News from June 2023



New Method Predicts Extreme Events More Accurately

With the rise of extreme weather events, which are becoming more frequent in our warming climate, accurate predictions are becoming more critical for all of us, from farmers to city-dwellers to businesses around the world.


Tiny diamond rotor could improve protein studies

Many of the biological materials that researchers are most interested in studying, including those associated with major diseases, don’t lend themselves to the conventional methods that researchers typically use to probe a material’s structure and chemistry.


University of Chicago joins global partnerships to advance quantum computing

$100 million from IBM to help develop quantum-centric supercomputer; $50 million from Google to support quantum research and workforce development



Chairs Rodgers and Johnson Announce Hearing on Ensuring Access to Affordable Vehicles and Fuel

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee Chair Bill Johnson (R-OH) today announced a hearing titled “Driving Affordability: Preserving People's Freedom to Buy Affordable Vehicles and Fuel."



Chairs Rodgers and Johnson Announce Hearing on Ensuring Access to Affordable Vehicles and Fuel

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee Chair Bill Johnson (R-OH) today announced a hearing titled “Driving Affordability: Preserving People's Freedom to Buy Affordable Vehicles and Fuel."


Biden-Harris Administration Announces $135 Million to Reduce Emissions Across America’s Industrial Sector

Release: 40 Projects Across 21 States Will Advance Technologies to Decarbonize American Industry and Help Create Good-Paying Jobs


Manchin Announces $3 Million for West Virginia University Research Corporation Project to Help Decarbonize Food and Beverage Industry

News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced $3 million through the U.S. Department of Energy to fund a project at West Virginia University (WVU) Research Corporation that will focus on innovative technologies to help decarbonize the food and beverage industry. The food and beverage industry is one of the largest energy consuming industries in the U.S.


Notice published on June 15 by Energy Department

The US Energy Department published a three page notice on June 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.



Biden-Harris Administration Invests $77 Million in States and Tribal Nations to Modernize America's Electric Grid

Release: Funding From the President’s Investing in America Agenda Will Help Seven States, Three Tribal Nations, and D.C. Strengthen Grid Resilience, Deliver Cheaper, Cleaner Energy to Communities Across the Country



Rodgers, Pallone Release Statement on Major Cyberattack on DOE, Other Federal Agencies

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today following a global cyberattack this week that compromised the Department of Energy (DOE), as well as several other federal agencies.


Florida Gas Transmission Company, LLC; Notice of Application and Establishing Intervention Deadline discussed on June 16 by Energy Department

The US Energy Department published a three page notice on June 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Manchin Announces $3.8 Million in PILT Payments to 36 West Virginia Counties

News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced $3,868,229 from the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program to 36 West Virginia counties. These payments are made annually to help defray the costs associated with maintaining important community services.


Combined Notice of Filings #1 discussed on June 16 by Energy Department

The US Energy Department published a two page notice on June 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Energy Department publishes notice on June 16

The US Energy Department published a one page notice on June 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.