Sustainability: Energy

Recycling programs divert tons of material from landfills every year / US Environmental Protection Agency -- Recycling benefits the economy and creates jobs / Neil Seldman -- Recycling is a waste of time, money, and energy / Edwin Decker -- Studies link reusable grocery bags to foodborne illnesses and theft / Steve Holt -- Water conservation practices benefit communities nationwide / US Environmental Protection Agency -- Using green cleaning products has health and environmental benefits / Carol Ruth Weber -- Green consumerism confers a false sense of making a difference / Richard Wilk -- Demand for eco-friendly products has led to corporate "greenwashing" / Greenpeace -- Driving an electric car reduces carbon emissions and fuel costs / Union of Concerned Scientists -- Biofuels are not a green alternative to fossil fuels / Andrew Steer and Craig Hanson -- Renewable energy sources benefit health, climate, and the economy / Union of Concerned Scientists -- Renewable energy sources make the power grid more difficult to manage / Kim Smuga-Otto

Can alternative energy sources effectively replace fossil fuels? Society needs decentralized and renewable energy alternatives / Steven Cohen -- Promoting alternative fuels for vehicles is a waste of taxpayers' money / John DeCicco -- Diverse alternative energy sources will be essential to the future / Eric McLamb -- Alternative energy sources are too costly and unreliable / Benjamin Zycher -- Alternative energy sources can power the world by 2050 / Louis Bergeron -- Don't count oil out / Robert Bryce -- Do the benefits of wind power outweigh its disadvantages? Wind power is affordable and has low environmental impact / Windustry -- Wind farms creating an environmental divide / Erin Ailworth -- The noise of wind turbines does not damage human health / Zoe Casey -- Wind power is unreliable, expensive, and disruptive / Norman Rogers -- Wind power companies are making extensive efforts to protect birds

Our house, your house -- Ballfields and boxtops -- Local communities capture the sun -- Wastelands redeemed -- The desert's harvest -- Tribal sun -- Focusing on Tonopah -- Cradle to grave -- Building a robust solar economy -- Disrupting the utility status quo -- Our solar future.

Coal's liquid pathways -- The anthracite energy transition -- Pennsylvania's petroleum boom -- Pipelines and power -- Taming the Susquehanna River -- The electrification of America.

Just add water -- Ottis Grimes -- Everyone comes for the money -- Dominion over the rocks -- Wise County -- Ice doesn't freeze anymore -- Larry was the brake -- The rise of Aubrey McClendon -- The fall of Aubrey McClendon -- Celestia -- Blessings of the Pope -- Ghost Ridin' Grandpa -- Pandora's frack.

The increasing importance of biomass as a renewable energy source has led to an acute need for reliable and detailed information on its assessment, consumption and supply. Responding to this need, and overcoming the lack of standardised measurement and accounting procedures, this best-selling handbook provides the reader with the skills to understand the biomass resource base, the tools to assess the resource, and explores the pros and cons of exploitation. This new edition has been fully updated and revised with new chapters on sustainability methodologies. Topics covered include assessment methods for woody and herbaceous biomass, biomass supply and consumption, land use change, remote sensing techniques, food security, sustainability and certification as well as vital policy issues. The book includes international case studies on techniques from measuring tree volume to transporting biomass, which help to illustrate step-by-step methods.

Renewable Energy Resources is a numerate and quantitative text covering the full range of renewable energy technologies and their implementation worldwide. Energy supplies from renewables (such as from biofuels, solar heat, photovoltaics, wind, hydro, wave, tidal, geothermal, and ocean-thermal) are essential components of every nation's energy strategy, not least because of concerns for the local and global environment, for energy security and for sustainability. Thus in the years between the first and this third edition, most renewable energy technologies have grown from fledgling impact to significant importance because they make good sense, good policy and good business.

This book provides an outstanding single-volume resource on the topic of solar energy for young adults and general audiences.• Provides an accessible and useful technical introduction to the various ways in which solar energy can be used for heat production and the generation of electricity• Outlines some of the critical environmental, technical, economic, and political issues that have prevented solar energy from becoming a more significant part of the nation's energy equation• Includes primary source documents such as relevant laws, court cases, position statements, and other items that allow readers to directly examine the history of solar energy

While covering the fascinating history of wind power as a whole, this timely handbook focuses on current technological developments and the promise—and pitfalls—of wind energy as part of the world's energy future.• Serves as a comprehensive introduction to the topic and a guide for further study• Features expert essays on issues and controversies related to the use of wind energy• Covers the dangers wind power poses to wildlife as well as its impacts on communities'economic development• Profiles key individuals and organizations in the field• Includes statistical information on the production and consumption of wind energy in the United States and around the world