We also know that China and India, as their economies ramp up, are using more and more energy.

We do have serious energy needs for the country, we are aware that natural gas is especially in demand because of its air quality benefits: 90 percent of new power plants have been natural gas-powered.

I spend a year at the Hoover Institute at Stanford, researching market approaches to air pollution control.

Predators make it much more difficult to find consensus. It's a lot easier to agree about birds and plants than about animals that endanger people and livestock.

What's near and dear to my heart is cooperative conservation.

Why has it seemed that the only way to protect the environment is with heavy-handed government regulation?

Local innovation and initiative can help us better understand how to protect our environment.