Center for American Progress
Report of the National Security Task Force on EnergyPresident Bush has declared that America is addicted to
oil and dangerously dependent on unstable or hostile
states for its energy supply. But while there is a consensus
across the political spectrum that the current energy
strategy is failing, Democrats and Republicans fundamentally
disagree about what should be done to address the threats posed
by America’s dependence on foreign oil and the potentially catastrophic
environmental damage caused by carbon emissions from the use
of fossil fuels.
The Bush administration has demonstrated a willingness to
acknowledge the existence of such energy security challenges,
but it has failed to implement a plan to meet them.
In this report, leading energy and national security experts present
a new, comprehensive energy security strategy that will put
the United States on a path toward energy independence while
enhancing our national, economic, and environmental security.
This strategy breaks with the Bush administration’s approach by
offering concrete steps to:
- Reduce dependence on foreign oil and natural gas.
- Confront the threat posed by climate change.
- Increase the viability of nuclear energy by eliminating key
proliferation threats posed by nuclear energy technologies.
- Protect and modernize the global energy infrastructure and
distribution channels.
- Build a cooperative energy security environment with traditional
allies and potential partners.
Task Force Members
Madeleine K. Albright,
Samuel R. Berger,
Rand Beers,
Carol Browner,
William Danvers,
Tom Daschle,
John Deutch,
Thomas J. Downey,
Michèle A. Flournoy,
Leon Fuerth,
Suzanne George,
Denis McDonough,
James C. O’Brien,
Peter Ogden,
John Podesta,
Susan E. Rice,
Wendy R. Sherman,
Gayle Smith,
Tara Sonenshine,
Jim Steinberg,
Timothy E. Wirth
