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In April, the U.S. Department of Energy and an international consortium of major oil and gas companies completed an unprecedented two-month proof-of-concept test in the North Slope of Alaska. It worked and the world moved one step closer to tapping gas hydrates, the most abundant fossil fuel resource on Earth. Read more…
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Hong Kong backs down on China patriotism classes
Hong Kong officials backed down Saturday on plans to make students take Chinese patriotism classes following a week of protests in the former British colony sparked by fears of pro-Beijing “brainwashing.” Read more…
Captive U.S. soldier safe, terrorist group says
A U.S. soldier held by Afghan militants will not be harmed despite the Obama administration’s decision to declare his alleged captors a terrorist group, a senior member of the Pakistan-based Haqqani network told The Associated Press on Saturday. Bergdahl has been held by the Pakistan-based Haqqanis since 2009. Read more…
Obama campaign disrespects American flag
The University of Iowa is now denying a large American flag was mishandled ahead of an Obama campaign stop on campus, after previously apologizing and removing a photo of the flag laying on the grass. Read more…
FBI installing $1 billion face-recognition system
Birthmarks, be damned: the FBI has officially started rolling out a state-of-the-art face recognition project that will assist in their effort to accumulate and archive information about each and every American at a cost of a billion dollars. Read more…
Toomey: ‘Wave of regulations’ shuts 6 plants
Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., says President Obama’s policies have put the economy in harm’s way. “We closed six power plants in Pennsylvania because they can’t comply with a new wave of regulations,” he said. Read more…
Shale boom driving down Gulf Coast crude prices
The U.S. shale boom has driven the cost of Gulf Coast light, sweet oil to its lowest level versus Brent crude in almost a quarter century. “Before you know it, we’re going to have so much light, sweet crude that in the U.S. Gulf Coast we’re not going to be importing light, sweet crude, and we think that happens next year,” said Valero Energy Corp. CEO Bill Klesse. Read more…
Clinton asks Putin to expand Russia’s Pacific power
Alarmed by a rise in nationalist sentiment around the Asia-Pacific, the Obama administration is looking for Russia to play a greater role in the region as it seeks to quell growing maritime tensions. Read more…
Obama: Thanks for your service, just don’t vote
The administration thanks the troops for their service by failing to comply with a law requiring that it help soldiers deployed overseas cast ballots in their home states. Read more…
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