By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the winners of the second stage (DESIGN) of the Waves to Water Prize. Launched in February 2019 by Assistant Secretary Daniel R Simmons, the Waves to Water prize calls on U.S. innovators to leverage the power of the ocean to provide potable drinking...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the expansion of its research capabilities in harsh climates through a collaboration with Alaska’s Cold Climate Housing Research Center (CCHRC) and DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). CCHRC staff will become NREL employees through this expanded partnership.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
Release: Successful Competition Highlights Importance of Investing in Next Generation of Leaders in Science
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: Following reports that some nursing homes and assisted living facilities have been seizing residents’ economic impact payments (EIPs), House Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) called on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the expansion of its research capabilities in harsh climates through a collaboration with Alaska’s Cold Climate Housing Research Center (CCHRC) and DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). CCHRC staff will become NREL employees through this expanded partnership.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the expansion of its research capabilities in harsh climates through a collaboration with Alaska’s Cold Climate Housing Research Center (CCHRC) and DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). CCHRC staff will become NREL employees through this expanded partnership.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 5, 2020
News Release: As a gentle breeze rustles the grass, a perky black-eyed Susan stretches toward the sun, hoping to attract the attention of industrious bees in search of pollen. Growing near a Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act (UMTRCA) disposal cell, the very presence of this small wildflower is a testament to the care the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) provides at managed sites across the country.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 5, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today issued a formal Record of Decision (ROD) for the safe shipment and disposal of depleted uranium oxide from former gaseous diffusion plants in Portsmouth, Ohio and Paducah, Kentucky.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 5, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Critical Materials Institute (CMI) announced up to $4 million in funding to address challenges in establishing domestic supply chains for critical materials with specific emphasis on industrial relevance, participation, and adoption.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, today released the following statements after a federal judge ruled against a U.S. Department of the Interior land exchange agreement needed to facilitate a short, gravel, life-saving road that will connect King Cove, Alaska, to the all-weather airport in nearby Cold Bay.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy has submitted to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) a formal comment on the regulator's proposed rule for "Emergency Preparedness for Small Modular Reactors and Other New Technologies.".
By DOE Newswire | Jun 4, 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) released the following statement on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s proposed rule titled “Increasing Consistency and Transparency in Considering Benefits and Costs in the Clean Air Act Rulemaking Process."
By DOE Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: A new U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report analyzes how federal agencies use infectious disease modeling to help guide decisions to fight outbreaks and how these models can be improved. The report was requested by Energy and Commerce Committee leaders in 2017 after learning about challenges with infectious disease modeling during the Zika outbreak at a hearing.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management (LM) is celebrating the one-year anniversary of the opening of the Atomic Legacy Cabin in Grand Junction, Colorado.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
Release: Service Provides Curated Resources and Expertise for Innovators in Fight Against Coronavirus
By DOE Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) urged Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) to hold a hearing on bridging the digital divide in a letter sent today.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - A new U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report analyzes how federal agencies use infectious disease modeling to help guide decisions to fight outbreaks and how these models can be improved. The report was requested by Energy and Commerce Committee leaders in 2017 after learning about challenges with infectious disease modeling during the Zika outbreak at a hearing.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The Chairmen and Ranking Members of the Committees of jurisdiction over the Medicaid program wrote to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar today expressing concern over prolonged delays in disbursing funds from the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund (PHSSEF) for Medicaid-dependent providers.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: The Chairmen and Ranking Members of the Committees of jurisdiction over the Medicaid program wrote to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar today expressing concern over prolonged delays in disbursing funds from the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund (PHSSEF) for Medicaid-dependent providers.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette and Australia’s Minister of Energy and Emissions Reduction Angus Taylor participated in a virtual signing ceremony finalizing the U.S.-Australia SPR Lease Agreement. This lease agreement builds on the arrangement signed in March that allows any Australian stocks held in the SPR to be counted toward Australia’s compliance obligations with the International Energy Agency (IEA).
