Jul 22, 2010
OpFree Vet Bayatpour speaks at U.S. Capitol Clean Energy Press Conference
Last Thursday, July 15, U.S. Navy veteran and Operation Free member Ashkan Bayatpour took part in a press conference at the U.S. capitol to highlight the national security threats posed by our reliance on one source of energy. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Tom Carper (D-DE), Tom Udall (D-NM) and Michael Bennett (D-CO) introduced [...]
Jul 21, 2010
Group in Grand Forks promotes energy independence
Ryan Johnson/Grand Forks Herald/ July 8, 2010
After four decades of talking about the need for energy independence in America, leaders of a Thursday press conference in downtown Grand Forks said it’s time to break the country’s addiction to foreign oil.
After four decades of talking about the need for energy independence in America, leaders of [...]
Jul 21, 2010
Our view: Nation’s defense
Anchorage Daily News/ July 7, 2010.
Robin Eckstein knows about U.S. dependence on foreign oil in more ways than one. She served as a truck driver with the Army’s 1st Armored Division in Iraq, ferrying fuel and water for her fellow soldiers. She left the service in 2007, but she since has found another way [...]
Jul 21, 2010
Why America Needs to Free Itself from Oil.
Jonathan Powers/CNN Opinion/July 5, 2010
(CNN) — For two years in a row, I celebrated Independence Day in the oppressive heat of Iraq along with fellow soldiers. A few nonalcoholic beers and some locally grown watermelon were our replacement for hot dogs and potato salad.
This year, as Americans across the nation celebrate July Fourth with barbecues [...]
Jul 21, 2010
Iraq War Veterans Join Environmentalists in the Oiled Gulf of Mexico.
Bryan Walsh/TIME Magazine/July 17, 2010.
Robin Eckstein has a closer relationship than most of us to the long supply chains that brings oil from the well to the wheel. In 2007 she was an Army truck driver in Iraq, shipping fuel from Baghdad International Airport to the forward bases of American operations. The U.S. military [...]
