The Latest Breaking News from the Department of Energy

A report affirms that greenhouse gases are warming the planet, but it also found no convincing evidence that U.S. hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, or droughts have become more frequent or intense in recent decades.

Wasp nest was destroyed and disposed of after discovery near tanks used to store liquid nuclear waste

Crude oil prices surged following Iran vote to close critical Strait of Hormuz in wake of US bombings

Employees say cuts and deregulation undermine department’s ability to function and will cause cost hikes

Energy Secretary Chris Wright says he canceled $3.7 billion in project grants in another massive hit to clean energy development in the U.S. under President Donald Trump's administration

The U.S. has not commissioned a new civilian nuclear power plant in years

The U.S. Department of Energy says that $365 million originally slated for solar projects in Puerto Rico will be diverted to improve the island’s crumbling grid

Hanford made the plutonium for US atomic bombs, and its radioactive waste must be dealt with. Enter Elon Musk

Gravity pulls us to earth, a lesson you learn viscerally the first time you fall. Isaac Newton described gravity as a universal attractive force, one that holds the Moon in orbit around the Earth, the planets in orbit around the Sun, and the Sun in orbit around the center of…