Alternative Energy Bibliography

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY BIBLIOGRAPHY

California Academy of Sciences Library


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Affordable Reliable Renewables Report

http://www.calpirg.org/reports/renewablesindex.html

A policy proposal for alternative uses of long-term energy suggests the best options are wind, solar, and geothermal energy. 

 

The Alliance for Energy and Economic Growth

http://www.yourenergyfuture.org/press.cfm?ID=3

Press release from the Alliance for Energy and Economic Growth  (AEEG) urging the creation of a national energy policy that meets long-term consumer demand for reliable energy at reasonable prices, while protecting the environment.

 

Alternative and Renewable Energy Sources

http://www.soton.ac.uk/~engenvir/environment/alternative/hydropower/energy2.htm

In-depth definitions, descriptions, and history on alternative means of energy.  Geared for school and educational purposes.

 

Alternative Energy Institute, Inc.

http://www.altenergy.org/

AEI's web site on the impact of the use of conventional fuels and the environmental and political after effects.  It defines and explores the use of traditional renewable energy from solar to hydroelectic power and so much more.

 

Alternative Energy Sources

http://www.cc.utah.edu/~ptt25660/tran.html

A general overview of what energy is and how it is produced.  Detailed summary and explanations of alternative means of energy.  Many links and references provided.

 

Alternative Energy Tips: Renewable, sustainable, backup power

http://www.knowledgehound.com/topics/altenerg.htm

In-depth and general overview links on alternative energy and the means by which they are produced, harvested and used.

 

Alternative Technology Association's Web Site

http://www.ata.org.au/

A web page on ATA- a non-profit community group that aims to use and promote renewable energy sources such as the sun, wind and water.  Contains links, references and current educational programming.

 

ASME: Advance Energy Systems Division - About AESD

http://www.asme.org/divisions/aesd/

Organized as one of four divisions within the Society's Energy Resources Board, ASME is concerned with non-conventional or emerging energy conversion processes, both direct and indirect.  Provides advancement in the field through publications, educational courses, and scholarships.

 

Awesome Library - Science

http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Classroom/Science/Ecology/Energy_Efficiency.html

Provides an incredible list of references, teacher lesson plans, and links on alternative energy uses such as recycling, electric cars, and solar, wind, hydroelectric, fuel cell power, and more.

 

California Energy Commission Home Page

http://www.energy.ca.gov/

The State of California's web site on producing alternative means of energy and energy conservation.  Provides general and detailed overviews and links to alternative energy sources, energy statistics and efficiency, and research and development.

 

California Energy Crisis

http://www.pge.com/006_news/current_issues/energycrisis/index.shtml

Pacific Gas and Electric Company's web site on the recent energy crisis and power outages.  Explains in detail what is happening and how residents can help lessen the crisis.

 

DOE Fossil Energy: Testimony

http://www.fe.doe.gov/events/testimony/00_joint_072600.shtml

Congressional Testimony from the U.S. Dept. of Energy on a hearing for the Need for a National Energy Strategy.

 

Environment News Service: Healing Our World Commentary: Energy Crisis or Greed Crisis?

http://ens.lycos.com/ens/feb2001/2001L-02-09g.html

News article that focuses on whether or not the current energy crisis was caused by greedy companies.  Also provides links and resources to energy efficiency and tips to save on energy at home and work.

 

Environmental Literacy Council -- Energy

http://www.enviroliteracy.org/category.php/4.html

Links to energy information, including alternative and renewable sources.

 

Open Directory - Science: Technology: Energy

http://dmoz.org/Science/Technology/Energy/

A search engine web site that has provided an enormous amount of web links on subjects ranging from alternative energy, to science and technology of energy and global power.

 

Renewable Energy: Wind, Energy, Solar, Bionmass, Geothermal and More

http://environment.about.com/cs/renewableenergy1/

Provides in-depth details on what renewable energy is and the many techniques and advancements the field is making. 

 

Renewable Energy Policy Project

http://www.crest.org/index.html

Link to current policy and specific facts and information about a variety of renewable energy projects.

 

Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry

http://www.senate.gov/~agriculture/Press/2000_Press/00720pra.htm

Transcript of a statement U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar delivered at a Senate Agriculture Nutrition and Forestry Committee hearing on energy prices and agriculture and how the U.S. is facing an emerging energy crisis.

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BOOKS

America's Energy Choices: Investing in a Strong Economy and Clean Environment. Cambridge, MA: Union of Concerned Scientists, c1991-c1992.  Biodiv REF TJ163.25 .U6 A54 1991.

 

Berger, John J. Charging Ahead: The Business of Renewable Energy and What it Means for America. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1998. Pub TJ807.9.U6 B47 1997.

 

Bloom, Fred. Photovoltaic Technology in the USDA Forest Service. Albuquerque, NM: Sandia National Laboratories, 1996. Biodiv TJ163.5 .P8 B56 1996.

 

Bromley, Marianne. Wildlife Management Implications of Petroleum Exploration and Development in Wildland Environments. Ogden, UT: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station, 1985. Main SD11 .I57 no.191.

 

Brown, Lester Russell. Six Steps to a Sustainable Society. Washington, D.C.: Worldwatch Institute, 1982. Biodiv HC54 .B66 1982.

 

California. Office of Appropriate Technology. Present Value: Constructing a Sustainable Future. Sacramento, CA: OAT, 1979. Main TJ163.4 .U6 C34 1979.

 

Chandler, William U. Energy Productivity: Key to Environmental Protection and Economic Progress. Washington, D.C.: Worldwatch Institute, c1985. Biodiv TJ163.2 .C4825 1985.

 

Devins, D. W. Energy, Its Physical Impact on the Environment. New York: Wiley, c1982. Main TD195 .E49 D48 1982.

 

Dispersed, Decentralized and Renewable Energy Sources: Alternatives to National Vulnerability and War, Final Report. Washington, D.C.: Federal Emergency Management Agency, 1980. Main HD9502 .U52 E5.

 

Duncan, Trent. Renew the Pub Lands: Photovoltaic Technology in the Bureau of Land Management. Albuquerque, NM: Sandia National Laboratories, 1996. Biodiv TJ163.5 .P8 D86 1996.

 

Energy Resource Recovery in Arid Lands. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, c1981. Main TJ163.25 .U6 E54 1981.

 

Environmental Education: Compendium for Energy Resources. Sacramento, CA: California Dept. of Education, 1992. Biodiv QH541.2 .E58 1992.

 

Proceedings of the Exxon Energy Research & Development Symposium: Science, Technology, and the Energy Transition, San Francisco, California, May 19, 1981. Florham Park, NJ: Exxon Research and Engineering Co., c1981.  Main TJ163.15 .E98 1981.

 

Flavin, Christopher. Electricity's Future: The Shift to Efficiency and Small-Scale Power. Washington, D.C., USA: Worldwatch Institute, c1984. Biodiv TK1001 .F53 1984.

 

Flavin, Christopher. Energy and Architecture: The Solar and Conservation Potential. Washington, D.C.: Worldwatch Institute, 1980. Biodiv TJ163.5 .B84 F52.

 

Flavin, Christopher. Power Surge: Guide to the Coming Energy Revolution. New York: W.W. Norton, c1994. Biodiv TJ163.2 .F58 1994.

 

Foley, Gerald. The Energy Question. London: Penguin Books;  New York: Viking Penguin, 1987. Main HD9502 .A2 F65 1987.

 

Gershon, David. Household Ecoteam Workbook. Woodstock, NY: Global Action Plan for the Earth, c1992. Biodiv TD171.7 .G47 1992.

 

Global Environment Protection Strategy Through Thermal Engineering. New York: Hemisphere Pub. Corp., c1992. Biodiv TD169 .G57 1992.

 

Grow Your Own Energy. Oxford;  New York: B. Blackwell; [London]: New Scientist, 1984. Main TP360 .G76 1984.

 

Health Risks of Energy Technologies. Boulder, CO: Westview Press for the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1983.  Main RA568.5 .H43 1983.

 

Holing, Dwight. Coastal Alert: Ecosystems, Energy, and Offshore Oil Drilling. Washington, D.C.: Island Press, c1990. Biodiv REF TD195 .P4 H64 1990.

 

Inhaber, Herbert. Energy Risk Assessment. New York: Gordon and Breach, c1982.Main TD195 .E49 I53 1982.

 

Javna, John. 30 Simple Energy Things You Can Do to Save the Earth. San Francisco, CA: Pacific Gas & Electric; Berkeley, CA: Earth Works Group, c1990. Biodiv, Pub, Biodiv REF, & Main TJ163.3 .J38 1990.

 

Kozloff, Keith. Rethinking Development Assistance for Renewable Electricity. Washington, D.C.: World Resources Institute, c1994. Biodiv TJ808 .K69 1994.

 

McKie, Robin. Energy. New York: Hampstead Press, 1989. Pub TJ163.23 .M38 1989.

 

Miami International Conference on Alternative Energy Sources. Solar Collectors Storage. Ann Arbor, MI: Ann Arbor Sciences, c1982. Main TK1056 .M53 1981.

 

Miller, Alan S. Growing Power: Bioenergy for Development and Industry. Washington, D.C.: World Resources Institute, 1986. Biodiv TD195 .B56 M64 1986.

 

A National Energy Strategy and Background Paper. Irving, TX: South/West Energy Council, 1990. Main HD9502 .U52 N369 1990.

 

National Energy Strategy: Powerful Ideas for America, One Year Later. Washington, D.C.: Dept. of Energy, 1992. Main HD9502 .U52 N372 1992.

 

Oguti, Takasi. Sun-Earth Energy Transfer. Oslo, Norway: Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, 1994.  Main QC883.2 .S6 O48 1994.

 

A Sustainable Energy Blueprint. Washington, D.C.: Communications Consortium Media Center, 1992. Biodiv HD9502 .U52 S87 1992.

 

Watson, Robert K. Looking for Oil in All the Wrong Places: Facts About Oil, Natural Gas and Efficiency Resources. Washington, D.C.: Natural Resources Defense Council, 1991. Biodiv TN872 .A5 W37 1991.

 

Williams, J. Richard. Solar Energy: Technology and Applications. Ann Arbor, MI:  Ann Arbor Science Publishers, 1974. Main TJ810 .W54.

 

National Conference on Renewable Natural Resources (1980: Washington, D.C.). Working Group Background Papers. Washington, D.C.: American Forestry Association, 1980 Main S912 .N278 1980.

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CHILDREN'S BOOKS

Ardley, Neil. The Science Book of Energy. San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992. Biodiv Juv QC73.4 .A75 1991.

 

Leedy, Loreen.  The Great Trash Bag.  New York, NY: Holiday House, 1991.  Biodiv Juv  TD 794.5 .L43 1991.

 

Pedersen, Anne.  The Kids' Environment Book.  Santa Fe, NM: John Muir Publications, 1991.  Biodiv Juv  TD 176 .P43 1991.

 

Stwertka, Eve and Albert Stwertka.  Cleaning Up: How Trash Becomes Treasure.  New York: Julian Messner, 1993.  Biodiv Juv TD 792 .S84 1993.

 

Temple, Lannis, ed.  Dear World: How Children Around the World Feel About Our Environment.  New York: Random House, 1993.  Biodiv Juv TD 176 .D42 1993.

 

Yanda, BillRads, Ergs, and Cheeseburgers: The Kid's Guide to Energy and the Environment.  Santa Fe, NM:  J. Muir Publications.  c1991.  Biodiv Juv  TD195 .E49 Y36 1991.

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VIDEOS

Co-dependent Ecology. Ventura, CA: Midway Productions, c1991. 1 videocassette (25 min.) Biodiv TJ163.5 .D86 C6 1991.

 

Conservation: A Film About Your Future.  Switzerland: The Worldwide Fund.  Biodiv Media  S.C. QH 75 .C65 1986.

 

Generation Earth.  Torrance, CA: Earth Endeavors; Oakland, CA: Distributed by Video Project, c1996  Biodiv Media  GE 80 .G46 1996.

 

Greenhouse Crisis the American Response. Cambridge, MA: The Union;  Oakland, CA: distributed by Video Project, c1989. 1 videocassette (11 min.): Biodiv QC912.3 .G73 1989.

 

Greenplans. Seattle, WA: KCTS Television; Oakland, CA: Distributed by The Video Project, c1995  Biodiv Media  GE 190 .N45 G74 1995.

 

Green Means.  Chapel Hill, NC: Environmental Media, c1994.  2 tapes. Biodiv Media  GE80 .G74 1994.

 

Green Means.  Chapel Hill, NC: Environmental Media, c1997.  Biodiv Media  GE80 .G74 1997.

 

Introduction to our Global Environment.  Washington, D.C.: World Resources Institute, c1994.  Biodiv Media  GE 140 .I57 1994.

 

Tomorrow's Energy Today Tomorrow's Energy Today, the Energy Efficiency Option. Arlington, VA: VideoTakes, Inc., [1993] 1 videocassette (50 min.) Biodiv TJ808 .T65 1993.

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