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The article focuses on the call of Pat Robertson, conservative Christianity's charismatic spokesperson, and Al Sharpton, outspoken activist leader of black America, to stop global warming, and the important use of renewable energy in the U.S. It states that major focus for investment were given to wind and solar energy to reduce fossil fuel dependence of the country. Several ideas emerge on boosting campaigns for effective energy consumption such as the used of smart grid technology wherein California takes the lead in promoting such alternative.

The article presents a point-by-point comparison between U.S. presidential candidates Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain regarding their environmental positions. It states that both candidates aimed to maximize resources while seeking far better energy solutions. Obama's main objective is to shed the country's fossil fuel dependency while that of McCain is to boosts future projects including offshore drilling, nuclear power, and liquid coal. Several of these environmental issues which they were concentrating upon include cap-and-trade policy for carbon dioxide, auto fuel efficiency, and the Endangered Species Act.

The article discusses the significance of power management to companies in the U.S. Due to the rising costs of power and fuel, companies are constantly looking for ways to minimize their power consumption, thus decreasing their expenses and maximizing their profits. Some resorted to use energy minimizer equipment or be more environmentally conscious by creating a need for managed services around power management. Meanwhile, government agencies across the country are furnishing guidelines and tax breaks that would measure how much carbon companies are dumping into the environment. With such rule, it limits the carbon emission that companies cannot exceed and saving energy will be directly coupled to environmental regulations.

The article outlines the research conducted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding the energy consumption of companies in the U.S. Result shows that the amount of electricity consumed by the country's data centers doubled between 2000 and 2006 and is expected to double again in 2011. The agency discovered that data centers consumed 61 billion of kilowatt-hours of electricity in 2006, representing 1.5% of the country's energy. Because of the implementation of sustainable development legislation, these companies did their best to reduce their carbon footprint, promised to eliminate the use of hazardous materials in production, developed eco-friendly and energy-saving products and established reuse and recycling programs.