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Granholm: 'DOE is moving quickly to upgrade the nation’s power grid'

The U.S. Energy Department of Energy issued a request for information for the $10.5 billion Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnership Program.


Granholm: Investments 'will allow more Americans to benefit from the many clean technologies powered by lithium batteries'

The U.S. Department of Energy issued of a request for information for $335 million in investments into lithium-ion battery recycling programs.


Granholm: 'Hydropower has provided clean, cheap and reliable energy'

The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced a notice of intent for more than $28 million for use in research and development projects.


Granholm: Clean hydrogen funding 'will advance cutting-edge technologies'

The U.S. Department of Energy announced a $40 million funding opportunity for the advancement and deployment of clean hydrogen technologies.


Pollack: 'Pittsburgh’s New Pathways to Equity project is a great example of federal investment'

Acting Federal Highway Administrator Stephanie Pollack announced the awarding of a $11.3 million grant by the Biden-Harris administration to the city of Pittsburgh.


Granholm: 'Funding will provide the tools for a strong, resilient and secure electricity grid'

The U.S. Department of Energy announced a $45 million investment into 15 research, development and demonstration projects focused on the enhancement of cyber technology to protect the electric grid from cyber threats.


Crabtree: 'Today’s investment will support the technological advancement and cost reductions required for widescale deployment'

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management announced over $31 million in funding for 10 projects dedicated to the development of carbon capture technologies in a release published Friday.


Buttigieg: DOT works 'to bring more women into trucking and to enhance job quality'

The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced the new Women of Trucking Advisory Board to recruit and support female commercial motor vehicle drivers, as well as the general trucking industry.



Granholm: Investments show 'a game-changing commitment to clean energy'

The U.S. Department of Energy awarded over $540 million for research into clean energy technologies and low-carbon manufacturing



Granholm calls clean hydrogen 'an incredibly versatile tool' in fight against climate change

The U.S. Department of Energy is investing nearly $61 million in efforts to develop clean-hydrogen production to provide available and affordable energy production.


Cliff: 'Advancing equity, including across our transportation system' is a top priority

The U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration updated a 2013 study on the risk of female death rates compared to male death rates in vehicle collisions with similar physical effects.


Nolen: 'This funding will allow drones to safely and more quickly deploy'

The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration announced a $2.7 million award to fund research on drone usage in disaster mitigation and emergency situations.


Farajian: Infrastructure awards 'expand our geographic reach and increase the diversity of projects'

The U.S. Department of Transportation announced five additional regions will receive financing through the Regional Infrastructure Accelerators program.


Granholm: 'States are the vanguard of our nation’s energy planning and implementation efforts'

The U.S. Department of Energy announced the opening of applications to all 50 states, five U.S. territories and the District of Columbia for $425 in formula funding to help develop and deploy clean energy programs.


Buttigieg: DOT is 'modernizing more of the infrastructure that creates opportunity in Tribal communities'

The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration announced the awarding of a $45.7 million grant to Alaska's Native Village of Eyak.


Cliff: 'There is no excuse for anyone to drive drunk or impaired by drugs'

The U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration launched its annual Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Labor Day campaign Aug. 17.


Sheehan: 'Input at this stage will help inform the issues considered during the planning process'

The Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service is seeking input for Utah's Bears Ears National Monument.


Pollack: 'The extension to the Long Branch Trail will nearly double the length of the existing trail'

Federal Highway Administration Acting Administrator Stephanie Pollack recently announced the awarding of a $6 million grant to the City of Winston-Salem, N.C.


Cliff: 'Now is the time for all states to double down on traffic safety'

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration publicly revealed its early estimates for traffic fatalities for the first quarter of 2022.


Bose: 'The Partnership Program has helped bring intercity passenger rail services to a state of good repair'

The U.S. Department of Transportation announced the awarding of more than $233 million to 11 projects in eight states to aid in improvements and modernizations made to intercity passenger rail services.