While one looks to government to move things forward from a fuels and technology perspective and the other looks to strong regulatory and societal changes, both recommendations indicate that we need intelligent strategies with some legislative teeth to stop doing what has become a suicidal free market drift with the winds of global changes.

FORBES: Energy Security - How To Avoid The Looming Crisis

As the war in Afghanistan winds down, advocates are pushing for changes to prevent the misuse of money spent on efforts to help transform volatile nations into stable countries.

WSJ: U.S. Is Hit on Iraq, Afghan Outlays