By DOE Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced today that the Communications and Technology and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittees will hold a joint remote hearing on Wednesday, June 24, on disinformation online.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - 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) sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), House Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Senate Finance Chairman Charles E. Grassley (R-IA), and Senate Finance Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) commended the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), House Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR), Senate Finance Chairman Charles E. Grassley (R-IA), and Senate Finance Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) commended the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for taking...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 10, 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), and fellow Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican members urged House Appropriators to provide funding for improved broadband mapping, which is vital for deploying broadband and bridging the digital divide.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced that the Health Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Wednesday, June 17, at 11:30 a.m. (EDT). The hearing is entitled, “Health Care Inequality: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19 and the Health Care System."
By DOE Newswire | Jun 9, 2020
News Release: MOAB, Utah - An EM partnership with Canyonlands National Park has blossomed.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 9, 2020
News Release: U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska today chaired a hearing to examine wildfire management in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 9, 2020
News Release: EM has updated its popular “By the Numbers" feature, which illustrates cleanup progress at EM sites through quick and clear infographics.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 9, 2020
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM has developed a new electronic application capable of reducing by up to 75 percent the time needed to qualify large quantities of radioactive liquid salt waste for decontamination processes.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 9, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced nearly $11 billion in energy-cost savings by more than 950 public and private sector organizations in DOE’s Better Buildings Initiative. To date, partners have saved nearly 1.8 quadrillion British thermal units of energy, which is equivalent to the electricity consumption of 27 million homes in America over one year.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 9, 2020
News Release: Middlesex Borough, New Jersey, is working toward acquiring a Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) site for its Department of Public Works, supporting a $40 million adjacent development and a larger community redevelopment zone. To help make the borough’s plan a reality, the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management (LM) has accelerated the process of transferring the southern portion of the Middlesex South, New Jersey, FUSRAP site.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 9, 2020
News Release: EM made steady progress in its cleanup mission after most field sites moved into an essential mission-critical operating posture beginning in mid-March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 9, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr.’s (D-NJ) remarks as prepared for delivery for today’s Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing titled, “Pollution and Pandemics: COVID-19’s Disproportionate Impact on Environmental Justice Communities:"
By DOE Newswire | Jun 9, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced nearly $11 billion in energy-cost savings by more than 950 public and private sector organizations in DOE’s Better Buildings Initiative. To date, partners have saved nearly 1.8 quadrillion British thermal units of energy, which is equivalent to the electricity consumption of 27 million homes in America over one year.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 9, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - With cleanup sites beginning to ramp back up to full operations in a phased and deliberate approach, EM remains poised to complete many of its top priorities this year, Senior Advisor William “Ike" White told an industry group last week.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 9, 2020
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Demolition has resumed on the Centrifuge Complex at Oak Ridge's East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) after an almost two-month pause in field work due to protective measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 9, 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 fully remote hearing on Tuesday, June 16, at 12 p.m. (EDT). The hearing is entitled, “Reviving our Economy: COVID-19’s Impact on the Energy Sector."
By DOE Newswire | Jun 9, 2020
News Release: Recently our nation was rocked again by the senseless and unjust death of George Floyd. This incident highlighted the systematic challenges facing the black community in America. I join those who have raised their voices to protest the deadly brutality imposed on George Floyd and other instances of shocking, ...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 9, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Today the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) passed their 5G Upgrade Order to provide clarity to American wireless providers so they can more quickly deploy 5G infrastructure across local communities.
