, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) announced today that the Energy Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, July 14, at 12 p.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building on the Department...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 6, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette announced the issuance of a final long-term order authorizing the export of domestically produced liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the proposed Jordan Cove LNG Terminal (Jordan Cove) in Coos Bay, Oregon. In 2014, the Department of Energy ...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 6, 2020
News Release: Today, 118 members of the U.S. House of Representatives led by House Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr., and 29 U.S. Senators led by Senate Environment and Public Works Ranking Member Tom Carper, filed an amicus brief in the case of Union of Concerned Scientists, et al. v. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), et al., which is currently pending before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 6, 2020
News Release: Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, wrote a letter to President Trump criticizing his anti-science rhetoric, which...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 6, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette issued the following statement on the Dakota Access Pipeline...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 2, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the selection of seven projects totaling $1.94 million to conduct research and development to accelerate the adoption of performance-advantaged biofuel blendstocks. These fuels are derived from renewable feedstocks, and can deliver exceptional efficiency with low emissions. The seven projects will leverage National Laboratory capabilities as part of the Co-Optimization of Fuels & Engines (Co-Optima) initiative.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 2, 2020
News Release: Today, U.S. Representatives Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.), chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.), chair of the House Natural Resources Committee, and Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), chair of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples, U.S. Senators Tom...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) issued a Notice of Opportunity (NOO) that provides small businesses and other industry partners with more affordable access to ORNL’s Building Technologies Research and Integration Center (BTRIC), where they can undertake collaborative, short-term research projects...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the new members of the Electricity Advisory Committee (EAC), an important component of DOE’s strategy to improve its research and development portfolio and program activities. Each member is appointed by U.S. Secretary of Energy...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released the following statement on the announcement of Hilcorp’s acquisition of BP’s Alaska upstream assets.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: Cincinnati -- Today, the Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) awarded a set of Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contracts to provide nationwide Deactivation, Decommissioning and Removal (DD&R) services to help address excess facilities. The contracts will utilize Firm-Fixed...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: ICYMI - U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., took to the Senate floor this week to urge their colleagues to pass the American Energy Innovation Act (AEIA), rather than leaving behind years of important bipartisan work and resigning our nation’s energy policies to at least another year without modernization.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a request for proposals for research and development (R&D) projects that support DOE’s H2@Scale vision for large-scale, affordable hydrogen production, storage, distribution, and utilization across multiple sectors.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - 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, July 9, at 12 pm (EDT) entitled “Consumers Beware: Increased Risks During the COVID-19 Pandemic."
