ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY

Dr. Richard Andres, Senior Fellow
Mr. Kevin W. Billings, Adjunct Fellow
Mr. Paul P. Bollinger, Jr., Adjunct Fellow

VIDEO:
	On July 9-10, 2009, a group of America's leading thinkers on electric grid security from private industry, trade associations, and state and federal agencies assembled at the Institute for National Strategic Studies in Washington, DC to participate in a crisis simulation.  Their purpose was to explore how the many groups responsible for operating and protecting the grid could best work together in the face of a terrorist attack on the grid.  To view the video, click on the image to the left.
PUBLICATIONS:
	GLOBAL STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT 2009 Chapter 4 - Energy and Environmental Insecurity Energy security is now a commanding priority. The emerging energy system is far more complex and global than the industrial era system that it is slowly replacing. Today when security planners talk about energy security, they are as likely to be referring to carbon emissions and diminishing water supplies as energy self-reliance and affordable oil. Moreover, emerging energy and environmental security problems are increasingly beyond the ability of any single country to control. This chapter examines critical issues surrounding energy in the evolving security environment and proposes potential pathways for pursuing solutions.  Read more...
	COMMENTARY The U.S. Military is Going Green Recently the Secretaries of the United States Air Force and Army introduced polices aimed at turning their services green. As these policies are implemented, not only will US military operations and bases develop smaller energy footprints and make better use of renewable energy, the military will deliberately inculcate green values into its personnel--it will develop a green culture. Read more...