By DOE Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, at Solar Power International, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Assistant Secretary for the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Daniel R Simmons, announced the winners of the first round of the American-Made Solar Prize, a $3 million competition designed to revitalize U.S. solar manufacturing. As part of the prize, the winners each received $500,000 in cash for use at DOE National Laboratories.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Oversight and Investigations Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) issued the following statement today after Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) external science advisors...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: Today, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced that Better Buildings, Better Plants partners have cumulatively saved $6.7 billion in energy costs and more than 1.3 quadrillion British thermal units (BTUs). More than 220 organizations now partner with DOE through Better Plants; DOE welcomed 22 new companies to the program this year. These partners have more than 3,200 facilities and represent roughly 12% of the U.S. manufacturing energy footprint.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks on e-cigarette related lung illnesses and deaths at a Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing, “Sounding the Alarm: The Public Health Threats of E-Cigarettes."
By DOE Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) today slammed Speaker Pelosi’s partisan drug plan and called on Democrats to focus on bipartisan solutions to lower drug costs for consumers. During the Health Subcommittee hearing, Walden said the Pelosi plan puts “politics over progress" and undermines bipartisan negotiations at the Energy and Commerce Committee to deliver real results for Americans.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL), Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) and Rep. Jerry McNerney (D-CA) today released a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report outlining the cybersecurity...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 24, 2019
News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. - EM’s Paducah Site recently transferred two 650-horsepower package boilers to the Paducah Area Community Reuse Organization (PACRO) for the purpose of generating funds to bolster job growth in a five-county region.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 24, 2019
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - EM crews safely and compliantly sent the 500th shipment of transuranic (TRU) waste from the DOE Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) since the disposal facility reopened and resumed receiving waste in April 2017.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 24, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - As EM marks its 30-year anniversary this year, past and present congressional and DOE leaders recently gathered on Capitol Hill to discuss efforts to build on the cleanup program’s longstanding record of results.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 24, 2019
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Meetings begin with a safety message, shifts begin with a safety briefing, and signs with safety reminders are located across the EM Hanford Site.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 24, 2019
News Release: Visitors to the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge may notice some heavy equipment activity on the southwest side of the Central Operable Unit - also referred to as the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) Rocky Flats Site, Colorado - located in the center of the refuge.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 24, 2019
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - The next major phase of Hanford cleanup is treating tank waste using vitrification - mixing the waste with glass - at the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP), as part of the.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 24, 2019
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - Crews recently demolished two Waste Tank Farm condenser structures and an equipment shelter at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP). These structures were associated with the Main Plant Process Building’s former ventilation system, which was taken out of service in 2001. This recent demolition brings EM’s total number of structures removed at the site to 64.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 24, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) today announced that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a markup on Thursday, Sept. 26, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The subcommittee will markup 15 bills pertaining to asbestos, PFAS and spent nuclear fuel.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 24, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR), Reps. Doris Matsui (D-CA), and Brett Guthrie (R-KY) introduced the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act (HR 4459), a bipartisan bill to help secure America’s telecommunications supply chain.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 24, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Reps. Doris Matsui (D-CA), and Brett Guthrie (R-KY) introduced the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act (HR 4459), a bipartisan bill to help secure America’s telecommunications supply chain.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 24, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The EM Nevada Program held its sixth groundwater technical information exchange recently, providing a peer-to-peer forum for EM and its contractors to share research, results, and other expertise related to groundwater at or near the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS). The NNSS contractors...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 24, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI) released the following statement applauding the announcement of major pipeline safety rules from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA):
By DOE Newswire | Sep 24, 2019
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Oak Ridge crews recently tore down another facility at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP), bringing EM closer to completing cleanup at the site. Each ETTP demolition brings more change to the landscape, drawing sharp contrast to the government enrichment complex of decades past.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 23, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced the selection of the National Alliance for Water Innovation (NAWI) to lead a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Energy-Water Desalination Hub (Hub) that will address water security issues in the United States.
