By DOE Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - EM has awarded fees to three prime contractors at its Portsmouth, Ohio and Paducah, Kentucky cleanup sites based on their performance in fiscal 2019.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - EM crews at the Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project (AMWTP) at DOE’s Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site recently completed remote treatment and repackaging of some of the most challenging waste in the facility’s 17-year history.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks at a joint Energy and Environment and Climate Change hearing titled, “Out of Control: The Impact of Wildfires on our Power Sector and the Environment."
By DOE Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) had the following prepared remarks today at a joint Environment & Climate Change and Energy Subcommittee hearing entitled, “Out of Control: The Impact of Wildfires on our Power Sector and the Environment:"
By DOE Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Seventy-five years ago, a Hanford worker supporting the site’s plutonium enrichment effort was apparently reading the latest from the European Theater of World War II and left a Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper behind. Recently, workers with EM Richland Operations Office contractor...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: LOS ALAMOS, N.M. - EM’s legacy cleanup contractor at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), or about 84 percent of the fee available during the performance evaluation period of fiscal 2019, according to a recently released scorecard.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee hearing on “Legislation to Promote the Health and Safety of Racehorses:"
By DOE Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement slamming Democrats for putting politics over progress on climate policy, rather than working with Republicans on bipartisan solutions for the environment and the economy...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) today released legislative text of the draft Climate Leadership and Environmental Action for our Nation’s (CLEAN) Future Act - an ambitious new climate plan to ensure the United States achieves net-zero greenhouse gas pollution no later than 2050.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Democrats have an opportunity to return to efforts to reform Medicare Part D to lower drug costs for seniors, say Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Ways and Means Committee Republican Leader Kevin Brady (R-TX). Productive discussions were abandoned by the Majority to pursue Speaker Pelosi’s partisan plan for fewer cures last year.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has selected three additional projects to receive approximately $3 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development projects. These projects are supported through the funding opportunity announcement (FOA) DE-FOA-0001992, Maximizing the Coal Value Chain.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM contractor Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) is sharing knowledge and experience with small business mentor-protégé programs throughout the DOE complex while steadily increasing opportunities for small businesses at the Savannah River Site (SRS).
By DOE Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) within the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) announced the opening of the Fish Protection Prize, a prize focused on developing more reliable and sustainable water structures while protecting fish from traveling...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
Release: New Effort Focuses on Developing Novel “Compact” Accelerators
By DOE Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) issued the following statement after President Trump signed the Preventing Illegal Radio Abuse Through Enforcement (PIRATE) Act, introduced by Energy and Commerce Reps. Paul Tonko (D-NY) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), into law.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 24, 2020
News Release: DAYTONA, FL - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) announced a collaboration to encourage the development of advanced fuels and efficient technologies in motorsports. This collaboration was formalized through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that was announced at the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Series, hosted by IMSA in Daytona, FL.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 24, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) sent a letter to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) today urging the government watchdog to conduct an updated review of the National Telecommunications and Information...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 24, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR) sent a letter to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) today urging the government watchdog to conduct an updated review of the National Telecommunications and Information...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 24, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), and Republican Members of the Energy and Commerce Committee sent a letter to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to request a review of the billions of dollars in grant funding dedicated to combatting the opioid crisis.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recognized Better Buildings Challenge partner MetLife Investment Management for energy efficiency advances made in its District Center. The 910,000-square-foot building in Washington, D.C. is a Better Buildings showcase project and saves 31% annually on energy costs, which equates to more than $500,000 per year, a 33% energy reduction compared to a 2014 baseline.
