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Managing Today’s Change, Protecting Tomorrow’s Future
News Release: As Earth Day completes another rotation around the sun, communities and organizations have planned thousands of events this weekend to shine a light on environmental issues.
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DOE Honors Two EM Sites for Increasing Use of Zero-Emissions Vehicles
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Just in time for Earth Day, DOE named EM’s Portsmouth Site and Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) as Green Fleet Award recipients last week for their exceptional efforts in ordering the most light-duty zero-emissions vehicles (ZEV) in fiscal 2023.
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DOE Releases First Update to Consent-Based Siting Process For Spent Nuclear Fuel, Prioritizing Environmental Justice For American Communities
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released an updated version of its consent-based siting process that takes immediate action to engage with willing communities to host federal consolidated interim storage facilities, reducing the number of locations where commercial spent nuclear...
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Savannah River Site Contractor Finishes Complete Year Safely
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM’s liquid waste contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) has completed more than 365 days without a work-related injury that required an employee to miss a day on the job.
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New Equipment Sets Stage for Future Deactivation at Paducah Site
News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. - After months of training, field demonstrations and operational drills, workers at EM’s Paducah Site have demonstrated the safe and compliant operation of new equipment to compact components - each roughly the size of a 15-passenger van - as part of upcoming deactivation work for a massive uranium-enrichment process building slated for demolition.
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Health Subcommittee Chair Guthrie Opening Statement on Lowering Costs with Transparency and Competition
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) delivered the following opening statement at today’s Health Subcommittee hearing titled “Lowering Unaffordable Costs: Legislative Solutions to Increase Transparency and Competition in Health Care."
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Chair Rodgers on Lowering Health Care Costs: This Bipartisan Work is the Right Thing for Patients
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered opening remarks at today’s Health Subcommittee hearing titled “Lowering Unaffordable Costs: Legislative Solutions to Increase Transparency and Competition in Health Care."
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LM Attends, Co-Sponsors STEM-Sation at Arizona High School Featuring Miss Navajo Nation 2022-2023
News Release: More than 600 high school students participated in a STEM-sation event with the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management and partners at Monument Valley High School in Kayenta, Arizona, on April 13.
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WIPP Waste Shipment Drivers Surpass 16 Million Safe Miles
News Release: CARLSBAD, N.M. - EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) recently marked a milestone after its drivers exceeded 16 million safe miles without a serious accident or injury, equivalent to 33 roundtrips to the moon or more than 642 trips around the world.
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Environment Subcommittee Chair Johnson Exposes Risks of Biden’s Rush-to-Green Agenda
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Chair Bill Johnson (R-OH) delivered the following opening statement at today’s Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee hearing titled: “Exposing the Environmental, Human Rights, and National Security Risks of the Biden Administration’s Rush to Green Policies."
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Chairs Rodgers and Duncan to FERC: “You’re Neglecting Your Role to Secure America’s Electrical Grid”
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Energy, Climate, & Grid Security Subcommittee Chair Jeff Duncan (R-SC) sent a letter to Acting Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Willie Phillips and the other Commissioners demanding they return the agency to its core mission to help deliver abundant, reliable, and affordable energy for Americans.
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Mannequin Assists Hanford Employees in Radiological Control Training
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - An innovative radiological control simulator plays a key role in the training process for technicians at the Hanford Site’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP ). Called VIZRAD Frisk, the simulator allows technicians to get experience screening for contamination.
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Chair Rodgers: “President Biden has Opened the Door to Allow China to Undermine our Energy Security”
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered opening remarks at today’s Environment, Manufacturing, & Critical Materials Subcommittee hearing titled: “Exposing the Environmental, Human Rights, and National Security Risks of the Biden Administration’s Rush to Green Policies."
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U.S. Department of Energy Announces $13 Million to Support Community Geothermal Heating and Cooling Solutions
Release: Selected Projects Will Help Communities Cut Carbon Pollution, Lower Utility Bills, Create Jobs, and Expand Adoption of Geothermal Heating and Cooling Systems
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Idaho Site Team Shares Sense of Achievement Over Treatment Facility Launch
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - Sixteen years after EM broke ground for the Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU), the first-of-a-kind facility began treating radioactive liquid waste from underground tanks at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site on the afternoon of Tuesday, April 11.
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Environment Subcommittee Chair Johnson Exposes Risks of Biden’s Rush-to-Green Agenda
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Chair Bill Johnson (R-OH) delivered the following opening statement at today’s Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee hearing titled: “Exposing the Environmental, Human Rights, and National Security Risks of the Biden Administration’s Rush to Green Policies."
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E&C Republicans Warn EPA That its eRINs Proposal Risks Harming The American Fuels Market & Increasing Costs for Americans
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans, led by Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Environment, Manufacturing, & Critical Materials Subcommittee Chair Bill Johnson (R-OH), and Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC), today sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ...
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Manchin Invites Entrepreneur and Shark Tank Host Kevin O’Leary to West Virginia to Tour America’s Energy Powerhouse
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, sent a letter to Mr. Kevin O’Leary, Chairman of O’Shares Investments, inviting Mr. O’Leary to visit West Virginia - America’s energy powerhouse. Mr. O’Leary recently expressed interested in building a $14 billion refinery in the United States.
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Must read Op-eds: E&C GOP Lead on Unleashing American Energy and Making Life More Affordable
News Release: H.R. 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act, will lower costs across the board, unleash American energy, and cut America’s reliance on Chinese supply chains. Check out these highlights from Energy and Commerce Republicans’ recent op-eds in the Washington Times on the Lower Energy Costs Act published in a special feature on energy and environment policy.
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E&C GOP Probe Energy Secretary on Frequent International Travel
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA) sent a letter to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm regarding her use of taxpayer funded travel after she made four trips to Puerto Rico in the past five months.