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The U.S. Department of Energy issued the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Northern Pass hydroelectric transmission project , representing a significant step forward in the permitting process. The FEIS concluded that the proposed Northern Pass route is the "preferred alternative," that the project provides substantial benefits, and will result in only minimal impacts.
Thomas Martens had told the 911 operator he thought he had killed his son-in-law, and when authorities arrived at the brick house on a golf course in Lexington, N.C., there was little argument. Jason Corbett was naked on the floor of his bedroom.
A leaked new government report that's part of the National Climate Assessment provides an updated look at what we know about climate change. It says the world is significantly warmer than it used to be and getting hotter, mostly because of human activity.
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Up to $9 million in funding will be made available through the Biomass Research and Development Initiative to increase the nation's energy independence by supporting the development of bioenergy feedstocks, biofuels, and biobased products. The projects funded through BRDI - a joint USDA and Department of Energy program - will help develop economically and environmentally sustainable sources of renewable biomass, increase the availability of renewable fuels and biobased products, and diversify the nation's energy portfolio.
The Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Project will receive $3.1 million more in funding than officials previously expected, bringing the project's budget total from $34.8 million to $37.9 million for fiscal year 2017.
Workers began filling in a tunnel containing radioactive waste collapsed at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in southeastern Washington, the Department of Energy said Wednesday. On Tuesday, nearly 4,800 employees took shelter indoors for five hours after a 20-foot-by-20-foot section of 360-foot-long tunnel containing eight railcars filled with radioactive material caved in.
The collapse of an underground tunnel containing radioactive waste that forced workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation to shelter in place is the latest incident to raise safety concerns at the sprawling site that made plutonium for nuclear bombs for decades after World War II. Officials detected no release of radiation Tuesday and no workers were injured, said Randy Bradbury, a spokesman for the Washington state Department of Ecology.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is right to sue the federal government - and his old friend, new Energy Secretary Rick Perry - over the Energy Department's handling of the Yucca Mountain project. If we're serious about climate change and carbon emissions, then we're going to have to get serious about nuclear power .
OFFICIALS AT NASA HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON, D.C., WERE BATTING AROUND names for their soon-to-be-announced nuclear program last fall when Administrator Sean O'Keefe offered a suggestion. Why not call it Project Prometheus, after the giant in Greek mythology? It was Prometheus, after all, who brought fire, and with it civilization, to humankind.
Wondering who is visiting the White House? The web-based search has gone dark. Curious about climate change? Some government sites have been softened or taken down.
It's a topic that generates a huge amount of feedback and interest, and we want to publish every credible point of view on the issue. First, if you think that the new administration has plans to get the alcohol out of your gas, think again.
Significant energy savings could be realized by the Department of Defense with the deployment of a low-cost vacuum insulation panel developed with help from researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. A team led by Kaushik Biswas is evaluating how wall retrofit solutions can cut in half energy loss through walls.
Readers who aren't part of the "settled science" warmist community should probably keep in mind how the "Global Warming" science became "settled." Don't think in terms of universal application and agreement, like the law of gravity, but more in terms of a coup.
LONDON, Dec 15 The U.S. Department of Energy has become a lightning rod for criticism in parts of the Republican Party and the fossil fuels industry unhappy about the Obama administration's energy and climate policies. Presidential candidate Rick Perry promised to abolish the Department of Energy along with the Departments of Commerce and Education during a debate in 2011.
It was reported last week that President-elect Donald Trump's transition team had sent the Department of Energy a list of 74 questions. In that list, the DOE was asked to provide names of employees who had worked on President Barack Obama's climate change policy.
Former Texas governor Rick Perry was named to Donald Trump's Cabinet as energy secretary on Monday night, according to multiple reports. "I think Perry is an absolutely logical appointee," said Jim Riddlesperger, a Texas Christian University professor and Texas politics expert.
Senator Lamar Alexander on Thursday released the following statement after the Senate passed a bipartisan agreement for the Fiscal Year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act that establishes the nation's military spending priorities: He said, "Governing is about setting priorities, and this bill shows our priority is the men and women who serve ... (more)
A bill to strengthen protections for employees who blow the whistle on fraud, waste and mismanagement in government contracts has gained congressional approval and now will head to the president's desk to be signed into law. The bill, sponsored by Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri, permanently expands whistleblower protections to nearly all contractors and subcontractors for the federal government, except for those who work in the intelligence community.
U.S. Department of Energy: Secretary of Defense Carter Presents the DoD Distinguished Public Service Award to Secretary of Energy Moniz Secretary of Defense Ash Carter honored Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz with the Department of Defense Distinguished Public Service Award, the department's highest civilian honor. Secretary Carter presented the award to Secretary Moniz at a ceremony at the Department of Energy headquarters in Washington, D.C., in recognition of Secretary Moniz's leadership in strengthening the partnership between the Department of Defense and the DOE in support of vital national security missions.