Despite aggressive demand-management policies announced in recent years, China's oil use could easily reach levels comparable to today's U.S. levels by 2040.

Sixty percent of people arrested for Islamic terrorist activities between January 2009 and April 2011 were American citizens.

U.S. researchers who collaborate with international scientists are more likely to have their work cited than peers who do not utilize overseas expertise.

Electric cars hold greater promise for reducing emissions and lowering U.S. oil imports than a national renewable portfolio standard.

Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy paper cites economic, environmental and logistical shortcomings.