WASHINGTON, D.C. — As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the Biden- Harris Administration, through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), announced more than $2.8 billion to support reliable, affordable, and clean power in the Midwest. DOE, through its Loan Programs Office (LPO), announced the closing of
COVERT TOWNSHIP - The Biden administration on Wednesday announced a $1.5 billion loan to restart a Michigan nuclear power plant. The loan, made through the Energy Department’s Loan Program’s Office with Inflation Reduction Act funds, will allow Holtec to restart the Palisades Nuclear Plant in Covert Township. The restoration, if approved by the Nuclear Regulatory
WASHINGTON DC - Officials with the Drug Enforcement Administration are reportedly resisting calls to reschedule marijuana, creating tension with the White House as President Joe Biden continues to tout his role in directing the cannabis review. That’s according to an article published by The Wall Street Journal on Saturday, with the report citing “people familiar
WASHINGTON DC - The massive federal effort to expand internet access to every home in the U.S. took a major step forward on Friday with the announcement of $930 million in grants to shore up connections in remote parts of Alaska, rural Texas and dozens of other places where significant gaps in connectivity persist. The so-called middle
WASHINGTON DC - Last week, the Department of Energy, or DOE, released a road map for scaling up three emerging technologies that could make or break the U.S. energy transition. According to the agency, advanced nuclear, clean hydrogen, and long-duration energy storage are crucial for reaching net-zero emissions. The problem is, self-sustaining markets for these
ANN ARBOR - Cybersecurity experts Dan Lohrmann and Richard Stiennon joins Matt and Mike on MITech TV to provide analysis of the new Biden Administration cybersecurity strategy. Here are some of the highlights from the White House fact sheet on the new National Cybersecurity Strategy: We must rebalance the responsibility to defend cyberspace by shifting
LANSING - A much-anticipated National Cybersecurity Strategy was released on March 2, 2023, and reactions have been widespread across the cybersecurity and defense industries. First, here are some of the highlights from the White House fact sheet on the new National Cybersecurity Strategy: We must rebalance the responsibility to defend cyberspace by shifting the burden for cybersecurity away
WASHINGTON DC - A week ago, the US Department of Energy announced the latest program to come out of the bipartisan infrastructure funding package that was passed last year. In this case, the money is going to foster the development of a technology that we'll almost certainly need but is currently underdeveloped: capture of carbon dioxide
