In the administration's most detailed reaction to the steepest housing slump in 16 years, Paulson said that government and the financial industry should provide immediate help for homeowners trying to refinance current mortgages before they reset at much higher rates.

In July, 2007, The National Petroleum Council released a report called "Facing the Hard Truths about Energy". This document is one of the most comprehensive overviews of the planet's current energy situation. It recommends increased efficiency, development of alternatives, and cutting CO2 emissions; it is, however, dismissive of Peak Oil theory.

This Dept. of Energy study takes an indepth look at ways that the US can conserve energy. It is fairly long, but the executive summary covers the important points, mainly that it would be easy for the US to cut actual energy use by 10% vs. expected use in 2020, and with some effort cuts of over 30% could be made.

U.S. Geological Survey reports on the amount of oil they estimate remains in the world. They consider it likely that 400-600 billion barrels remain to be discovered.

The United States Geological Survey has made periodic assessments of the world's oil reserves, but they are fundamentally flawed in a number of ways.

A link to the official statistics published by the US government regarding oil reserves around the world.

Senate Democrats are calling for legislation that would protect people who are victims of predatory loaning. Thousands of people risk losing their homes as their mortgages payments begin spiraling upwards.

The US Supreme Court ruled that the EPA had the authority to regulate the emission of green house gases, despite the Bush administration suggesting that such regulation was outside the jurisdiction of the EPA.

Report by the US Deptartment of Agriculture discussing global land degradation issues.  This paper contains a number of helpful graphs.