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Energy Department discusses Notice of Denial of Water Quality Certification on Dec. 14

The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Dec. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: The U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) recently announced 18 communities across the U.S. as World War II (WWII) Heritage Cities, including four communities with sites important to DOE.


Leader Rodgers: “Free Speech is Foundational to America”

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks at today’s Energy and Commerce Committee markup on a Resolution of Inquiry on the Biden administration’s efforts to censor Americans by colluding with Big Tech.


Historic Drone Mission Delivers Data for Calcine Retrieval at Idaho Site

News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - An EM project at the Idaho National Laboratory Site successfully obtained important mapping and radiological data in what is believed to be the world’s first piloted drone mission inside a high-level radioactive waste storage vault.


DOE Releases Specific Sections of Draft Request for Proposal, Announces Virtual Pre-Solicitation Briefing for New Hanford Site Occupational Medical Services Contract

News Release: Cincinnati - Today, the Department released specific sections of a Draft Request for Proposal (RFP) for a new Hanford Site Occupational Medical Services Contract that includes Sections C-Performance Work Statement; F-Deliveries or Performance; L-Instructions, Conditions, and Notices to Offerors; M-Evaluation Factors for Award; and Section H clause, entitled “Qualifications of Key Personnel.".


EM Leaders View WIPP Progress, Meet With Stakeholders in New Mexico

News Release: EM Senior Advisor William “Ike" White and Associate Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Field Operations Nicole Nelson-Jean last week visited the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), where they received briefings on key projects, and met with stakeholders and elected officials in southeast and northern New Mexico.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) today announced $20 million in funding for projects that will improve stakeholder access to region-specific information and technical assistance regarding the commercial deployment of carbon...


Teachers, Students Return to Boundless Forests of Savannah River Site

News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Unique field trips for teachers and students alike that focus on environmental science in the vast forests of Savannah River Site (SRS) are up and running again after COVID-19 shut them down in 2020.




News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Adding to the growing list of cooperative, or co-op, programs with colleges and universities, U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM ) Office of River Protection (ORP) contractor Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) has launched a new pathway to jobs on the Hanford Site.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Dec. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Biden-Harris Administration Announces $3.7 Billion to Kick-Start America’s Carbon Dioxide Removal Industry

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Biden-Harris Administration, through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), today announced the launch of four programs that will help build a commercially viable, just, and responsible carbon dioxide removal industry in the United States. The programs, funded with $3.7 billion from...


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Dec. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Heath Middle School Students Design Winning Science Bowl T-shirt

News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. - Three eighth graders from Heath Middle School (HMS) won this year’s DOE West Kentucky Regional Science Bowl t-shirt design contest.


News Release: CARLSBAD, N.M. - One is very visible, and one you can’t really see. But both capital projects at EM ’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) are making remarkable progress due to a determined, creative workforce that is overcoming the challenges of the multimillion-dollar work so the facility can operate safely and compliantly for decades to come.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) delivered remarks at today’s Energy and Commerce Committee markup on a Resolution of Inquiry regarding the administration coordinating with social media companies to silence Americans.


DOE-GFO offers new grant application process starting Dec. 15

BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW (BIL): REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) PREPARING WORKERS AND BUSINESSES TO DELIVER ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION MEASURES grant opened on Dec. 15.


DOE-GFO offers new grant application process starting Dec. 15

Bi-Partisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) Request for Information on Energy Efficiency Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Competitive Program grant opened on Dec. 15.


News Release: AMARGOSA VALLEY, Nev. - Trevor Dolby attended the EM Nevada Program Groundwater Open House here last month to learn more about the quality of the water in his rural community.