Barrasso: We Must Re-establish America as the Global Leader in Nuclear Energy
Click here to watch Senator Barrasso’s opening remarks. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), delivered remarks at a full committee hearing to examine the opportunities and challenges associated with advanced nuclear reactor commercialization. The hearing featured testimony from Dr. John […]
Barrasso, Hawley: China Takes Advantage of John Kerry’s Climate Treaty
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), and U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO), ranking member of the ENR Subcommittee on Energy, sent a letter yesterday highlighting Special Envoy John Kerry’s failure to address China’s abuse of the international climate system. In the […]
Manchin Announces $50M Grant for New Boston Metal Facility in Weirton
Washington, DC — Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced that Boston Metal will receive a $50 million grant through the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Advanced Energy Manufacturing and Recycling Grants Program to support the construction of a new facility in Weirton, West Virginia, to manufacture ultrapure […]
Manchin Announces BridgeValley Community and Technical College Awarded $3M to Develop Industrial Assessment Center
Washington, DC — Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced that BridgeValley Community and Technical College, located in South Charleston, WV, will receive $3,000,000 through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) — funded through Chairman Manchin’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law — to develop an Industrial Assessment Center (IAC) in […]
Manchin Announces Tri-State CCS Hub Selected for up to $69M in Federal Funding
Washington, DC — Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced that the Tri-State Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Hub has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (OFECM) to negotiate for up to $69 million in federal funding through […]
Manchin Announces more than $1M to Weatherize, Increase Energy Efficiency in Local Government Buildings and Community-Serving Nonprofits
Washington, DC – Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced that West Virginia will receive $1,809,210 through the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program managed by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of State and Community Energy Programs (SCEP). The EECBG Program is funded […]
Manchin Calls on Treasury to Follow the Law and Protect Taxpayer Dollars with Strict Foreign Entity of Concern Standards
Washington, DC – Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, sent a letter to U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, urging Treasury to issue Foreign Entity of Concern (FEOC) guidance within the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) 30D Clean Vehicle Credit that imposes the strictest possible standards for FEOCs […]
Manchin Questions Administration’s Progress Reclaiming Abandoned Mine Lands
To watch a video of Senator Manchin’s opening remarks, please click here. To watch a video of Senator Manchin’s questioning, please click here. Washington, DC – Yesterday, the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to examine the implementation of federal coal mine land reclamation and abandoned coal mine land economic revitalization programs. During the hearing, […]
Wyoming’s Don Newton Testifies on Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation before U.S. Senate
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), welcomed Mr. Don Newton, Administrator of the Abandoned Mine Land (AML) Division of the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality. Mr. Newton testified before the committee detailing Wyoming’s work to reclaim abandoned mine sites and […]
Barrasso: Wyoming’s Coal Production is Essential to Reclamation Activities Across the Country
Click here to watch Senator Barrasso’s opening remarks. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), delivered remarks at a full committee hearing to examine the implementation of federal coal mine land reclamation and abandoned coal mine land economic revitalization programs. The […]