Modernizing the electric power grid is essential for enabling and enhancing the benefits of advanced technology pathways and meeting the sustainable growth challenge.

While an alternative energy system emerges, evolves and matures, it is both prudent and imperative that the nation exercise good stewardship over the existing system and ensure the availability of affordable energy supplies. Measures that enhance domestic supplies of oil and natural gas, in particular, will be necessary to maximize the likelihood that the prevailing energy system will remain as secure, stable and affordable as possible.

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a promising technology that can transform the use of conventional fossil fuels to significantly reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with fossil fuel consumption.

With federal policy leadership and the right technologies, new and existing buildings can, on average, become 54 and 36 percent more efficient, respectively, in their future energy use as compared to buildings today.

Seventy-seven CEOs from leading U.S. companies cited their personal and corporate commitments to sustainable business practices in Business Roundtable's Enhancing Our Commitment to a Sustainable Future 2009. From developing new energy-efficient technologies to providing safe clean water sources in developing nations to creating business solutions that reduce customers and suppliers carbon footprints, Business Roundtable member companies are addressing a vast range of environmental, social and economic issues to help make the world more sustainable.