Jobs in the U.S. oil and coal industry fell in 2021 while employment expanded in the green energy sector, according to the latest data from the U.S. Department of Energy. The energy sector employed over 7.8 million Americans in 2021, a 4 percent increase from 2020, the Energy Department said in a report (pdf) released on June…
Oil and Coal Jobs Fall Sharply as Washington Promotes Green Energy
June 28, 2022
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US Knocks Japan Off Top Spot in Race for World’s Fastest Supercomputer
The United States has reclaimed the top spot from Japan in the race to create the world’s fastest supercomputer. Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s (ORNL) massive Frontier supercomputer was declared the world’s fastest computer on May 30 on the TOP500 ranking, and is the first to achieve the exascale threshold of one quintillion calculations per second, the laboratory said in a…
$9.5 Billion in Hydrogen Spending Through Infrastructure Bill Detailed by Department of Energy
February 15, 2022
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The Department of Energy (DoE) has released more details in formal requests for information (RFI) on two major hydrogen energy initiatives funded through last year’s infrastructure bill. The first release concerns an $8 billion program to finance at least four regional hydrogen energy hubs across the United States. The second release concerns both a $1…
United Airlines Stages Large Passenger Flight Using Sustainable Aviation Fuel
December 2, 2021
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United Airlines flew more than 100 passengers on a new Boeing 737 MAX 8 from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport to Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday. The 612-mile trip used “sustainable aviation fuel” (SAF) on an unprecedented scale for a flight with many people on it. Airlines are currently eligible for a $1…
US Energy Dept to Hire 1,000 Workers in Infrastructure Boost, Officials Say
WASHINGTON—The U.S. infrastructure bill President Joe Biden is expected to sign soon will boost investments in the U.S. Department of Energy by the most since its founding in 1977 and create about 1,000 jobs in the agency, officials said on Wednesday. The bipartisan bill contains more than $62 billion in incentives for emerging and traditional…
Judge Temporarily Bars US Lab From Placing Unvaccinated Workers on Unpaid Leave
October 18, 2021
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A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked a U.S. Department of Energy laboratory’s contracted operator in Tennessee from terminating or placing on unpaid leave its workers who are exempted from a COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Days after six employees filed a lawsuit against the University of Tennessee-Battelle (UT-Battelle), District Judge Charles Atchley in Knoxville issued a temporary…
Feds Will Utilize Strategic Petroleum Reserve for Louisiana Recovery
September 4, 2021
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The U.S. Department of Energy announced Thursday it will utilize the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve to address fuel shortages in Louisiana because of Hurricane Ida. The Category 4 hurricane devastated coastal areas and inland parishes across the state’s southeastern region. Gasoline-powered generators remain critically important as widespread power outages persist amid sweltering summer temperatures. Transportation…
Nominee Seeks to Bring Anti-Racism to US Energy Policy
A nominee to the Department of Energy wants U.S. policy to incorporate anti-racism and to move beyond notions of private property. Shalanda Baker, a law professor currently on a professional leave of absence from Northeastern University to serve in the Biden administration, is already secretarial adviser on equity and deputy director for energy justice in…
Energy Nominee Seeks to Bring Anti-Racism to US Policy
A nominee to the Department of Energy wants U.S. policy to incorporate anti-racism and to move beyond notions of private property. Shalanda Baker, a law professor currently on a professional leave of absence from Northeastern University to serve in the Biden administration, is already secretarial adviser on equity and deputy director for energy justice in…
Top US Nuclear Lab Could Be Impacted by Wildfires, Audit Warns
A top nuclear laboratory in the United States is at risk from wildfires because some mitigation measures have been ignored in recent years, an audit found. The Department of Energy’s (DOE) inspector general said the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in New Mexico is prone to “future large, high-intensity wildfires that could threaten to seriously interrupt…
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