Connecticut State Trooper John Miller, a 22-year Navy veteran and a University of Phoenix graduate, was promoted to sergeant at a ceremony late last week. Read More »

Duke Energy recently said it is investing approximately $1.4 million in various North Carolina nonprofit and educational organizations that aim to boost job readiness. Read More »

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently began the new Natural Gas STAR Methane Challenge Program, involving 41 different founding partner companies tied to the gas and oil sector. Read More »

Defense Secretary Ash Carter recently testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee on the Obama administration's fiscal 2017 defense funding request. In his opening statement, Carter laid out the current global threat picture, the principal players, and how flexibility and versatility are needed to face them. Read More »

At a recent gala, the State of Colorado and the Colorado Mining Association (CMA) recently honored four companies and three individuals for their excellent safety practices last year. Read More »

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently released $9 million in funds to 24 American Indian communities to help them implement clean-energy and energy-efficiency projects. Read More »

The boards of directors at Southern Company and PowerSecure International recently agreed to a merger deal in which PowerSecure will becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Southern. Read More »

The U.S. and Russia resumed ongoing talks on Thursday concerning flight safety within Syria's airspace. Read More »

U.S. Rep. Evan Jenkins (R-WV) recently told Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy that the administration's efforts to downsize the coal industry in the interest of clean-energy goals is choking his state's economy and invited her to visit the state and witness the effects of this policy. Read More »

Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman and Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford said China, Russia, Iran, North Korea and Islamic extremism pose some of the biggest U.S. defense challenges moving forward, and he doesn't think U.S. forces currently have the breadth to handle such a wide spectrum of threats. Read More »

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said in a speech this week that the nation's long-term defense strategy must take a broad and flexible approach to keep up with current and emerging threats worldwide. Read More »

Nearly 40 American Gas Association (AGA) companies are participating in the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Natural Gas STAR Methane Challenge Program, through which the companies commit to tracking and reducing their factories' greenhouse gas emissions. Read More »

The Navy, Army and Defense Logistics Agency recently awarded new service contracts, the Defense Department said recently. Read More »

U.S.-Estonia relations were just one of several topics discussed in a recent meeting at the Pentagon between U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter and Estonian Minister of Defense Hannes Hanso, the Pentagon said this week. Read More »

The U.S. Army recently launched the Associated Units pilot, in which multiple units of the Army, Army National Guard and Army Reserve to train together before they are deployed. Read More »

The U.S. Department of the Interior has filed a Notice of Intent to Conduct a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) to determine whether the federal government's movement away from coal actually will benefit the environment and lead to economical alternatives that can satisfy the nation's rising energy needs. Read More »

A bill recently signed into law in Oregon mandates that the state shut down all coal-powered plants by 2035 and switch to clean-energy generation. Read More »

Activist group Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is taking aim at the Obama administration's Clean Power Plan, which is designed to cut carbon emissions from power plants by mandating that states reduce emissions by switching to cleaner energy sources, such as solar and wind power. Read More »

Lockheed Martin recently opened a new facility in New Jersey to test hardware, software and firmware that will be used in the Space Fence radar array under construction on the Marshall Islands' Kwajalein Island, between Hawaii and the Philippines in the Pacific Ocean, for the U.S. Air Force. Read More »

Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman and Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford said in a Pentagon press briefing late last week that the U.S. may need to send more military-support troops to Iraq in the ongoing effort to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL). Read More »