Department of Energy

noun

the department of the U.S. federal government that sets forth and maintains the national energy policy, including energy conservation, environmental protection, etc. : DOE

A department of the federal executive branch responsible for developing policies for effective use of the nation's energy resources. The Department of Energy is involved in energy conservation, regulating oil pipelines, and encouraging research on new sources of energy.

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And the Department of Energy, home to a fourth climate modeling system, is also under budget pressure.

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Yet by the time I joined the Department of Energy in 1993, nuclear power costs had grown steadily for decades.

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The action follows reports in The Times and other news organizations that the administration is poised to defund nearly 300 Department of Energy projects across the country, including four of seven nascent “hydrogen hubs.”

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The administration is similarly cutting funding for the Department of Energy and other agency programs working to reduce the nation’s reliance on fossil fuels, including rumored cuts to a major nationwide initiative to develop hydrogen.

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Officials with the Department of Energy did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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