News and reports from the Department of Energy.

There are nine releases scheduled to be published on July 14.

News Release: Want to design a zero-energy building while still in school? Register now and form a 2023 Design Challenge team to develop sustainable building expertise and tackle real-world problems through the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon ® collegiate competition.

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following remarks in a Rules Committee hearing today on H.R. 8296, the Abortion on Demand Until Birth Act, and H.R. 8297, the Loopholes for Child Traffickers Act.

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Biden-Harris Administration, through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), today issued Notices of Intent to fund two programs that will advance carbon capture demonstration projects and expand regional pipeline networks to transport carbon dioxide (CO2) for permanent geologic storage...

Notice of Intent to Issue Funding Opportunity Announcement DE-FOA-0002730 titled BIL: Carbon Capture Technology Program, Front-End Engineering Design for Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Transport grant opened on July 13.

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans are examining the role of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations behind increasing risks of dangerous blackouts, which jeopardizes Americans’ safety and security. Americans are suffering enough from record high and unaffordable...

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA), Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Oversight...

Release: Releases Are Part of President Biden’s Actions to Help Protect Americans from Putin’s Price Hike at the Pump

News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the finalists in the $4 million American-Made Geothermal Lithium Extraction Prize, a competition supporting innovations that help lower the costs and reduce the environmental impacts of extracting lithium from geothermal brines, the salty water that is a byproduct of geothermal energy production.

News Release: Senior leaders from EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) hosted a Community Forum and Open House on July 7 at the Santa Fe Convention Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Carlsbad Field Office Manager Reinhard Knerr, center, and Sean Dunagan, president and project manager for operations contractor Nuclear...

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced today that the full Committee will hold a markup on Wednesday, July 13, at 11 a.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.

Release: Releases Are Part of President Biden’s Actions to Help Protect Americans from Putin’s Price Hike at the Pump

There was activity on one bill related to the Energy and Commerce Committee on July 11.

News Release: EM field operations leader Nicole Nelson-Jean promoted potential EM internship and job opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students during a recent visit with student researchers at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Nelson-Jean, Associate Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Field Operations...

News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM Richland Operations Office prime contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company (CPCCo) has awarded a subcontract to continue critical risk-reduction work along the Columbia River at the Hanford Site.