The accident could not have come at a worse time for the Carter Administration, which is agonising about its energy policy declaration, due next week.
This pull is leading to defeat in the global struggle to slow the advance of severe climate change and is reflected in three recent developments in the energy news: a declaration of surrender by BP, a major setback in the European Union, and a strategic end-run by Canadian tar sands companies.
Originally initiated in the National Security Act of 1947 as instrumental in conducting the Cold War, this massive expansion of data collection and analysis continued on even after the Cold War ended in 1991 and then received renewed energy with the declaration of a "global war on terrorism".
The U.S. Energy Information Administration reviews big changes in energy use since the Declaration of Independence.
The Russians have made a mockery of a joint declaration on energy issued at the G8 summit they chaired in St Petersburg last July.
5.3 The present definition of sugars as in Section 2.6 and that of dietary fibre as in Section 2.7 and the declaration of energy as in Section 3.4.2 should be reviewed in the light of newer developments.
The task force's 105-point plan was premised on the declaration of an "energy crisis," which, to the extent it ever existed, has now passed as energy prices have fallen sharply since the spring of 2001.
The declaration calls for diversified energy sources, improved energy efficiency, and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
With a declaration that the energy problems threaten the nation's economy and security, the Bush plan also orders a sweeping review of public lands to determine whether more energy resources can be extracted.
His warning came on the eve of a ground-breaking report on the impact of climate change, and a declaration from the energy secretary, Ed Davey, that Britain must spearhead the worldwide battle against it.
