By DOE Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks today at an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing entitled, “Protecting Americans at Risk of PFAS Contamination and Exposure."
By DOE Newswire | May 14, 2019
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - A recently upgraded computer modeling system with the combined power of more than 1,100 desktop computers significantly improves the analysis of environmental data, allowing EM's Richland Operations Office (RL) and contractor CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company (CHPRC) to better evaluate the cumulative effect of cleanup decisions at the Hanford Site.
By DOE Newswire | May 14, 2019
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Each year, the Hanford Fire Department prepares for the wildland fire season to ensure personnel and equipment are ready and to take preventative actions to reduce the severity and spread of fire in the coming months.
By DOE Newswire | May 14, 2019
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Communities across eastern Tennessee continued supporting Safety Fest TN this year, helping expand the weeklong annual program’s national reach through more than 100 free health and safety classes and demonstrations at nine area locations.
By DOE Newswire | May 14, 2019
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - EM’s West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) Site recently awarded cleanup contractor CH2M HILL BWXT West Valley (CHBWV) for its performance in the first half of the evaluation period of fiscal 2019.
By DOE Newswire | May 14, 2019
News Release: In recognition of National Small Business Week, May 5-11, EM Update is spotlighting some of the companies that work with EM on its renewed focus of driving cleanup toward completion. In fiscal 2018, EM's small business procurements totaled nearly $400 million, allowing small businesses to leave their...
By DOE Newswire | May 14, 2019
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - Allyson Ferry quickly proved her value as a new employee of the EM cleanup at DOE’s Idaho National Laboratory Site soon after graduating from the University of Michigan with a chemical engineering degree.
By DOE Newswire | May 14, 2019
News Release: Gonzalez-Ramat joined FIU’s Applied Research Center (ARC) as a doctorate student and became a DOE fellow in 2013 under the DOE-FIU Science and Technology Workforce Development Initiative. This program between EM and is designed to train and mentor the next generation of engineers and scientists to enter the DOE workforce in technical areas of need.
By DOE Newswire | May 14, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby Rush (D-IL) announced today that the Energy Subcommittee will hold a markup on Thursday, May 16 at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The Subcommittee will mark up legislation to improve energy efficiency, energy sector jobs and infrastructure security.
By DOE Newswire | May 14, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, May 21, at 10 am in 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing will...
By DOE Newswire | May 14, 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 Tuesday, May 21, at 10:30 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Improving Drug Pricing Transparency and Lowering Prices for American Consumers."
By DOE Newswire | May 14, 2019
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Energy Secretary Rick Perry and Under Secretary for Science Paul Dabbar visited Oak Ridge last week, where they learned about a partnership between EM and DOE’s Office of Science to identify effective and affordable solutions for mercury cleanup that can be used at the site and elsewhere...
By DOE Newswire | May 14, 2019
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired a hearing of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee to examine opportunities to strengthen our nation’s mineral security. As part of the hearing, the committee also received testimony on S. 1052, the Rare Earth Element Advanced Coal Technologies Act, and S. 1317, the American Mineral Security Act.
By DOE Newswire | May 14, 2019
News Release: Five House Committees sent letters to the White House and the Department of Justice demanding documents in response to a request made more than a month ago regarding the Trump Administration’s sudden decision to reverse its legal position in court and assert that the entire Affordable Care Act (ACA) should be held unconstitutional.
By DOE Newswire | May 14, 2019
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - EM and its cleanup contractor at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) Site gained ground in the deactivation of a Cold War facility after recently relocating two 69,000-pound containers for eventual offsite disposal.
By DOE Newswire | May 13, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy has announced up to $5 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development (R&D) projects under the funding opportunity announcement (FOA) DE-FOA-0002004, Low Cost, Efficient Treatment Technologies for Produced Water.
By DOE Newswire | May 13, 2019
Release: BOGOTA, COLOMBIA - Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry was in Bogotá, Colombia for the Concordia Americas Summit, a gathering of government and private sector leaders held to discuss a range of issues impacting Colombia and the broader Latin American region. Secretary Perry addressed the Summit ...
By DOE Newswire | May 13, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement after a coalition of 44 states brought an anti-trust lawsuit against 20 generic drug manufacturers and 15 individuals for a conspiracy to fix prescription drug prices for more than 100 products on the market...
By DOE Newswire | May 13, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy Press Secretary released the following statement in response to reports of efforts to disrupt oil shipping...
By DOE Newswire | May 11, 2019
Release: NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - Yesterday, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry, Under Secretary for Nuclear Security and Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Lisa E. Gordon-Hagerty, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, and U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen visited the Nevada National Security Site in North Las Vegas.
