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.

In Washington, there's always an effort to label people.

Dating back to Teddy Roosevelt, hunters have been the pillar of conservation in America, doing more than anyone to conserve wildlife and its habitat.

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

I started out as a Democrat.

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.