Here is a premise:
The authors of the Clean Energy Future (CEF) report describe their analysis as an attempt to assess how energy-efficient and clean energy technologies can address key energy and environmental challenges facing the US (Brown, et al, 2001).

Here is a hypothesis:
The United States is faced with environmental challenges.

Here are the options: OPTIONS: - yes - it is not possible to tell - no
Is it possible to conclude that if the premise is true, then so is the hypothesis?
yes