EPA, DOE Announce $850M to Reduce Methane from Oil, Gas Sector

EPA and the Department of Energy last week announced that applications are open for $850 million in funding for projects that will help monitor, measure, quantify and reduce methane emissions from the oil and natural gas sector. 

Oil and gas facilities are the nation’s largest industrial source of methane, a climate “super pollutant” that is responsible for about one-third of the warming from greenhouse gases occurring today. 

The funds are from the Inflation Reduction Act. Applicants are required to submit community benefits plans to demonstrate meaningful engagement with and tangible benefits to the communities in which the proposed projects will be located. 

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DOE Picks New Company for Hanford Site Work

The Department of Energy has picked a California company for a contract worth up to $8.3 million to administer worker’s compensation claims at the Hanford nuclear site in Eastern Washington. 

Innovative Claim Solutions will replace Penser North America, of Lacey, Wash., which has held contracts to do that work since 2009. The new contract has a one-year base period, followed by options for one-year extensions up to a total of five years. 

The Penser contract, valued at $4.6 million when it was awarded, expires Sept. 30. A 60-day transition to Innovative will begin on Aug. 1. 

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