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The article focuses on the discussion paper on climate policy released by the U.S. Senate as of March 2006. Senators Pete Domenici and Jeff Bingaman have released a joint paper that aims for consensus on key issues about the structure of a mandatory market-based greenhouse gas regulatory program. The senators are seeking comments on the document, which will be used to frame the discussion at an April 4 climate change conference, which is being sponsored by the committee and moderated by Domenici. The paper can be found on the committee Web site (energy.senate.gov/public).

The article discusses the use of patent analysis on examining technological innovations within the science sector. Mentioned are papers released at American Economic Association journals regarding the utilization of patent analysis in search engines. Tables are presented which include top companies in the U.S. based on patent applications and market capitalization and patent versus average productivity growth in the U.S.

The article offers the author's insights on the paper of author Michael Levi entitled "The Hidden Risks of Energy Innovation" in the 2013 issue of "Issues in the Science and Technology." The author mentions that the paper of Levi has provided information regarding the importance of public investments in technology. The author states that environmental movement in the U.S., along with climate and energy policies, had done and invest on programs to mitigate the effect of climate change.

The article offers the author's insights on the paper of author Michael Levi entitled "The Hidden Risks of Energy Innovation" in the 2013 issue of "Issues in the Science and Technology." The author mentions that paper argues that renewable energy technologies should be taken regionally. The author adds that the Water Power Program of the U.S. Department of Energy provides help for the development of marine renewable energy.

The article presents graphs reflecting number of scientific papers computed by several countries including U.S., China, Korea and Singapore from 1980 to 2010. It is mentioned that the U.S. has gathered knowledge developed in other nations and tapped to stoke innovations to be on the top most position in the field of science and technology. It is also mentioned that only six percent of U.S. federal Research & development (R&D) spending is used for international collaborations.

The article presents a discussion of the importance of apprenticeship programs of schools in the U.S., adapted from a paper prepared for the American Enterprise Institute's conference entitled "Degrees of Difficulty: Can American Higher Education Regain Its Edge?" held on February 15, 2011.

Discusses graphs on the rate of growth in key science and technology indicators in the U.S. and group of science-minded Asian countries such as Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, China and India. Growth in gross domestic expenditures on research and development from 1991 through 2001; Rise in the number of papers in the Science Citation Index from 1986 through 1999; Increase in U.S. patents invented in Asia from 1986 through 2003.

Discusses issues raised by the article "A 21st-Century Role for Nuclear Weapons," by William Schneider, Jr., published in the spring 2004 issue of "Issues in Science & Technology," endorsing the nuclear weapons policy of the current U.S. government as promulgated in its Nuclear Posture Review and National Defense Strategy papers. Description of the primary motive for the policies; Assertion on the implications of hostile weapons of mass destruction stocks being held at risk by various means; Downplay of the value of international agreements.

The article comments on the ACI proposed by U.S. President George W. Bush. The proposal has added to the debate on innovation policy. As detailed in a white paper released by the Office of Science and Technology Policy, ACI advocates doubling research funding at the National Science Foundation, National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the Department of Energy's Office of Science over a period of 10 years and increasing basic and applied research funding in Department of Defense. ACI would make the R&D tax credit permanent and create Career Advancement Accounts of up to $3,000 for workers who are beginning, changing or advancing in a career.

The article reports on a clash between U.S. senators during the May 18, 2005 hearing of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works over the potential terrorist threat of the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) and the Environmental Liberation Front (ELF). Chairman James Inhofe (R-Okla.) noted that the activities of these organized groups, which are conducted by autonomous individuals or cells, have been designated the number one domestic terrorist threat by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Senators James Jeffords (I-Vt.), Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), and Barack Obama (D-Ill.) joined in a statement for the record, objecting to designating ALF/ELF as terrorist groups. John Lewis and Carson Carroll, deputy assistant directors of the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, respectively, disagreed. They testified that threats from right-wing militias and hate crimes are less serious than those posed by ALF/ELF in terms of coordination, planning, and geographic range. David Skorton, president of the University of Iowa, provided a perspective on the impact that these activists have had. He testified that in a November 2004 attack at his university, 18 individuals claiming responsibility on behalf of ALF destroyed and poured acid on equipment and papers and released more than 300 animals.

Presents views on the availability of free information to the public about medical research in the U.S. in 2004. Information on a proposed rule issued by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) regarding a free access to scholarly papers based on NIH-funded research; Establishment of a free Web site for drug companies by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturing Association; Goal of a group of editors of medical journals regarding their acceptance of articles on clinical trials if information about the trial is announced publicly before they begin.