Breaking Our Dependence On OPEC Oil

World Shale Gas Resources: An Initial Assessment of 14 Regions Outside the United States. EIA Thought We Were Running Out Of Fossil Fuels? N...

U.S. Dependence On Oil From Saudi Arabia Approaching 20 Percent

Source: Energy Information Administration U.S. Reliance On Oil From Saudi Arabia Is Growing Again -- New York Times HOUSTON — The United Sta...

We May Be A Lot More "Energy Independent" Than What Most People Believe

(Click on Image to Enlarge) Another Large U.S. Natural Gas Discovery? -- Eagle Speak Geology.com asks, "Utica Shale - The Natural Gas G...

U.S. Shale Gas Can Change Energy Geopolitics

Study Says U.S. Shale May Weaken Iran, Russia -- Houston Chronicle The natural gas boom in the U.S. has weakened Russia's influence on E...

Pentagon Unveils Its Energy Strategy

Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III and Sharon Burke, assistant secretary of defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs, bri...

U.S. Military Aims to Use 50 Percent Renewable Energy Within Ten Years

Solar Panel in Afghanistan Major Paul Greenberg/U.S.M.C. From Popular Science: Of all places, the U.S. military has proven one of the fierc...

Making The U.S. Military Go Green

Solar power was tested in May in Morocco. A Marine company brought some renewable energy equipment to Afghanistan. Major Paul Greenberg/U.S....

German Military Is Now Warning Of A Potentially Drastic Oil Crisis

DEEPWATER FIRE Fire boat response crews battle the blazing remnants of the oil rig Deepwater Horizon off the Louisiana coast in the Gulf of ...

Growing Global Oil Demand Harms U.S. Security And Economy

Photo from Tree Hugger Quenching Our Thirst for Oil -- Center For American Progress The national security risks that stem from the United St...

Going Green Is Becoming Costly For Some U.S. Military Bases

Energy-Savings Project Leaves Army In The Cold -- L.A. Times It projects millions of dollars in losses from a private-contract job to upgrad...

Will New Technologies Free Us From Energy Dependence?

Oil shale is rock containing deposits of oil and is pictured here burning. Energy Crisis Is Postponed As New Gas Rescues The World -- L.A. T...

DARPA Works Toward DoD Energy Independence

From Department Of Defense: WASHINGTON, Oct. 9, 2009 – Scientists are working to create energy self-sufficiency for the Defense Department, ...

The U.S. Army's Solar Enewrgy Program

Acciona solar thermal plant in Nevada. (Credit: Acciona ) Army Starts Solar Plant; Next Step: Care About Climate Change -- The Danger Room ...

Pentagon Says Cutting Energy Use Is Big Priority

Image from Tree Hugger From Reuters: WASHINGTON, May 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. Defense Department, the nation's single largest consumer of...