The House Energy and Commerce Committee's Energy and Power Subcommittee advanced a draft of the Pipeline Safety Act of 2016 to the full committee. Read More »

The American Coalition for Clean Coal Energy (ACCCE) has expressed disappointment in presidential candidate Secretary Hillary Clinton's recent statement about her energy ideas for the future, specifically that many coal companies would be shut down under her administration, costing miners their jobs. Read More »

The U.S. House recently passed the Satisfying Energy Needs and Saving the Environment (SENSE) Act, 231-183, which aims to ensure that coal-refuse-to-energy recycling facilities continue to operate, amid EPA regulations that threaten their existence. Read More »

Vets4Energy is promoting energy independence for America, an issue U.S. military veterans are principally interested in for national security reasons, Tony Caldarelli, chairman of the Pennsylvania Vets4Energy chapter, said. Caldarelli said that when he went to Iraq in 2004, there were a lot of good reasons to be involved in the Middle East and one of them was because we needed their energy. Read More »

A clarification request was sent by U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK), chairman of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) concerning the agency's statement that it would continue on with the Clean Power Plan (CPP), even though the Supreme Court had voted to halt implementation 5-4 last month. Read More »

“Fear mongering and unproven rhetoric have closed the door to over 18,000 jobs for veterans and a chance to secure a totally energy independent America,” said Capt. James McCormick, USA (Ret), the program director for Vets4Energy. Read More »

The U.S. Supreme Court recently halted implementation of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Clean Power Plan before it had been judicially reviewed, a historical first. Read More »

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently started Known Employer, a pilot program in which potential hires are screened through specific visa categories. Read More »

The Competitive Enterprise Institute think tank, in a recent online article by Marlo Lewis, said the EPA may be trying to skirt the Supreme Court's Clean Power Plan. Read More »

U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall and Cho Tae-yul, South Korea's vice minister for foreign affairs, recently created the High Level Bilateral Commission (HLBC), on which they will serve as co-chairs. Read More »

The American Gas Association (AGA) is working in D.C. to ensure reauthorization of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) through 2019. Read More »

The U.S. House recently passed three bipartisan energy bills that came out of the Energy and Commerce Committee as part of its ongoing efforts to upgrade and update U.S. energy laws. Read More »

Frank Macchiarola, the American Petroleum Institute's (API) group director of downstream and industry operations, said recently that Congress should repeal or at least update the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), which calls for a steady increase in ethanol-blend fuels, to correspond with the nation's booming energy industry. Read More »

Five separate members of the California State Commanders Veterans Council recently expressed support for the Furthering Asbestos Claims Transparency (FACT) Act, S. Read More »

A growing number of American veterans support offshore energy exploration as a means to bolster national security, says Brent Randolph, USAF (ret), Master Sergeant, the volunteer chair of Ohio Vets4Energy. Read More »

The Association of Government Accountants (AGA) recently voiced its concerns on defects they found in the Sustainable Accounting Standards Board's (SASB) suggested standards for a draft gas utility process. Read More »

The House Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Energy and Power held a hearing, titled “Legislative Hearing to Examine Pipeline Safety Reauthorization," this week to discuss a draft bill to reauthorize the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration’s (PHMSA) pipeline safety program through 2019. Read More »

In a letter to Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), an officer with the American G.I. Forum expressed the organization's support for a federal asbestos trust transparency bill. Read More »

The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) recently published a position paper, titled "The Paris Climate Agreement Is a Treaty Requiring Senate Review," which asserts that the COP-21 Paris climate-change agreement is a treaty that requires Senate approval. Read More »

The House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced 15 bills late last week that aim to modernize energy infrastructure, create and protect jobs, and ensure energy affordability and security. Read More »