By DOE Newswire | Nov 30, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) is joining a bicameral Congressional Delegation trip, led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), to Madrid, Spain for the 2019 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, known as COP25.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 27, 2019
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 oversight of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 27, 2019
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, December 4, at 10 am in 2322 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Building Consumer Confidence by Empowering FDA to Improve Cosmetic Safety."
By DOE Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy Secretary Rick Perry honored members of the EM workforce last week for developing a new approach to cleanup contracting, and ensuring the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) can meet the needs of cleanup and national defense missions.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - Once the subject of futuristic movies, virtual reality (VR) technology is being used by an EM cleanup project at DOE’s Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site with the aim of reducing potential radiation exposure to workers and improving work performance.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - The West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) workforce once again surpassed its goal for the site’s annual food drive, bringing 111,000 pounds of Thanksgiving turkeys and other items to nine area food pantries.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - DOE unveiled an innovative public-private partnership on Nov. 22 set to provide unique isotopes to aid in next-generation cancer research and treatment as well as nuclear cleanup.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM’s Richland Operations Office (RL) and contractor CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company (CHPRC) treated more than 2.4 billion gallons of contaminated groundwater and removed nearly 90 tons of contaminants at the Hanford Site during the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2019.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
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, December 4, at 10:30 am in the John D. Dingell Hearing Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Flu Season: U.S. Public Health Preparedness and Response."
By DOE Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. -Workers recently made progress in the deactivation and remediation of the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PGDP) when they prepared and shipped the first of 22 cold traps stored at EM’s Paducah Site.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Representative Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) is joining Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) for a video series that began last week aimed at providing the facts on Speaker Pelosi’s partisan plan for fewer cures.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee 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 hearing on Thursday, December 5, at 10:30 am in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building entitled “Building a 100 Percent Clean Economy: Solutions for Economy-Wide Deep Decarbonization."
By DOE Newswire | Nov 25, 2019
News Release: Draft Final Programmatic Environmental Assessment on Grazing Activities at Office of Legacy Management Sites.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Representative Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) is joining Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) for a video series that began last week aimed at providing the facts on Speaker Pelosi’s partisan plan for fewer cures.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) announced the unconditional closure of a unit of its Pinellas County, Florida, Site.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
Release: THE WHITE HOUSE — The President’s Commission on White House Fellows announces the appointment of the 2019-2020 class of White House Fellows. The highly regarded White House Fellowship provides professionals from diverse backgrounds an opportunity to engage in public service for one year by serving in various roles in the Federal Government.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced the launch of the Plastics Innovation Challenge, a comprehensive U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) program to accelerate innovations in energy-efficient plastics recycling technologies. Plastics are used in thousands of products essential to modern life, but plastic waste is also a growing global challenge.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) praises Chairman Ajit Pai and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for voting to protect taxpayers and secure our nation’s communications infrastructure. The vote was to, “bar use of the Universal Service Fund for the purchase of equipment and services from companies that pose a national security threat."
By DOE Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
Release: Research Aims at Deepening Understanding of the Universe
By DOE Newswire | Nov 21, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO), Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky...
