The US president's energy plan released recently has, expectedly, generated a heated debate. Should we concentrate on providing for our immediate needs, or should we act as responsible custodians of the world's future? Environmentalists denounce Bush's energy proposal as pandering to the oil, coal and gas industries and as showing complete disregard for the sanctity of unexplored public lands. What riles them further is the fact that the Bush administration's relationship with the energy industry is too close for comfort. Bush's frontal attack on the US energy crunch focuses more on crisis-averting measures than on long-term, solutions-based issues.(Editorial)