Because the process of hydraulic fracturing is said to create more energy and less pollution in the U.S., the federal government should not want to ban it, retired U.S. Army Capt. James McCormick, program director of Vets4Energy, said. Read More »

A rise in minority employment in the oil and gas sector, predicted by the American Petroleum Institute (API) in 2015, will still hold true, even if the number of jobs overall has been slowed by an unpredicted drop in oil prices, Leanne Wheeler, an Air Force veteran and volunteer chair of Colorado Vets4Energy told TI News Daily. Read More »

From Knoxville, Tennessee to Charleston, South Carolina, many southeast American cities are experiencing tremendous growth that is putting a strain on their infrastructure.  Read More »

The U.S. Senate approved a comprehensive energy infrastructure bill this week on a bipartisan vote of 84-3. Read More »

Mississippi airports will receive $20.3 million in Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grants, U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Thad Cochran (R-MS) announced last week. The Airport Improvement Program grants are intended for airport infrastructure improvements. Read More »

U.S. Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO) announced that Grand Junction Airport will receive a $3.3 million Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grant. Holyoke, Sterling and Wray Municipal airports will also receive funding for a variety of infrastructure improvement projects. Read More »

Former US Coast Guard officer Nicholas Porta sees many similarities between his old job helping defend the nation, and his new profession in the oil and gas industry, one he describes as a great fit for veterans. Read More »

Staff Sgt. Christopher Magliolo has his hands in a lot of pots, and he’s fine with that. Read More »

Letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan urges action on the Carl D. Perkins Act reauthorization legislation and the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA). Read More »

A major university study on the impact of hydraulic fracturing indicates that this method of extracting natural gas is safe, a veterans group that advocates for energy independence said. Read More »

Two Mississippi Gulf Coast entities have been awarded $3,893,247 in federal grants for local infrastructure upgrades, U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Thad Cochran (R-MS) said recently.   Read More »

Natchez Railway bridges in Mississippi stand to be strengthened with a healthy influx of $10 million in federal transportation grant funding presented to the City of Natchez recently from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). Read More »

Nineteen Virginian chambers of commerce have joined forces to urge the state’s U.S. senators to support the construction of a natural gas pipeline through the state. Read More »

U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Thad Cochran (R-MS) recently said Coahoma Community College in Clarksdale, Mississippi, has been awarded a $1.49 million federal grant for construction of a multi-purpose safe room. Read More »

A new study out of Clemson University shows that regions in which the hydraulic fracturing (or, "fracking") boom has taken place are less likely to have seen mortgage defaults. Read More »

Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette spoke favorably about the petroleum industry and stressed the need to keep energy production local when he addressed the Michigan Oil and Gas Association at its annual meeting on Sept. 15. Read More »

The benefits brought to America by the oil and gas energy renaissance are miraculous, a former Marine Corps sergeant major and volunteer chairman of New Hampshire’s Vets4Energy chapter said. Read More »

Calling President Obama’s approach toward revising Cuban sanctions “common sense improvements,” Associated Equipment Distributors (AED) President and CEO Brian McGuire recently issued a statement from Washington, D.C., commending the nation’s direction on trade with the island nation. Read More »

A career in the oil and gas industry allows veterans to directly help with America’s national security, says Micheal Sittler, a U.S. Air Force Veteran who currently serves as Principal Strategic Sourcing Manager within the Procurement and Supply Chain Management group at Spectra Energy. Read More »

Fracking is "a winning lottery ticket" for the U.S., something opponents of the practice do not understand, according to a veterans’ organization that advocates for energy independence to strengthen national security. Read More »