By DOE Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy announced up to $64 million in funding to advance innovations that will build new markets for the H2@Scale initiative. This investment will support transformational research and development (R&D), innovative hydrogen concepts that will encourage market expansion and increase the scale of hydrogen production, storage, transport, and use.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to over $96 million in funding for bioenergy research and development. This funding supports the U.S. bioeconomy, as well as DOE’s goal of providing consumers and businesses with a range of domestic energy options that are affordable, reliable, and secure.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $133 million in new and innovative advanced vehicle technologies research. This funding supports research that will lead to more affordable, efficient, and secure transportation energy.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today at the Washington Auto Show, Under Secretary of Energy Mark W. Menezes announced the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) investment of nearly $300 million in funding for research and development of sustainable transportation resources and technologies. This investment, split up between ...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chair Paul Tonko (D-NY) today sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler demanding answers for the dramatic increase in the backlog of unfunded cleanup projects at Superfund program sites under the Trump Administration.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
Release: I want to thank my friend Bernie McNamee for his dedicated service to the American people both at the Department of Energy (DOE) and as a Commissioner at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Bernie’s passion and deep knowledge of energy policy have been instrumental during his tenure at DOE ...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on Wednesday, Jan. 29, at 10 am in 2322 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Improving Safety and Transparency in America’s Food and Drugs."
By DOE Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, Jan. 29, at 10:30 a.m. in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building entitled “Empowering and Connecting Communities through Digital Equity and Internet Adoption."
By DOE Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, February 5, on e-cigarette use in the United States. Testimony will be provided...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - A pond-like basin built in the early years of the Cold War was recently remediated to regulatory standards after Savannah River Site (SRS) workers filled it with 1,400 tons of stone and 7,000 cubic yards of dirt, and capped it with grass sod.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - EM and its cleanup contractor at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) have come up with a new way to raise safety awareness, just in time for 2020: a calendar featuring drawings depicting general safety practices created by the children of employees.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Workers have replaced the roof of a laboratory important to the Savannah River Site (SRS), ensuring the facility will continue safely housing University of Georgia (UGA) staff, students, and equipment, and the school’s animal care program.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - EM crews have treated and repackaged 100 drums of radioactive sludge waste to date at the Accelerated Retrieval Project (ARP) VII facility at DOE’s Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced today that the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on Tuesday, Jan. 28, at 10:30 am...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM crews recently reached a significant milestone by modifying the 1,000th storage position for vitrified waste canisters at the Savannah River Site (SRS), a space-saving project that avoids the more than $100 million cost of building an additional storage area.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the two subcommittees will hold a joint hearing on Tuesday, Jan. 28, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Renovations are underway to prepare a facility to process a high-dose portion of the site’s uranium-233 inventory, enabling EM to convert the material into a disposal-ready form after extracting an unprecedented amount of thorium for next generation cancer research.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - The first commissioning test package was recently approved for the Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) Analytical Laboratory, marking a significant step in the ongoing EM Office of River Protection (ORP) project transition from startup to commissioning.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: Today, the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the House committees with jurisdiction over health care sent a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar and U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Eugene Scalia regarding challenges facing workers and retirees that can...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Bipartisan Energy and Commerce leaders sent a letter to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Stephen Hahn, M.D. to request information on the FDA's process for approving complex generic drugs.
