We congratulate the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences for the release of their interim report: “An Assessment of the Prospects for Inertial Fusion Energy.” BGen Stephen Cheney, ASP’s CEO said: “This is an important report that shows that the nation’s leading scientists, drawn from industry and academia, believe that the prospects…

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In this week’s column for PBS Need to Know, ASP fellow Joshua Foust writes about the new opportunity to improve relations with Russia following the re-election of Vladimir Putin.

“By 2035, U.S. electricity demand will increase by 25 percent; by 2050, all present U.S. electricity-generation power plants will need to be replaced, according to a new report from the American Security Project…”

The report from the American Security Project found no clear winners among energy choices including natural gas, oil and coal and alternative energy choices such as wind, solar, hydro, biomass and geothermal.

“This week, the American Security Project released the 2012 edition of its annual White Paper, “America’s Energy Choices”. The paper details a range of options for America’s energy future, ranging from coal to natural gas and solar to tidal power.”

The 2012 Edition of America’s Energy Choices sets out how each contributes to America’s energy make-up and how our business and political leaders should weigh the competing priorities of energy security, economic stability, and environmental sustainability when making decisions.