Green energy key to future, says ex-prez

Former President Bill Clinton explained how the development of clean energy could stimulate job growth last Tuesday, when he was the keynote speaker at Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Open for Business Statewide Conference.

Cuomo, who served as Clinton's secretary of Housing and Urban Development, introduced his former boss, praising his economic leadership.

"President Clinton wrote a playbook on how to make this nation's economy soar … The longest economic expansion in this nation's history was under Bill Clinton, period."

Testimony: Port terrorist attack could cripple energy sector

A terrorist attack on the Houston Ship Channel would be catastrophic for the nation's energy sector, international trade and economy, witnesses testified during a congressional hearing Wednesday at the Port of Houston Authority.

As testimony was under way at the port's executive offices, a Government Accountability Office issued a report finding that the nation must take further measures to secure the maritime energy supply.