National security requires energy security, Vets4Energy's Pennsylvania chairman says

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 »

Senator accuses EPA of defying Supreme Court on Clean Power Plan

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 »

API: Minorities, women to make up big share of energy industry jobs by 2035

A recent report commissioned by the American Petroleum Institute, "Minority and Female Employment in the Oil & Natural Gas and Petrochemical Industries 2015-2035," said a significant number of the 1.9 million jobs expected to be generated in the oil, natural gas and petrochemical industries will be filled with a high number of women and minorities by 2035. Read More »

67 percent in S.C. poll support offshore drilling for energy

A new poll by the South Carolina Petroleum Council (SCPC) indicates that 67 percent of South Carolinian voters — 83 percent of Republicans, 62 percent of Independents and 54 percent of Democrats — support U.S. investment in offshore oil and natural gas development, with 91 percent of these voters agreeing that the U.S. should move toward investing in energy. Read More »

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