All this month we’ve been celebrating the Department of Energy’s 40th Birthday. We tweeted 40 milestones for the past 40 years, released an episode of our podcast, Direct Current, where we interviewed our longest-serving employee – who’s been here 54 years – and capped off our celebration this week with a birthday party, complete with cake. A crowd… Keep reading →
This weekend, I did the quintessential fall activity – visited the pumpkin patch at our local Anderson Farms!
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced that on October 2, 2017, the first-ever shipment of U.S. crude oil arrived in India. Following Prime Minister Modi’s visit with President Trump, Indian companies ramped up purchases of U.S. crude. “I am proud of the collaborative work between the United States and India that… Keep reading →
On October 10, 2017, EPA announced it is taking steps to repeal the Clean Power Plan, regulations put in place in 2015 which requires existing power plants to roll back their CO2 emissions by 2030.
Ohio voters continue to oppose bailouts for nuclear plants. As a statewide poll showed this summer, a new poll by API Ohio shows big opposition to a proposal to let nuclear plant owner FirstEnergy charge its customers a special fee to increase funding for its plants in three counties that are near FirstEnergy’s headquarters and its Davis-Besse and Perry… Keep reading →
On October 2, 2017, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission terminated its inquiry into the need for, and potential effects of, modifications to the NERC Critical Infrastructure Protection Reliability Standards regarding the cybersecurity of control centers used to monitor and control the bulk electric system.
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on Bruce Walker to be assistant Energy secretary for electricity delivery and energy reliability.
Canada’s federal government recently entered into an agreement with eight Canadian provinces and three Canadian territories that is likely to accelerate the development of provincial and territorial greenhouse gases.
Climate change related cases are on the rise nationwide, just like sea water levels.
