AEI public opinion expert Karlyn Bowman and researcher Andrew Rugg present their newest study on public attitudes towards energy policy and environmental issues, including key findings on Keystone XL and global warming.

We got mixed signals from a turbulent political week. Barack Obama seems to be enjoying an uptick in polls, moving toward 50 percent approval. But his weakness was apparent in his State of the Union address: issues. 

An article in the International Business Times shows that China continues to hit the brakes on the exports of rare earths.

Join us for a discussion of the rare earth elements and the policy ramifications of their scarcity, geographic distribution, environmental impacts, and near-monopolistic market.

Public opinion expert Karlyn Bowman, with researcher Andrew Rugg, explores trends from major pollsters on the environment, offshore drilling, gas prices, nuclear power, and global warming.

On the one year anniversary of the BP oil spill and a few days before Earth Day 2011, AEI presents scholar work on environmental issues.

China's squeeze on rare minerals is a subtle means of putting pressure on an advanced society, and Japan and her allies must work now to counter such resource bullying, or risk being victimized in the future.