At the same time that it seeks to aid cities, the Energy Department wants the four program sites to generate data that will help it answer a separate but related question: How do cities affect the climate?

Source: https://phys.org/news/2023-06-climate-baltimore-weather-hotter-stormier.html

Fortify customers include Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, In-Q-Tel, the U.S. Energy Department and Lawrence Livermore National Labs.

Source: https://spacenews.com/fortify-raises-12-5-million-for-digital-composite-manufacturing/

The Wall Street Journal that the Energy Department had previously stated it was not certain how the virus emerged.

Source: https://www.gopusa.com/report-bidens-energy-department-says-covid-19-likely-came-from-chinese-lab/