By DOE Newswire | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management is currently executing new 10-year leases with existing lessees under the Uranium Leasing Program. The existing lessees are Cotter Corporation, EFR Colorado Plateau Partners LLC (a wholly owned subsidiary of Energy Fuels Inc.), Gold Eagle...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today on the Trump Administration’s proposal to allow states to block grant their Medicaid programs...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on Thursday, February 6, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Members continue to closely monitor the international coronavirus outbreak. Today, Members received a briefing on the virus and the U.S. and international response from Dr. Robert Redfield, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), ...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today condemning the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) defense of PennEast’s efforts to overturn the 3rd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals decision and seize state-owned land...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 30, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, United States Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette issued the following statement applauding the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for selecting the United States to host the 2021 Nuclear Power Ministerial...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 29, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $3.25 million for the American-Made Geothermal Manufacturing Prize. A first-of-its-kind for geothermal technology, this prize is designed to spur innovation and address manufacturing challenges fundamental to operating in harsh geothermal...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 29, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) announced a $1 million Water Resource Recovery Prize to accelerate resource recovery from municipal wastewater across the United States. Through this two-phased competition, DOE is accepting proposals...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 29, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) selected two projects to receive approximately $9 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development projects under Phase II of the funding opportunity announcement (FOA) DE-FOA-0001816, Advanced Components for 65% Combined Cycle Efficiency, sCO2 Power Cycles and Advanced Modular Heat Engines.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 29, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs is pleased to sponsor the 2020 Tribal Energy Webinar Series with the theme of “How to…" Intended for tribal leaders, tribal staff, and others interested in energy development in Indian Country, the monthly webinars will focus...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 29, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, the Chairs of three U.S. House Committees released a framework for a five-year, $760 billion investment in infrastructure that would address some of the country’s most urgent infrastructure needs, from addressing the massive maintenance backlog, to designing safer streets, to...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 29, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Judiciary Committee Republican Leader Doug Collins (R-GA) applauded House passage of S. 3201, the temporary extension on the fentanyl analogues ban.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 29, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $3.25 million for the American-Made Geothermal Manufacturing Prize. A first-of-its-kind for geothermal technology, this prize is designed to spur innovation and address manufacturing challenges fundamental to operating in harsh geothermal ...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 29, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks at a Health Subcommittee hearing titled, “Improving Safety and Transparency in America’s Food and Drugs."
By DOE Newswire | Jan 29, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing titled, “Empowering and Connecting Communities through Digital Equity and Internet Adoption."
By DOE Newswire | Jan 29, 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 Wednesday, February 5, at 10 am in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building on the Natural Gas Act. The hearing is entitled, “Modernizing the Natural Gas Act to Ensure it Works for Everyone."
By DOE Newswire | Jan 29, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced that next week’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing will be held on Wednesday, February 5, at 10:30 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Vaping in America: E-Cigarette Manufacturers’ Impact on Public Health."
By DOE Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: CARLSBAD, N.M. - A planned maintenance outage starting in mid-February at EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) will efficiently consolidate multiple projects at the nation’s only underground transuranic waste repository.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - As the Hanford Site transitions to 24/7 operations, its fire department recently debuted a new ladder truck that will play a crucial role in emergency responses.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: MIAMI - A successful collaboration between EM and Florida International University (FIU) focused on developing science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) students has expanded to include DOE’s Office of Legacy Management (LM).
