Keystone Energy Forum

Recently, there has been a lot of discussion - at least at the national level - about the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).

America's small businesses have seen the number of demands placed upon us by regulators at every level of government grow at a rate limited only by ability of various taxing agencies to take our money and turn it against us.

Retired Air Force Major General Bill Hodgkins, a Vets4Energy member, authored an OpEd relaying the importance of hydraulic fracturing to strengthening our energy security.

We found this website that provided a different opinion to "The Promise Land" movie and are providing it to our energy forum readers: To hear Hollywood tell it, folks out in rural America who are presented with an opportunity to develop their mineral rights and produce clean-burning natural gas for the country have a tough choice on their hands: Don't do it, and you ruin your economy. Do it, and you ruin your environment.

President Barack Obama has said that the United States needs an "all of the above" approach to achieving greater energy security, but too often his words don't match his actions.

The "All of the Above" approach, however, has to be a long-term strategy -- and must take into account the fact that oil and natural gas will have to be an integral part of American life for decades to come.

U.S. oil and natural gas production is higher today than it has been for many years, providing a big boost to the economy at a time of sluggish job and income growth.