News from July 2023
Subcommittee Markup Wrap Up: E&C Advances Bills to Stop Biden from Handing America’s Automotive Future to China
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - In a subcommittee markup today, the Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee advanced solutions to preserve transportation choice, ensure affordability for Americans, and prevent the Biden administration from handing the keys to America’s automotive industry to China.
DFLAW Program Employees Now Use Hanford’s Computer Network
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2023
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM Richland Operations Office (RL) contractor Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS) has transitioned more than 1,000 Bechtel National Inc. (BNI) computer users from the company’s corporate network to the Hanford Site network.
Savannah River Lab, Hanford Collaborate on Tank Waste Cleanup Mission
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2023
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - More than 100 people from Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) and the Hanford Site recently participated in a workshop in which they shared analytical knowledge focused on EM’s tank waste cleanup mission.
Barrasso Calls on Granholm to Uphold the Highest Ethical Standards
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), sent a letter to Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm regarding the participation of a lobbyist for Ford Motor Company on the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board. Barrasso calls on Secretary Granholm to remove the lobbyist from the Board.
DOE Invests Over $23 Million to Reduce Carbon Emissions Across the United States
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced 16 projects across 14 states are set to receive $23.4 million to provide locally-tailored technical assistance and enhanced stakeholder engagement around carbon management technologies. The projects, housed at both universities and...
DOE Invests Over $23 Million to Reduce Carbon Emissions Across the United States
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2023
Release: Selected Projects will Help Local Communities Accelerate Deployment of Carbon Management Technology to Capture and Permanently Store Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Industrial and Power Facilities
Chair Rodgers: “America—Not China—Should Lead in Auto Manufacturing”
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee markup of three bills.
Chair Johnson on Ensuring America Leads on Affordable & Reliable Vehicles and Fuels
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Chair Bill Johnson (R-OH) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee markup of three bills.
Early Career Professional Session New to 2023 National Cleanup Workshop
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2023
News Release: ARLINGTON, Va. - In an inaugural National Cleanup Workshop session this year, early career professionals can learn more about the Office of Environmental Management (EM) and how to grow and succeed in the DOE cleanup program.
Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum Considers Next Steps as Carbon Management Industry Matures
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) announced today that it will be stepping down as Secretariat of the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF), an organization dedicated to fostering collaboration to advance carbon capture and storage technologies.
EM, Advisory Board Team Up for Paducah’s Groundwater Cleanup Video
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2023
News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. - The Paducah Site and the Paducah Citizens Advisory Board (CAB) have teamed up to produce a documentary video about EM’s groundwater cleanup program, resulting in a collaborative communication tool that helps audiences understand efforts to remediate off-site groundwater contamination.
Chair Rodgers Announces Plans to Release Drug Shortage Discussion Draft Following Robust Response to RFI
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) announced the committee’s intention to circulate a drug shortage discussion draft following the completion of a bicameral request for information (RFI) she led with Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-ID).
DOE Announces $72 Million For Small Business Research and Development Grants
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2023
Release: Funding Awarded For 296 Projects Across 44 States for Clean Energy Technological Breakthroughs and to Strengthen America’s Global Scientific Leadership
Savannah River Site Checks Off EM Priority With Disposal Unit Construction
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2023
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM has authorized the newest mega-size disposal unit to begin operating at the Savannah River Site (SRS), checking off another priority for the cleanup program for 2023.
Subcommittee Markup Wrap Up: E&C Republicans Advance Bills to Reauthorize NTIA
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - In a subcommittee markup today, the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology advanced solutions to reauthorize the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and ensure the agency is advancing American leadership in the telecommunications sector.
DOE-NETL offers new grant application process starting July 13
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2023
NOI: Enhancing the Electric Power Systems' Reliability and Resilience via Sensor Data Analytics Demonstrations grant opened on July 13.
WIPP’s ‘Big Dig’ Reaches New Air Shaft Milestone
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2023
News Release: Connection work to underground repository now begins.
Chair Rodgers Announces Plans to Release Drug Shortage Discussion Draft Following Robust Response to RFI
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) announced the committee’s intention to circulate a drug shortage discussion draft following the completion of a bicameral request for information (RFI) she led with Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-ID).
Chair Rodgers Opening Statement at Markup to Reauthorize NTIA
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Communications and Technology Subcommittee markup to reauthorize the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and ensure the agency is advancing American leadership.
Energy Department discusses Combined Notice of Filings # 1 on July 12
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2023
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on July 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.