Barrasso Requests Department of Energy Ethics Review of Jigar Shah Over $3 Billion Dollar Loan to Sunnova
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), sent a letter to the Department of Energy’s Designated Agency Ethics Official, Susan Beard, highlighting potential conflicts of interest within the Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office. Specifically, this letter urges Ms. Beard to examine […]
Manchin, Warner Call on Department of Energy to Invest in Domestic Battery Production
Washington, DC – Today, Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, wrote to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm, detailing the need for the United States to establish its leadership in the research, development, […]
Manchin Announces $4M for Coal Communities Regional Innovation Cluster
Washington, DC – Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced that the Coal Communities Regional Innovation Cluster (CCRIC) in Logan County, West Virginia, which Chairman Manchin supported through a Congressionally Directed Spending request included in the FY2022 Appropriations Bill, recently signed a $4 million grant agreement with […]
Barrasso, Capito Ask FERC to Push EPA for Answers on Destructive Power Plan
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 Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), sent a letter to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Willie L. Phillips and Commissioners James […]
Wyoming’s Lily Barkau Testifies on Carbon Capture and Sequestration at the 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 Ms. Lily Barkau, P.G., Groundwater Section Manager of the Water Quality Division at the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality. Ms. Barkau testified before the committee detailing the opportunities and challenges in deploying carbon […]
Manchin Questions Administration’s Proposed Power Plant Rule, Slow-Walking of Carbon Capture Well Permits
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 – Today, the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to examine opportunities and challenges in deploying carbon capture utilization and sequestration (CCUS) and direct air capture (DAC) technologies on federal […]
Barrasso: We Need Carbon Capture Innovation, Not Coal Elimination
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 in deploying carbon capture utilization and sequestration and direct air capture technologies […]
Manchin: Lease Sale 261 Delay Entirely Administration’s Fault
To watch a video of Chairman Manchin’s remarks, click here. Washington, DC – Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, criticized the Biden Administration for postponing offshore oil and gas Lease Sale 261 past November 8, 2023, during his opening remarks in an Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing. “I also […]
Manchin Announces $500K EPIC Grand Prize for Deployment Engine Energy Startup and Entrepreneur Incubator
Washington, DC – Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced that ADL Ventures would be awarded a $500,000 prize through the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) American-Made Energy Program for Innovation Clusters (EPIC) to develop The Deployment Engine based in Charleston, West Virginia. Partnering with regional entities, […]
Manchin Statement on Daniel-Davis Being Named Acting Deputy Secretary at Interior
Washington, DC – Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the below statement following the Administration’s naming of Laura Daniel-Davis as Acting Deputy Secretary at the U.S. Department of the Interior. “This appointment is yet another example of this Administration disregarding Congress and elevating nominees when they are […]