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Today, a House Energy & Commerce subcommittee looked at the Obama Administration's decision to cancel the proposed national nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.   An investigation of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's actions by the agency's Inspector General says the NRC's Chairman was "not forthcoming" when sharing information with other commissioners about whether to move to give final approval to the site in Nevada.

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Congress held a number of hearings on a variety of issues this past week that impacts peoples' health and safety. They include a hearing on global autism, nuclear waste storage, data security breaches and identity theft. 

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Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), chair of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, released a report on the Obama administration’s handling of the response to last year’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Energy Secretary Steven Chu testified today before the Senate Appropriations Committee on his Department’s budget, which contains billions in programs to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, like oil and coal. They will also look at clean energy in the United States.

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This morning, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission held a meeting to examine the safety and security of U.S. nuclear power plants. This is one of a series of commission meetings after the Fukushima Dai-Ichi plant disaster in Japan.

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In the aftermath of Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami and the rash of tornadoes last week that took over 300 lives in the Midwest and the South, the Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing on "America's Natural Disaster Preparedness."

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Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn and Deputy Energy Secretary Daniel Poneman discussed the national security implications of America's oil dependency at a White House forum on energy security. The event was hosted by the Energy Department.

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The U.S. Department of Energy hosted the 2011 U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) Energy Conference.

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