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Energy Department starts application process for Renew America's Nonprofits grant

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced it has commenced the application process for the Renew America's Nonprofits grant, offering funding to reduce energy usage in buildings owned and operated by 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations.
Energy

Bitcoin Policy Institute senior fellow on DAME Tax: 'This isn’t serious economics'

The White House's Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) has published a blog post expanding on the new Digital Asset Mining Energy (DAME) excise tax, which is included in President Biden's proposed fiscal year 2024 budget.
Energy

Granholm: 'Less pollution, cleaner air and more jobs are the upshots' of infrastructure investments

Twelve projects that will increase and improve the U.S.'s carbon-management capabilities are getting more than $250 million in federal funds.
Energy

Tallapragada: 'Technologists can play a critical role in the reduction of global carbon emissions’

A cloud-based software company based in San Francisco, Calif., launched an initiative to help reduce carbon emissions associated with software development.
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FECM: 'Apply now for #FECM’s 2023 Research Experience in Carbon Sequestration program'

U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management is looking for graduate students and industry professional still early in their careers to apply for this year's Research Experience in Carbon Sequestration Program.
Energy

U.S. Department of Energy 'funding projects that will ensure the continued operation of [data] facilities'

The U.S. Department of Energy has announced $40 million to enhance the cooling efficiency of data centers.
Energy

Alonzo: 'Triad's investment will fund a full range of grassroots economic development'

Los Alamos National Laboratory operator Triad National Security is providing $2.5 million in grant funding to boost economic diversity, education and community giving.
Energy

Granholm: 'Energy improvements for schools create healthier learning environments'

The Department of Energy has announced the Phase 1 winners of $4.5 million in energy CLASS Prize for sustainable schools.
Energy

French: 'It is so exciting to be back this year with a full public tour schedule' at Hanford Site

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management is once more opening the Hanford Site's B Reactor National Historic Landmark in Washington.
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Dobrzynski: 'EV charging infrastructure will become critical'

The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory announced its collaboration with Exelon to secure electric vehicle chargers from cyber threats.
Energy

Biery: 'The new entry control facility will be much more efficient' at Savannah River Site

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management program at the Savannah River Site announced the acquisition of a new security expansion.
Energy

Redfield: 'Integration between the various organizations within our team' helps with new compacting equipment at Paducah

Workers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management Paducah site have successfully demonstrated the safe use of new equipment to compact components, as part of the upcoming deactivation work for a large uranium-enrichment process building.
Energy

Bollinger: 'The safety of our shipments and operations at WIPP is our top priority'

The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in Carlsbad, N.M., operated by the U.S. Office of Environmental Management, achieved a milestone of having its drivers travel more than 16 million miles without any serious accidents or injuries.
Energy

Turk: 'The country needs young scientists'

The U.S. Department of Energy announced the winners of the 33rd Annual National Science Bowl.
Energy

Secretary of Enegy Granholm: 'Water power, the nation’s oldest source of renewable energy, is an integral tool to fight against climate change'

In an effort to boost marine energy and modernize hydroelectric power, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $600 million in funding this week.
Energy

American Petroleum Institute president: New bills 'will speed up approvals, create American jobs and enable the faster movement of energy'

U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) have introduced two bills aimed at reforming the permitting processes for mining and environmental reviews.
Energy

Jenks: Cooper 'will advise one of the nation’s largest sponsors of research in the physical sciences'

Valentino Cooper, a scientist at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been appointed to the Department of Energy's Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (BESAC).
Energy

Granholm: DOE projects will 'expand the uses of clean energy in decarbonizing our communities'

The U.S. Department of Energy announced the selection of 11 communities across 10 states for the development of geothermal heating and cooling systems.
Energy

Kearns: 'Foundry will spur advances to quantum information science'

The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory has opened the Argonne Quantum Foundry, an innovative facility aimed at accelerating quantum information science.
Energy

Pintek: 'There's tremendous hope for significant cancers'

Oak Ridge Environmental Management joins a partnership for cancer treatment research from nuclear material.
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