Developing long-term carbon control strategies is important in energy intensive industries such as the oil sands operations in Alberta. We…
Over the last two centuries, prominent Americans have described the United States as an "empire of liberty," a "shining city on a hill,"…
The U.S. environmental movement has devoted immense effort and political capital to blocking Keystone XL, the pipeline that would bring…
The United States and the world need a revolution in energy technology—a revolution that would improve the performance of our energy…
Ten years into the war on terror, the U.S. has largely succeeded in its attempts to destabilize Al Qaeda and eliminate its leaders. But the…
America's last 10 years might be called “The Decade the Locusts Ate." A nation that started with a credible claim to lead a second American…
In 1941, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor ended American isolationism and brought our country into a global war that resulted in a…
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For the past forty years, United States Presidents have repeatedly called for a reduction in the country's dependence on fossil fuels in…
Technological changes and improved electronic communications seem, paradoxically, to be making cities more, rather than less, important.…