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Tracy Morgan Crash Shines Spotlight on HOS Debate

A crash on the New Jersey Turnpike that killed one man and critically injured “30 Rock” and “Saturday Night Live” star Tracy Morgan has thrown a national spotlight on fatigued driving. The accident occurred just as Congress was preparing to debate

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NEFI Calls on DOE to Support Heating Oil

Heating oil is an important part of New England’s energy mix that is increasingly abundant, clean, efficient and renewable and deserves the support of the U.S. Department of Energy.

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Natural Gas Needs to Clean Up Its Act

Do you smell gas? Well maybe not, but you certainly have been hearing about it. The media has been full of natural gas stories – from exports and shortages, to a focus on methane pollution and neighborhood gas leak issues.

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Can Switching to Natural Gas Harm the Environment?

Natural gas has been touted as a “bridge fuel” that can provide energy while our nation transitions to cleaner energy and renewables, because natural gas is less carbon intensive, and there’s ample domestic supply.

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NORA is Back

After a four-year outage, Oilheat has a check-off program again

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How Energy Independent is America?

Growing U.S. oil production has led to recent calls by the oil industry to lift the 40-year-old ban on crude exports. At issue are U.S. policies that were enacted following the Middle East oil embargo back in 1973.

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