American Energy Alliance President Thomas Pyle recently criticized the National Association of Clean Air Agencies (NACAA) for a press call that discussed a document encouraging states to implement the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan. Read More »

In response to a request from California Gov. Jerry Brown, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will work with the state to set up an Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Task Force to explore prospects for offshore renewable-energy development. Read More »

The Department of the Interior recently proposed a lease sale of more than 81,000 acres of federal offshore space, located approximately 11 miles south of Long Island, for commercial wind-energy development. Read More »

Duke Energy recently celebrated the passage of North Carolina’s Senate Bill 71 by the General Assembly, legislation that would guide the state as it works to safely close ash basins and that has garnered bipartisan, environmental and business community support. Read More »

Capt. James McCormick, USA (ret.), the national program director for Vets4Energy, criticized the anti-fracking bans, saying they will hurt the country’s national and economic security. Read More »

Energy-industry advocacy group Energy Citizens recently touted the benefits of natural gas production in Texas, saying it has lowered energy and heating costs, lowered greenhouse gas emissions and improved the state’s job market. Read More »

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) recently announced that acting Associate Administrator for Counterterrorism and Counterproliferation Jay Tilden has been appointed to the position permanently and that Dave Bowman has been named the permanent deputy associate administrator in the same office. Read More »

U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz recently hosted the seventh Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM7) and the inaugural Mission Innovation (MI) Ministerial in San Francisco, hosting officials from 23 governments and the European Union to discuss how to promote and deploy clean-energy technologies, as well as spur investment in research to fuel innovations. Read More »

During the seventh Clean Energy Ministeral (CEM7) and inaugural Mission Innovation Ministerial (MI), which hosted energy officials from 23 nations recently in San Francisco, energy officials from the U.S., Canada and Mexico met to discuss their cooperative efforts to promote sustainable energy and battle climate change. Read More »

The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE) recently released a study that suggests lower- and middle-income families suffer the most when energy prices increase. Read More »

Defense Secretary Ash Carter, while recognizing the progress being made in the campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), is pushing to accelerate the coalition’s efforts and hasten the terrorist organization’s defeat, the Pentagon said recently. Read More »

The American Petroleum Institute (API) recently reiterated its position that hydraulic fracturing is beneficial to the environment, citing information from the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) going as far back as 1999. Read More »

The Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) recently launched its e-correspondence (G2G) project, which seeks to modernize administrative procedures and transactions taking place between KPC and other governmental institutions. Read More »

Lockheed Martin Commercial Engine Solutions (LMCES) recently won a five-year exclusive contract for maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) of Air Wisconsin Airlines Corporation's CF34-3 engines. Read More »

Chris Lynch, director of the Defense Department's Defense Digital Service, recently spoke at the 2016 Defense One Tech Summit about how his office, which started operations in November, is bringing private-sector best practices to the government. Read More »

Defense Secretary Ash Carter recently outlined the next phase of the Force of the Future initiative, which seeks to update the regulations surrounding recruitment, training, retention and promotion of armed forces members and civilian defense workers. Read More »

The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE) praised the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, chaired by Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK), for calling attention to the Supreme Court’s stay of the Clean Power Plan. Read More »

The Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) recently released survey findings from approximately 800 pension beneficiaries nationwide on what they think of divestment from hydrocarbon-energy producers. Read More »

The American Petroleum Institute and Mexico’s National Agency for Industrial Safety and Environmental Protection of the Hydrocarbons Sector (ASEA) recently reached an agreement that makes API’s technical and safety standards available as ASEA develops its safety programs. Read More »

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg recently trumpeted the increase in NATO defense spending, reversing course after years of decreases, following Russia’s actions in Georgia and Ukraine. Read More »