By DOE Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- Today, Secretary Perry hosted a bilateral meeting at the Department of Energy with his Saudi counterpart, Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources Khalid Al-Falih and Saudi Princess Reema bint Bandar. During the meeting, the two energy ministers discussed a range of topics ...
By DOE Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer expressing their concerns regarding the export of language mirroring Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act in trade agreements.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 5, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) published a Notice of Intent in the Federal Register announcing that the department will develop an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to study the impacts of building a Versatile...
By DOE Newswire | Aug 5, 2019
News Release: Prior to the Senate’s adjournment for the August state work period, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, introduced legislation to improve access to the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Section 1703 loan guarantee program. Her new bill would allow certain state financing entities to be fully eligible for the program, providing a new pathway for states to secure financing for projects that will reduce energy costs and lower greenhouse gas emissions.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 5, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) published a Notice of Intent in the Federal Register announcing that the department will develop an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to study the impacts of building a Versatile ...
By DOE Newswire | Aug 5, 2019
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 pushed back against the Trump Administration’s rollback of offshore drilling safety regulations, requesting that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) investigate the federal government’s readiness to respond to oil spills.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
Release: NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry, Deputy Secretary Dan Brouillette, Under Secretary for Nuclear Security and Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Lisa E. Gordon-Hagerty, and Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak visited the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) near Las Vegas.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy is hosting the National Tribal Energy Summit, “Tribal Energy: Powering Self Determination " in partnership with the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) Sept. 24-26, 2019, at the Westin Washington City Center in Washington, D.C.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 1, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science has selected 73 scientists from across the nation – including 27 from DOE’s national laboratories and 46 from U.S. universities – to receive significant funding for research as part of DOE’s Early Career Research Program. The effort, ...
By DOE Newswire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Democratic Health leaders sent a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar today seeking documents and raising a series of questions regarding the Trump Administration’s refusal of care rule, which drastically expands the types of health care providers that can...
By DOE Newswire | Aug 1, 2019
Release: Department of Energy Lapse of Appropriations Plan
By DOE Newswire | Jul 31, 2019
News Release: Cincinnati - The Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the award of a sole-source Requirements contract to Aleut Aerospace Engineering, LLC, of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Aleut is a Small Business under the 8(a) program. Work performed under this contract will be performed at Department of Energy...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 31, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy today issued an order to Gulf LNG Liquefaction Company, LLC (GLLC) approving exports of domestically produced liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Gulf LNG Liquefaction Project, which will be located in Jackson County, Mississippi...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 31, 2019
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it has withdrawn the proposed determination it issued in 2014 for the Pebble mine project in southwest Alaska.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 31, 2019
News Release: Cincinnati - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the award of a contract to BTP Services, LLC of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, for technical support services throughout the Environmental Management (EM) complex. BTP Services, LLC is a certified 8(a) small business firm.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 31, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) made the following statement after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced their new action plan for the safe importation of certain prescription drugs.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 31, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy today issued an order to Gulf LNG Liquefaction Company, LLC (GLLC) approving exports of domestically produced liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Gulf LNG Liquefaction Project, which will be located in Jackson County, Mississippi, ...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM’s Savannah River Operations Office awarded its liquid waste contractor an “excellent" rating and nearly $28.6 million, or 94 percent, of the available award fee for its performance from June 2018 through March 2019.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Oak Ridge Site crews recently mobilized to begin constructing the Outfall 200 Mercury Treatment Facility, vital infrastructure to fulfill EM’s regulatory commitments to reduce mercury levels in the East Fork Poplar Creek and begin large-scale cleanup and demolition at the Y-12 National Security Complex.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - Trained divers working on behalf of EM recently went underwater to clean and inspect a fire water storage tank at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP).
