News from May 2023
U.S. Department of Energy Announces $40 Million for More Efficient Cooling for Data Centers
By DOE Newswire | May 10, 2023
Release: 15 Projects Will Develop High Performance Cooling Systems For More Energy Efficient Data Centers to Reduce Carbon Emissions and Mitigate Climate Change
Ahead of Pipeline Safety Reauthorization, Chairs Rodgers and Duncan Request Details From PHMSA Regarding its Pipeline Safety Programs
By DOE Newswire | May 10, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, and Grid Security Chair Jeff Duncan (R-SC) sent a letter to Tristan Brown, Acting Administrator for the Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety...
U.S. Department of Energy Announces $40 Million for More Efficient Cooling for Data Centers
By DOE Newswire | May 10, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $40 million in funding for 15 projects that will develop high-performance, energy efficient cooling solutions for data centers. Used to house computers, storage systems, and computing infrastructure, data centers account for approximately...
Chairs Rodgers, Griffith Announce Subcommittee Hearing on Cybersecurity
By DOE Newswire | May 10, 2023
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) today announced a subcommittee hearing titled “Protecting Critical Infrastructure from Cyberattacks: Examining Expertise of Sector Specific Agencies."
STEP Class Brings Science to Life at Savannah River Site
By DOE Newswire | May 11, 2023
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - More than 50 fifth and sixth grade students from a school in Augusta, Georgia, recently experienced a unique hands-on environmental class in the forests of the Savannah River Site (SRS) to inspire early interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers at the site.
Chair Rodgers on Broadband: “We Need to Reduce the Burdens to Deployment”
By DOE Newswire | May 11, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered opening remarks at today’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing titled “Closing the Digital Divide: Overseeing Federal Funds for Broadband Deployment."
Hanford Contractors Celebrate Earth Day Cleaning Up Local Park
By DOE Newswire | May 11, 2023
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Protecting the environment is key for EM’s Office of River Protection and Richland Operations Office, and that’s why dozens of Hanford Site employees joined forces to celebrate the importance of Earth Day by cleaning up one of the most popular local parks.
In Unique Fire Ecology Course, Students Practice Prescribed Burn at Savannah River Site
By DOE Newswire | May 11, 2023
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Sixteen students from the University of Georgia have completed a popular spring semester course on fire ecology that included a prescribed burn of 375 acres of land at the Savannah River Site (SRS).
Chair Rodgers Warns of EPA's Spending Surge While Americans Pay for Record Inflation
By DOE Newswire | May 11, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered opening remarks at today’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing titled “Closing the Digital Divide: Overseeing Federal Funds for Broadband Deployment."
Environment Subcommittee Chair Johnson in Hearing with EPA: “Republicans are for Energy Innovation”
By DOE Newswire | May 11, 2023
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: “The Fiscal Year 2024 Environmental Protection Agency Budget."
Sounding the Alarm at Hanford: It’s Only a Test
By DOE Newswire | May 11, 2023
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Sound testing kicked off recently at the Hanford Site’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant as team members measured ambient sound levels throughout the plant’s facilities. The testing allows the team to verify that fire alarm volume levels meet fire codes and workers can hear...
West Valley Supports Local Environmental Competition for Students
By DOE Newswire | May 11, 2023
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - With support from EM’s West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP), students from local high schools recently joined a competition based on environmental topics, with this year’s special focus on adapting to climate change.
DOE CESER Helps Fortify the Energy Sector’s Digital Supply Chain with GE Gas Power
By DOE Newswire | May 11, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) today announced a collaboration with GE Gas Power to test one of the company’s critical infrastructure systems used in gas, steam, and wind applications.
DOE CESER Helps Fortify the Energy Sector’s Digital Supply Chain with GE Gas Power
By DOE Newswire | May 11, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) today announced a collaboration with GE Gas Power to test one of the company’s critical infrastructure systems used in gas, steam, and wind applications.
DOE Awards $22.1 Million to Advance Promising Nuclear Technologies
By DOE Newswire | May 11, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today awarded $22.1 million to 10 industry-led projects, including two aimed at expanding clean hydrogen production with nuclear energy and one focused on bringing a microreactor design closer to deployment. The other projects intend to tackle nuclear...
E&C Leaders Continue Bipartisan Investigation into Data Brokers' Potential Exploitation of Americans' Privacy
By DOE Newswire | May 11, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans, led by Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Committee Democrats, led by Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), today wrote to the heads of data broker companies, requesting information to help the Committee protect Americans’ data...
Environment Subcommittee Chair Johnson in Hearing with EPA: “Republicans are for Energy Innovation”
By DOE Newswire | May 11, 2023
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: “The Fiscal Year 2024 Environmental Protection Agency Budget."
Portsmouth, Paducah Kick Off Major Uranium Oxide Disposal Effort
By DOE Newswire | May 11, 2023
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - EM has successfully commenced a major disposal effort for a key uranium-enrichment byproduct with the recent arrival of 60 uranium-oxide storage cylinders by rail at a licensed facility in west Texas.
O&I Subcommittee Chair Griffith: “Too Many Rural Areas Unserved; Federal Broadband Efforts are Fragmented and Overlapping”
By DOE Newswire | May 11, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA) delivered the following opening remarks during today’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing titled “Closing the Digital Divide: Overseeing Federal Funds for Broadband Deployment."
Chair Rodgers on Broadband: “We Need to Reduce the Burdens to Deployment”
By DOE Newswire | May 11, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered opening remarks at today’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing titled “Closing the Digital Divide: Overseeing Federal Funds for Broadband Deployment."