The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee recently advanced H.R. 4937, the Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety (PIPES) Act of 2016, a bi-partisan bill that reauthorizes the Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) pipeline-safety initiative. Read More »

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Saudi Arabian Defense Minister Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman discussed the nations’ mutual security interests during Carter's recent visit to Riyahh, the Saudi capital. Read More »

The Department of Defense (DoD) honored nine individuals, teams and installations with this year's Secretary of Defense Environmental Awards, which honor environmental achievements and innovative and cost-effective environmental practices, the DoD said late last week. Read More »

U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, praised the Senate recently for passing S. 2012, the Energy Policy Modernization Act, and highlighted the House’s companion bill, which passed late last year. Read More »

The Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve recently reported its latest strikes in Iraq and Syria against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), part of the coalition’s continued efforts to destroy the group’s operations. Read More »

Dominion Resources recently said it is awarding environmental grants totaling $1 million through its Dominion Foundation to 67 groups over 10 states and Washington, D.C., which will help enhance public spaces and habitats in the areas where the company operates. Read More »

The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) recently celebrated U.S. Senate passage of the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2016, with EEI President Tom Kuhn heralding the improvements that would be made to energy regulations under the bill. Read More »

ExxonMobil said recently that it has begun production at its Point Thomson project, located on a reservoir on Alaska’s North Slope, that eventually is expected to produce 10,000 barrels of petroleum condensate and 200 million standard cubic feet of recycled gas daily. Read More »

The Edison Electric Institute announced the finalists late last week for its 2016 Edison Award, which honors organizations that have furthered the electric-power industry, including eight U.S. companies and two international firms. Read More »

Following a recent BKPM trade summit in London, attended by senior officials from Indonesia and Great Britain, Indonesia's SBS INTL Ltd. and Kansas-based Black & Veatch signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) this week to facilitate the development of tidal-current energy projects in Indonesia. Read More »

Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, recently called for adaptive changes to the military’s command and control system based on cyber and outer-space threats, as well as the proliferation of advanced missile capabilities, all of which weaken the ability to isolate warfare to foreign battlefields away from the homeland. Read More »

The American Petroleum Institute (API) is urging the Obama administration to use the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) 2017-2022 offshore program to promote further U.S. oil and natural gas development, especially in the Gulf of Mexico. Read More »

Kathy Judge, director of risk and compliance, as well as corporate security, at National Grid recently testified at a House Transportation Security Subcommittee hearing on behalf of the American Gas Association, emphasizing the importance of protecting energy pipelines from physical and cyber attacks. Read More »

Air Force Maj. Gen. Peter Gersten, deputy commander for operations and intelligence for the coalition efforts against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), recently detailed how additional troops and technology will aid in the campaign. Read More »

Following the recent signing of the Paris climate-change agreement, National Mining Association (NMA) President and CEO Hal Quinn slammed the Obama administration’s omission of clean-coal technology from the solutions outlined in the agreement. Read More »

The House Energy and Commerce Committee recently advanced the bipartisan Pipeline Safety Act of 2016 (H.R. 5050), which was developed following efforts to find weaknesses in existing safety laws for the nation’s energy pipelines. Read More »

The ExxonMobil Foundation’s 2015 Educational Matching Gift Program, through contributions from employees and retirees and foundation matching funds, contributed $45.4 million to higher-education institutions across the country last year. Read More »

Defense Secretary Ash Carter recently addressed the Senate Armed Services Committee on the progress in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and the next steps for the campaign. Read More »

Duke Energy recently issued the 10th edition of its Sustainability Report, which has the company increasing its renewable energy growth goal for 2020 to 8,000 megawatts, a 33 percent increase from the company’s 2013 projected goal of 6,000 megawatts. Read More »

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released its latest report on the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) progress on the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS), which shows that the agency did not meet its testing goals. Read More »