Department of Energy
Recent News About Department of Energy
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Chairwoman of House Committee on Science, Space and Technology Eddie Bernice Johnson on July 13 discussed how innovation and technology is required to clean the 15 active nuclear waste sites in the U.S.
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The U.S. Department of Energy Environmental Management's process to speed up legacy nuclear waste removal at a site in South Carolina will improve the location's cleanup.
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U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm recently participated in the first-ever full meeting of Quad energy ministers from Australia, India, Japan and the United States.
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States, Tribal nations and territories have until 11:59 p.m. ET Sept. 30, to apply for a $2.3 billion formula grant program designed to prevent outages in America’s power grid.
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Students form Lynbrook High School in San Jose, California., won the high school competition in the 2022 National Science Bowl (NSB). Students form Odle Middle School in Bellevue, Washington, took first place in the middle school competition.
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The Department of Energy announced $40 million in grants and subsidies July 8 to help with rising costs for American families.
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U.S. Department of Energy announced $14 million for 22 projects with an aim to improve climate change predictions.
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The Hanford Site has deployed a drone program to determine how to best preserve the B Reactor which is part of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park.
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U.S. Department of Energy teamed up with actor and producer Robert Downey Jr. to recruit new climate change change and clean energy workers to join the Clean Energy Corps.
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The Department of Energy is bringing attention to new developments coming to important equipment surrounding the U.S. power grid.
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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, of Ukraine, recently declared his nation will begin exporting 100 megawatts of electricity to the European Union through an interconnection with Romania.
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U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm will face no disciplinary action after the nation's Office of Special Counsel found she violated a law that limits the political speech and participation by federal employees during an interview last year.
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A U.S. Department of Energy report found energy job growth outpaced other employment last year.
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The Biden administration has issued a request for information tied to the $500 million program funded by the White House’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that seeks to place clean energy demonstration projects on current or former mine lands across the country.
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The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) recently announced that Northwest Indian College (NWIC) of Bellingham, Wash., has been awarded a STEM grant of up to $5 million.
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The Energy Communities Alliance (ECA) and a task force joined the National Governors Association (NGA) for a recent tour of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) while discussing waste issues that influence cleanup sites within the DOE complex near Carlsbad, New Mexico.
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Construction is underway on the protective enclosure for the seventh reactor on the Hanford site, meeting another Office of Environmental Management 2022 priority.
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Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm on June 22 addressed actions being taken by the Biden administration to ease the burden of historic gas prices.
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U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm recently met with CEOs and executives of the seven major U.S. oil companies.
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President Joe Biden on June 22 called on Congress to provide Americans with a federal gas tax holiday for three months, through September, adding to previous actions to lower gas prices.