Press Releases

The nation’s path toward a clean energy future, environmental sustainability, and U.S. competitiveness and national security depends on discovery science.

Students Will Conduct Research and Technical Projects at National Laboratories

Milkweed thrives at New Mexico site, nourishing butterfly species that helps fertilize most of the flowering plants that humans rely on for food.

Catalyzing partnerships between under-represented colleges and universities and DOE climate, Earth, and environmental sciences research

87 Grants Will Support Scientific Innovation and Clean Energy Development

DOE has awarded $13.4 million to seven projects for R&D of novel recycling processes and technologies to cut plastic waste and reduce the energy consumption and carbon emissions of single-use plastics.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a plan to provide up to $110 million for basic research and technology development to design and engineer plants and microbes for the production of advanced biofuels, bioproducts, and biomaterials.

Underground surveys shed light on animal populations living in the dark of abandoned mines.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced plans to provide $10 million for new grants to universities, academic institutions, federal research labs, and nonprofits, within the area of Environmental System Science (ESS) research.