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Management

Bureau of Land Management shrinks proposed size of controversial Idaho wind farm project

A Bureau of Land Management preferred alternative for a proposed large-scale wind energy farm in southern Idaho would shrink the size by nearly half.

Green Buildings

Yet another avenue for trying to make federal buildings go green

Facilities/Construction

USPS sees potential to buy more electric vehicles under facility consolidation plan

Navy

Navy cutting back emissions, moving toward green vehicles in coming years

Big Data

Data centers pose prime opportunity to cut federal electricity consumption

Federal Newscast

Senators looking to pass comprehensive cyber bill

Technology

Federal researchers are running simulations on the power grid of the future

FILE - This photo from Aug. 15, 2016, shows offshore wind turbines near Block Island, R.I. The Biden administration said Wednesday it will hold its first offshore wind auction next month, offering nearly 500,000 acres off the coast of New York and New Jersey for wind energy projects that could produce enough electricity to power nearly 2 million homes. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

Agency Oversight

Biden administration doubles down on greener energy for agencies, USPS electric vehicles

FILE - Water laps the bottom level of four homes in Harbor Island, S.C., Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021, which had to be abandoned after years of beach erosion and damage from Hurricane Matthew in 2016. Facing state budgets that are flush with cash, Democratic and Republican governors alike want to spend part of their windfalls on projects aimed at slowing climate change and guarding against its consequences, from floods and fires to cleaning up dirty air. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Management

New Federal Sustainability Plan harnesses fewer fossil fuels, more procurement power to fight climate change
Insight by KPMG

FILE - In this Dec. 23, 2015 file photo, a U.S. service member salutes her fallen comrades during a memorial ceremony for six Airmen killed in a suicide attack, at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. ter 20 years America is ending its “forever” war in Afghanistan. There’s conflicting views even among U. S. military minds as to whether the time is right. For others there is another lingering question: Was it worth it? (Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys/U.S. Air Force via AP)

Federal Newscast

Increase in military suicide rates continues troubling trend

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Federal Newscast

DoD sets deadline for other providers to get in on new cloud project

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Federal Newscast

GSA has ambitious goal for using renewable electricity in all federal buildings

The new DHS headquarters, which GSA is managing, includes green roofs, and other green buildings features.
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Green Buildings

Building back greener: GSA has prime opportunity to lead federal climate change initiative

Jeffrey Spangenberger, Group Leader, Materials Recycling, Argonne National Laboratory

Technology

What to do with those electric car batteries once they're finished

In this Feb. 14, 2017 photo, a rooftop is covered with solar panels at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York. The Manhattan skyline is at top. Cheap solar panels imported from China and other countries have led to a boom in the U.S. solar industry, where rooftop and other installations have surged 10-fold since 2011. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Facilities/Construction

Federal courthouses, other properties might be prime spots for new solar panels

Benjamin Colbert

What's Working in Washington

Making money by switching to solar

Andrew Scobie

What's Working in Washington

Working towards the energy infrastructure of the future

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Federal Drive

USDA could rev up biomass energy development

Whit Fulton

What's Working in Washington

Rethinking how we access energy

FILE - This Aug. 27, 2015, file photo shows a solar power array that is part of sustainability improvements at the Lamar Buffalo Ranch in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo. In recent years, huge solar and wind farms have sprouted up on public desert land in the Western United States buoyed by generous federal tax credits. A group of lawmakers in the most Republican statehouse in the country is bucking the nationwide trend toward stricter renewable energy requirements with a plan to do the opposite: Require utilities to get their electricity from fossil fuels or face fines. (Ryan Jones/Jackson Hole News & Guide via AP, File)

On DoD

As Army pushes toward 1 gigawatt renewable energy goal, emphasis is on resiliency

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Federal Drive

Michael McGhee: Army aims to be energy self-sufficient

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Defense News

Army reworking its logistics enterprise for a battlefield with no Pizza Huts

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Management

Government getting greener, but cold weather leaves its mark on energy use