Oct 17, 2011
Meeting addresses military side of wind energy debate
By Lydia Beers
The Pilot News
ARGOS — The cars filled the small parking lot of the Argos Municipal Building, overflowing onto the grass and gravel lots surrounding the area. It was 11 a.m. Saturday morning, and residents of Marshall and Fulton counties packed into a small room for an energy security forum presented by Operation [...]
Jul 14, 2010
On a boat… in the Gulf
Guest Post by Ashkan Bayatpour
I just spent four hours on a boat in the Gulf of Mexico with fellow veterans and two retired Generals, touring the damage that the oil spill has had on the coast and the economy here in Louisiana. As a Gulf native, I know how much this will hurt the [...]
Feb 13, 2010
Vets Bring National Security Message to WA
SEATTLE – Military veterans are crisscrossing the western states in a tour bus, sharing a message from their unique prespective about the relationship between America’s national security and our energy policy. The Veterans for American Power tour visits Seattle today after a stop this week in Olympia.
Matt Victoriano, a former Marine who served in Iraq [...]
Feb 13, 2010
‘Operation Free’ promotes energy, security in Reno
RENO — Soldiers have a dangerous job, but one group is touring the country to promote a policy change that would make their job a little safer.
Operation Free, a coalition of veterans and national security groups promoting the relationship between national security and dependence on foreign energy, made a stop in downtown Reno on Tuesday [...]
Feb 13, 2010
Veterans group outlines importance of clean energy
By Tiffany Gibson (contact)
Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010 | 5:18 p.m.
As Americans’ dependency on oil and foreign resources increases, military veterans and clean energy activists are traveling the country to educate citizens about what they say will be the repercussions of outsourcing energy.
The Operation Free coalition’s National Veterans Tour for Clean Energy and Security kicked off [...]
