by Stewart Udall and Matthew R. Simmons
November 20, 2005
This summer’s hurricanes have triggered the most serious energy emergency in the nation’s history. With gasoline, natural gas and heating oil at near-record highs, many families face the chilly prospect of much higher energy bills in the future. The entire economy is at risk, but airlines, tourism, [...]

By H. Josef Hebert
The Associated Press
July 11, 2006
WASHINGTON — Ethanol is far from a cure-all for the nation’s energy problems. It’s not as environmentally friendly as some supporters claim and would supply only 12 percent of U.S. motoring fuel — even if every acre of corn were used.
A number of researchers, the latest in a [...]

Our most neglected problem—global warming
by Stewart L. Udall
November 19, 2006
“We are all riders on the Earth together.”
— Archibald MacLeish (1969)
The aftermath of a discordant election is a good time to focus on our biggest, most neglected problem — global warming.
Two powerful energy trends are converging to define the parameters of a changing world. The first [...]