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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced new fuel economy standards for cars, minivans, SUVs and trucks, an April 1 news release said.
Energy
A History of Buried Waste at Idaho National Laboratory Site
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - Just months after the Experimental Breeder Reactor-I began generating electricity in December 1951 in a historic first, the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site opened its first waste repository on the 890-square-mile Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) site.
Energy
Pallone and Eshoo on House Passage of Two Health Bills
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) released the following joint statement after the House of Representatives passed two health bills today...
Energy
U.S., State Officials Applaud Employees for Outpacing Idaho Cleanup Milestone
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - Elected officials and EM leaders last week commended the team that completed the exhumation of targeted waste from 5.69 acres of a Cold War weapons landfill at the DOE Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site.
Energy
A History of Buried Waste at Idaho National Laboratory Site
Just months after the Experimental Breeder Reactor-I began generating electricity in December 1951 in a historic first, the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site opened its first waste repository on the 890-square-mile Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) site.
Energy
U.S., State Officials Applaud Employees for Outpacing Idaho Cleanup Milestone
Elected officials and EM leaders last week commended the team that completed the exhumation of targeted waste from 5.69 acres of a Cold War weapons landfill at the DOE Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site.
Energy
Manchin, Kelly Urge Biden Administration To Boost Domestic Energy Production Amid Rising Gas Prices
U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Mark Kelly (D-AZ), a member of the committee, called on the Administration to move forward with domestic oil and gas development in the Gulf of Mexico.
Energy
Leader Rodgers Statement on Rep. Fred Upton’s Retirement Announcement
“Fred Upton has been more than a great leader on the Energy and Commerce Committee, he’s also been a dear friend for many years.
Energy
Pallone Applauds Biden Administration for New Vehicle Fuel Economy Standards for Model Years 2024-2026
New Standards Will Save Consumers Money and Increase Fuel Efficiency
Energy
Pallone Opening Remarks at Oversight Hearing with Oil Company Executives on Rising Gas Prices
We are here today to get answers from the Big Oil companies about why they are ripping off the American people.
Energy
H.R. McMaster to Testify at Hearing on Biden’s Price Hike and America’s Pain at the Pump
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) announced today that Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster, USA, Ret., who served as National Security Adviser, will be the Republican witness at the Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee...
Energy
Portion of Landfill Provided Data for Path Forward to Cleanup
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - In the early 1990s, DOE, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and state of Idaho signed a record of decision to clean up a pit within a waste repository at the DOE Idaho National Laboratory Site using a chemical extraction process, which later proved unsuccessful.
Energy
ARPA-E Announces $5 Million in Funding to Universities Developing Life Cycle Assessment Tools for Carbon Negative Buildings
Projects at the University of Washington and University of California, Davis Focus on Carbon Drawdown and Storage in Building Construction, Materials and Designs
Energy
DOE Will Assist 22 Communities With Locally Tailored Pathways to Clean Energy
Communities LEAP Program Helps Environmental Justice and Energy Communities Leverage Tools to Lower Energy Bills, Develop Plans for Sustained Economic Empowerment
Energy
FERC Strategic Plan Sets Priorities for Energy Infrastructure, Participation
FERC Chairman Rich Glick today outlined the Commission’s critical priorities, including modernizing and protecting the electric grid, improving energy infrastructure siting reviews and bolstering public participation in Commission proceedings, in a new five-year Strategic Plan.
Energy
Hanford Contractors Join Forces to Promote Opportunities for Small Businesses
With small businesses a key contract component across the EM complex, prime contractors at the Hanford Site are collaborating to connect with potential subcontractors and offer firsthand assistance to small businesses.
Energy
Environmental Concerns Prompted Commitments, Actions for Idaho Site Landfill
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - Environmental monitoring near a waste repository originally named the “burial ground" at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site officially began in 1960 when the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) began drilling wells at the landfill perimeter to monitor for the migration of radioactive and hazardous constituents.
Energy
April 4: bills handled by Energy and Natural Resources Committee
There was activity on one bill related to the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on April 4.
Energy
FECM Releases Strategic Vision, Outlining Priorities That Will Support The U.S. Government In Achieving Net-Zero Emissions By 2050
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) announced the release of its Strategic Vision, The Role of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management in Achieving Net-Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions.
Energy
DOE-GFO grant application closes on May 18
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) - Request for Information on Energy Improvements at Public School Facilities grant opened on April 4.
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