The Latest Breaking News from the Department of Energy

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…

The Trump administration is terminating grants for two clean energy projects and roughly 300 others funded by the Department of Energy are in jeopardy as the president prioritizes fossil fuels

It's not just intelligence officers who are at risk; many government agencies manage vast amounts of sensitive data. For example, the Department of Energy oversees the nation's nuclear secrets, while the Pentagon controls critical military information.

Authorities have long warned about foreign espionage agencies, particularly from China, using social media platforms to target individuals with access to U.S. government secrets.

Department of Energy under President Trump is cutting wasteful spending to enhance efficiency and accountability, focusing on lowering energy costs and sup...

The Trump administration has halted the firings of hundreds of federal employees who were tasked with working on the nation’s nuclear weapons programs

The billionaire should be writing a thank you note to Al Gore, not wrecking burgeoning developments

The way scientists think about fusion changed forever in 2022, when what some called the experiment of the century demonstrated for the first time that fusion can be a viable source of clean energy.