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News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - With 2021 in the books, crews are gearing up for a busy year of projects that will build on previous accomplishments and continue altering the landscape in Oak Ridge.
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Leader Rodgers Questions Sec. Granholm on Why Biden Administration is Making America Dependent on China
In a new letter, House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) asks Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm why the Biden administration is endangering our national energy security, raising costs, and forcing America to be dependent on China’s supply chains.
Energy
Rodgers, McCaul, Lucas Question Admin’s Lack of Response to COVID-19 Inquiries
House Committee on Energy and Commerce Lead Republican Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX), and House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Lead Republican Frank Lucas (R-OK) sent a letter to President Biden on the administration’s lack of response to requests from Congress on COVID-19.
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E&C Republican Leaders Ask CDC Director for Briefing on Crises Under Her Tenure
House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) sent a letter today to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle P. Walensky requesting a briefing on the multiple crises that have occurred under her leadership at the agency.
Energy
Rodgers Statement on Supreme Court Vaccine Mandate Opinions
Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers released the following statement after the Supreme Court issued opinions on President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandates.
Energy
Manchin Praises Interagency Implementation Of Bipartisan Infrastructure Law To Clean Up Legacy Of Abandoned Wells
Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, welcomed the Department of the Interior’s announcement of an interagency initiative to implement a new federal program for addressing orphaned oil and gas wells.
Energy
NNSA makes new progress on Los Alamos Plutonium Pit Production Project
The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration has reached a pivotal milestone on the Los Alamos Pit Production Project, approving the start of construction of the Decontamination and Decommissioning Subproject.
Energy
Audit Report: DOE-OIG-22-21
Personal Property Items Held by Subcontractors at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Energy
Evaluation Report: DOE-OIG-22-22
The Department of Energy’s Implementation of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015
Energy
Manchin Applauds Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund Extension
U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, praised the Department of the Interior’s announcement that the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) will be extending the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund program through 2034.
Energy
FECM outlines ‘momentous’ year of accomplishments
The Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) recently highlighted its efforts in 2021 towards reducing fossil fuel impact and achieving the goal of net-zero emissions in the United States by 2050.
Energy
DOE Awards Fifth Strategic Petroleum Reserve Exchange to Bolster Fuel Supply Chain
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) approved a fifth exchange of 400,000 barrels of crude oil for release to Atlantic Trading and Marketing, Inc. from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR).
Energy
DOE Announces Contract Awards for Crude Oil Sales from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management announced that contracts have been awarded from the recent Congressionally-mandated Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) crude oil sale.
Energy
Meet Clean Energy Champion Rukmani Vijayaraghavan
This is the first in a series of stories about Clean Energy Champions—real people who are taking action to support or join the transition to a clean energy economy.
Energy
Geothermal: Renewable Energy’s Rising Star
Among numerous highlights in the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s recently published Geothermal Power Production and District Heating Market Report, one in particular stands out: since 2019, 11 new geothermal power purchase agreements have been signed across four states.
Energy
DOE Awards $8.4 Million for Accessing Geothermal Potential from Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today selected four new projects to receive up to $8.4 million to establish new geothermal energy and heat production from abandoned oil and gas wells.
Energy
Department of Energy Announces Geothermal Manufacturing Prize Finalists
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy announced the finalists of the American-Made Geothermal Manufacturing Prize, a competition designed to advance geothermal energy technology using 3D printing.
Energy
U.S. Department of Energy Announces New AlgaePrize Student Competition
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO), in collaboration with the Algae Foundation and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, have announced a new AlgaePrize competition for high school through graduate students studying at a U.S.-based high school, college, community college, university, and/or graduate school.
Energy
DOE Announces $420 Million to Advance Clean Energy Breakthroughs at Energy Research Centers Across America
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced a $420 million funding opportunity for DOE’s Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC).
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