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Speeches, Articles, Transcripts,
and Press Releases
Senator Lugar regularly demonstrates his commitment
to energy security through speaking engagements, opinion editorials
and press releases. His awareness-raising efforts date back decades.
The
Fundamentals: Understanding the Lugar Energy Initiative
- Lugar-Purdue Summit on
Energy Security Keynote Address
Senator Lugar's address to the Summit on Energy Security, Aug.
29, 2006
- U.S. Energy
Security – A New Realism
Senator Lugar's speech to the Brookings Institution, Mar. 13,
2006
- The Existential Threat
Senator Lugar's speech to the U.N. Security Council, Feb.
6, 2006
- The New Petroleum
By Senator Lugar and R. James Woolsey, as submitted
to Foreign Affairs magazine, Jan./Feb. 1999
- Curing America's
Oil Addiction
Transcript from Foreign Policy's Special Event featuring
Senator Lugar and New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman,
May 15, 2006
Speeches
- Lugar Calls for Trans-Atlantic Energy Security Strategy
Senator Lugar's speech to U.S. – Ukraine Energy Dialogue Series, Apr. 15, 2008
- Lugar Addresses Global Environmental Concerns with Optimism
Senator Lugar's speech to the Garden Club of America, Feb. 27, 2008
- Lugar's Answer to $100 per barrel Oil
Senator Lugar's speech at the Indiana Renewable Energy Forum, Jan. 4, 2008
- U.S. Energy Security and the 2008 Presidential Election
Senator Lugar's speech to the Brookings Institution, Dec. 18, 2007
- Lugar Speech to 2020 Vision 2nd Annual National Summit on Energy Security
Senator Lugar's speech to the 2020 Vision’s 2nd Annual National Summit on Energy Security at the National Press Club, July 12, 2007
- Energy dependence is perpetuated by a lack of national will and focus
Senator Lugar's keynote speech to the Deloitte Energy Conference, May 14, 2007
- Lugar Speech to Environmental Defense Board of Trustees
Senator Lugar's speech to the Environmental Defense Board of Trustees, May 9, 2007
- EU and U.S. Must Move Now to Address Energy Vulnerability
Senator Lugar's speech to the American Council on Germany, coordinated with the EU-U.S. Summit, Apr. 30, 2007
- Energy and NATO
Senator Lugar's keynote speech to the German Marshall Fund conference
in Riga, Latvia, in advance of the NATO Summit, Monday, Nov. 27, 2006
- Lugar: Imported Oil Makes
U.S. Vulnerable
Senator Lugar's speech to the Richard G. Lugar-Purdue University
Summit on Energy Security, Aug. 29, 2006
- How Changes in the Arctic
are Affecting the Rest of the World
Senator Lugar's speech to Capitol Hill forum “How Changes
in the Arctic are Affecting the Rest of the World” sponsored
by the Environmental and Energy Study Institute and the Norwegian
Embassy, June 15, 2006
- Enrolling the Lugar Farm
in the Chicago Climate Exchange
Senator Lugar's comments on becoming the first Hoosier farmer
to participate in the Chicago Climate Exchange, May 18, 2006
- U.S. Energy Security
– A New Realism
Senator Lugar's speech to the Brookings Institution, Mar. 13,
2006
- The Existential Threat
Senator Lugar's speech to the U.N. Security Council, Feb.
6, 2006
Articles
- Reform Required to Halt Wide Spectrum of Woes
By Senator Lugar, as published in Roll Call, Apr, 21, 2008
- Brazil-U.S. Ethanol Pact: Benefits Greatly Outweigh Costs
By Senator Lugar, as published in the National Interest, Apr. 9, 2007
- The Biofuels Security Act: For a Stronger America
By Senator Lugar, as published in Ethanol Today, Mar. 2007
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U.S., Brazil should lead biofuel plan
By Senator Lugar and José Miguel Insulza, as published in the Miami Herald, Feb. 26, 2007
- Hidden Subsidies
and Risks Pump Up Real Price of Oil
By Senator Lugar, as submitted to nature,
Jan. 2007
- A Nuclear
Fuel Bank Advocated
By Senators Lugar and Evan Bayh, as submitted to the
Chicago Tribune, Oct. 22, 2006
- We Can End Oil
Addiction
By Senator Lugar and Vinod Khosla, as submitted to
the Washington Times, Aug. 3, 2006
- Poorer by the Gallon
By Senator Lugar, as submitted to the International
Herald Tribune, June 9, 2006
- The New Energy
Realists
By Senator Lugar, as submitted to the National
Interest, Summer 2006
- Friends Working
on Common Goals on Economy, Energy
By Senator Lugar and Brazilian Ambassador to the U.S.
Roberto Abdenur, as submitted to the Miami Herald, May
6, 2006
- America Needs
a Handle on Energy
By Senator Lugar, as submitted to Roll Call
for the Energy and Environment Policy Briefing, Apr. 24, 2006
- Thinking Outside
The Barrel
By Senator Lugar, as submitted to Business Week,
Mar. 27, 2006
- Indiana poised
to be leader in autos, energy and biofuels
By Senator Lugar and Representative Pete Visclosky,
as submitted to the Post Tribune, Mar. 6, 2006
- Energy: The
Albatross of National Security
By Senator Lugar, as submitted to Conservative Environmental
Policy - Quarterly, Spring 2006
- Are Alternatives to
Fossil Fuels Really Viable?
Letter to the editor by Senator Lugar, as submitted
to the Wall Street Journal, Feb. 13, 2006
- Let's Lead the
Pack in a New Auto-Tech Boom
By Senator Lugar, as submitted to the Indianapolis
Star, Feb. 5, 2006
- Complexities Require
Bipartisan Approach
By Senator Lugar, as submitted to The Hill
for the Special Report: The Agenda Ahead, Feb. 1, 2006
- United States'
Oil Dependence Threatens National Security
By Senator Lugar, as submitted to the South Bend
Tribune, Nov. 25, 2005
- The New Petroleum
By Senator Lugar and and R. James Woolsey, as submitted
to Foreign Affairs magazine, Jan./Feb. 1999
Transcripts
Press Releases
- Lugar Requests Flag in Honor of Alexandria Ethanol Plant, Apr. 18, 2008
- Lugar Calls for Trans-Atlantic Energy Security Strategy, Apr. 15, 2008
- Lugar Welcomes 100th E85 Pump in Indiana, Apr. 11, 2008
- Does It Pay To Go Green?, Mar. 17, 2008
- Lugar Discusses Biofuels, Environment with Leilani Münter, Mar. 5, 2007
- Lugar praises successful test flight of Boeing 747-400 using biofuels, Feb. 26, 2008
- Lugar Warns Venezuela on Oil Cut-off, Feb. 13, 2008
- Job Grants for Energy Industry, Jan. 29, 2008
- Lugar continues his energy security mission in Azerbaijan, Jan. 15, 2008
- Lugar discusses energy security with Kazakh and Turkmen leaders, Jan. 14, 2008
Read press releases from 2007
Read the press
releases from the 109th Congress
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