By DOE Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - EM and cleanup contractor Fluor Idaho have finished processing a challenging liquid waste form dubbed “squeezants," allowing the material to be sent from the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site to an out-of-state permanent disposal facility.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - In a well-coordinated effort, the Hanford Fire Department and nearby cities and counties successfully contained a wildfire that presented firefighters with many challenges and obstacles.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior and Environment Chairwoman Betty McCollum (D-MN) released the following statement today in response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI), and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Republican Leader John Shimkus (R-IL) today announced the release of several energy infrastructure bills aimed to ensure continued U.S. energy independence.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: When a disaster strikes, there’s never time to waste. With so much at stake, responders from the private sector, state governments, and federal support must be prepared to spring into their lanes of action to face the challenges each is best equipped to address.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered remarks at a Subcommittee on Health hearing titled, “High Anxiety and Stress: Legislation to Improve Mental Health During Crisis."
By DOE Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - The long metal arm and strong steel teeth of a massive construction excavator recently cleared its first bucket full of hardened clay containing countless bits and pieces of coal, the first step towards removing contaminated soil from 12 acres at the Savannah River Site (SRS) known as the D-Area Coal Storage Yard.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: Washington D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following floor statement on H.R. 2, the INVEST in America Act.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, at the direction of President Trump, the U.S. Department of Energy released a report titled, “The Appalachian Energy and Petrochemical Renaissance: An Assessment of Economic Progress and Opportunities.” The report is in response to the President’s directive in Executive Order ...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired a hearing to examine the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the U.S. territories - American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) wrote to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar today expressing concern that the Trump Administration has sidelined the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the nation’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, threatening the nation’s health and safety.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Workers recently finished start-up testing at the Analytical Laboratory in Hanford’ s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP), marking the first nuclear facility in the tank waste treatment complex to reach that point prior to moving into the commissioning phase for operations.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: On June 29, 2020, the U.S Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (EERE’s) Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) issued a Federal Agency Call (FAC) on EERE Exchange titled, "Assisting Federal Facilities with Energy Conservation Technologies (AFFECT) 2020." The AFFECT...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a request for information (RFI) on challenges and opportunities in the upstream and midstream critical-materials battery supply chains.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor today in support of H.R. 1425, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 1425, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision in June Medical Services L. L. C. v. Russo that strikes down a Louisiana law severely limiting access to abortion...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: Washington D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following floor statement on H.R. 1425, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) today sent a letter to the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) requesting the OIG initiate an investigation...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: Cincinnati -- The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management (EM) today issued a Final Request for Proposal for the new, standalone management and operating (M&O) contract for the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), located at the Savannah River Site near Aiken, South Carolina.
