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Topics
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- World Energy
Use (including oil and coal)
- Energy Policy
(local, national, international)
- Climate
Change
- Coal
- Oil - Drilling
- Oil - Environmental
Issues
- Oil -
Refineries
- Oil - Supply and
Demand
- Oil - Human Rights
Issues
- Oil - Politics
- Oil -
Unconventional Oil
- Alternative Energy
- Environmental Issues
- Alternative
Energy - Biofuel
- Air Quality
- Legislation
- Google Earth Files
- Other Tools
World
Energy Use [top]
Policy
- National & Local Issues Regarding Earth Resources
[top]
Coal
[top]
- Appalachian
Mountaintop Removal - A Google Earth KML file showing
mountaintop removal coal mines in the Appalachians (produced
by an environmental activitst group).
Climate Change
[top]
Post-Kyoto
Oil
- Drilling Issues [top]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge:
Pro-Drilling
- ANWR.org
-"Top 10 reasons to support ANWR development"
- ANWR.org
-"Making the Case for ANWR"
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge:
Anti-Drilling
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge:
Government Reports
- US
Fish & Wildlife 2001 Report -"Potential Impacts of Proposed
Oil and Gas Development on the Arctic Refuge's Coastal Plain:
Historial Overview of Issues and Concerns."
- EIA
2008 Report -"Analysis of Crude Oil Production in the
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge."
- NRC
2003 Report -"Cumulative Environmental Effects of Oil
and Gas Activities on Alaska's North Slope."
Drilling in Other Areas
Oil Well Fires
Oil
- Environmental Impact [top]
Oil
- Refineries[top]
Oil
- Human Rights Issues [top]
Oil
- Supply and Demand [top]
- Who
Has the Oil? - Cool B.P. infographic.
- What's
Your Consumption Factor? NY Times Op-Ed by Jared Diamond
- January 2008
- Nontechnical
guide to petroleum geology, exploration, drilling, and production
by Norman J. Hyne (2001) - A good overview of many issues
in looking for and drilling oil.
Oil
- Politics [top]
Oil
- Peak Oil [top]
Oil
- Unconventional Oil [top]
Alternative Energy - Environmental
Issues [top]
Alternative Energy - Biofuel
[top]
Air Quality
[top]
- ScoreCard
- Air and water quality scorecards by city
Legislation
[top]
- H.R.2454
-"American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009"
(The "Waxman-Markey Bill")
- Background
from the Washington Post
- Environment360:
The Waxman-Markey Bill: A Good Start or a Non-Starter?
-- A good overview of the various opinions on this bill
- In favor:
- National Resource Defense
Council - Statement
- Opposed:
H.R.2454
- Summary and Key Provisions
Google Earth Files
[top]
Other Tools
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