This page provides links to a variety of articles and other resources relating to energy. 

General links

• Heinrichs and Kleinbach textbook
• Department of Energy - Energy Literacy

Coal

Wikipedia article on Coal

Clean-Energy.US website

International Energy Agency: Coal Information

US Energy Information Administration: Coal

National Energy Technology Laboratory website

New Century Coal

IHS-McCloskey Coal Information & Insight

World Coal Institute - Coal Technologies

Minerals Education Coalition

Coal Facts

China Coal Information Institute

SNL Energy

American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity

Office of Fossil Energy: Clean Coal

Coal is Clean

Quit Coal

Sierra Club Coal website

I Love Mountains

Natural Resources Defense Council

Article by James Fallows

Article by Bryan Walsh

Congressional testimony from Kenneth M. Klemow

Petroleum

Wikipedia article on Petroleum

Clean-Energy.US website

USGS

US Energy Information Administration: Petroleum

USEIA analysis on our dependence on foreign oil

Energy4me: Petroleum

LMKR Petroleum Information Service

Oil Information Technology Journal

Petroleum information from UK

Oil Prices and Energy Information

Energy Intelligence - Oil Daily

Institute for Energy Research: Petroleum

American Petroleum Institute

Exxon Mobil

Polluter Watch

Greenpeace blogs: oil-pollution

Article on China overtaking US as #1 importer

Article by John Farley

Article by Kathryn Marshall

Conventional Natural Gas

• Wikipedia article on natural gas
• US Energy Information Administration
• US EPA website on natural gas
• US DOE Alternative Fuels resource on natural gas
  
• Document from Fossil-Energy.gov website
• PA Department of Environmental Protection Office of Oil and Gas Management
  
• NaturalGas.org website
• American Petroleum Institute website
• America's Natural Gas Alliance website
  
• New York Times resource on natural gas
• Bloomberg website on natural gas
• Henry Hub Natural Gas Futures
• Autoblog.com
• Disadvantages of Natural Gas
• Natural Gas Watch
  
• Resource from U. Minnesota
• MIT study
  
• Environmental Defense Fund website
  
• About.com website on alternative fuels
• Recycled natural gas
  
• Article by Heidi Reeves
• Article by Erin Ailworth
• Article by Mike Ewall

Unconventional natural gas

• Wikipedia article on Shale gas
  
• Wikipedia article on the Marcellus Formation
  
• American Petroleum Institute website
  
• Document from Fossil-Energy.gov website
• PA Department of Environmental Protection website
  
• US Geological Survey website
  
• NaturalGas.org website
• ShaleBlog.com website
  
• Energy Tomorrow website
• Article on Association for Study of Peak Oil
• Energy in Depth
• WhatIsFracking
  
• Marcellus Formation on Geology.com
• Natural Gas in Pennsylvania
  
• Oil and Shale Gas Discovery News
  
• Marcellus Shale website from NY DEC
• Dangers of Fracking website
• Gas Drilling Awareness Coalition
  
• Gasland The Movie
• National Geographic article
  
• Time Magazine resource
• Scientific American article (see also)
  
• Wall Street Journal article
• Opinion piece by Joe Nocera
  
• Popular Mechanics article
  
• Article by Donald Hertzmark
• Methane hydrates program from NETL
• Article by Henry Fountain (NY Times)

Hubbert Curve

• Wikipedia article on Hubbert Peak Theory
  
• Wikipedia article on Peak Oil
  
• Hubbertpeak.com website
  
• Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas (APSO)
• Peak Oil Primer in Energy Bulletin
• PeakOil.com website
• The Wolf at the Door: A Beginner's Guide to Peak Oil
• Oilcrisis.com
• Peak Oil Debunked
  
• Article by Colin Campbell
• Article by Robert Rapier
• Article by James Howard Kunstler
• Article by J.H. Laherrère
• Article by Kenneth S. Deffeyes
• Interactive Oil Depletion Atlas
• Article by Louis Basenese
• Article by George Wuerthner
• Article by Bob Lutz
• Article by Andrew McKay
• Article by Jeremy Wakeford

Nuclear

• Wikipedia article on Nuclear power
• World Nuclear Association
  
• US Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy website
• US Nuclear Regulatory Commission website
• National Energy Technology Laboratory website
• Sandia National Laboratories website
• Tennessee Valley Authority nuclear energy website
  
• American Nuclear Society
  
• Darvill's nuclear power site
  
• Energyquest article on nuclear energy
• Thinkquest article on nuclear energy
  
• Canadian Nuclear Association
• European Commission statement on nuclear issues
  
• MIT article on the future of nuclear power (see update)
  
• CNN article by S. Hargreaves
  
• Pros and cons of nuclear energy
  
• PBS Newshour forum on nuclear energy
• Nuclear power phase-out pros and cons
  
• Consumer Utility Services blog on nuclear pros and cons
• Union of Concerned Scientists resource on nuclear
• Greenpeace International resource on nuclear
• Stop Nuclear Power Network
  
• New York Times resource on nuclear energy
• Article by James Conca in Forbes
• Article by Mathew Fisher in Business Week
• Article in Washington Post

Wind power

• Wikipedia article on wind power
• Wikipedia article on wind profile power law
  
• How wind power works
  
• US DOE Wind and Hydropower Technologies Program
• Energy Information Administration Wind website
  
• Renewable Energy Access website on wind
  
• American Wind Energy Association
• Danish Wind Energy Association
• British Wind Energy Association
  
• Wind Power monthly
  
• Windpower 2014
• Darvill article on wind
• Union of Concerned Scientists windpower site
• Pennsylvania Wind Working Group
• Pennsylvania Wind Map
• Pennsylvania Wind Farms and Wildlife Collaborative
• Audubon Society Wind Power page
  
• National Wind Watch
• Industrial Wind Action Group
• Stop Ill Wind
• Industrial Wind Energy Opposition
• Highland County, VA Industrial windfarm activist website
• TVA's Buffalo Mountain Wind Power Plant activist website
  
• Cape Cod Times Windfarm Page
• Article by Charles Komanoff
• Discussion about this article
  
• Article by Yuriko Saito
  
• Response by Jon Boone
• Rebuttal by Yuriko Saito
• Article by Brad Johnson
• Article by Ananth Baliga
• Article by Melissa Anders

Solar power

• Wikipedia article on solar energy
  
• Solar Energy International
• International Solar Energy Society
  
• American Solar Energy Society
• Solar Energy Industries Association
• Solar Energy network
  
• US Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Program website
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory Solar Energy Basics
  
• Solarenergy.com
  
• ScienceDaily Solar Energy News
  
• Energyquest article
• Thinkquest article
• Darvill's solar power website
  
• Union of Concerned Scientists article
  
• Anne Clark article
• Southface solar energy website
  
• Revkin / Wald article in NY Times
• Nick Rosen opinion piece
• Powerlight website
  
• Seriously Solar website
  
• Disadvantages of solar energy
• Article in Electrodynamics
• Article in Wisegeeks
• Article in Worldwatch
  
• Solar panel scam
• Article by Philip Bump

Hydropower

• Wikipedia article on Hydroelectricity
  
• Environmental Literacy Council Hydroelectric Power website
  
• How Hydropower Plants Work
  
• Consumer Utility Services Hydroelectric website
  
• The energy planet Hydroelectric power website
• Thinkquest article on hydroelectric power
• Union of Concerned Scientists hydroelectric website
  
• Renewable Energy Access website on hydropower
  
• Online chapter on Hydro Power by Energyquest
  
• National Hydropower Association
• Explanation of pumped storage facility
  
• Andy Darvill web resource on hydroelectric
• Article on ecology.com
  
• Electrical Engineering Tutorials
  
• Article in New Scientist
• Pros and cons of hydropower
  
• Pros and cons of hydropower from Wellhome.com
• Article from American Rivers
• Article by Elizabeth Ingram
• Article by Laura Zuckerman
• Tidal power pros and cons by RP Siegel
• Tidal power pros and cons by Energy Informative
  
• Hydropower in Pennsylvania article

Geothermal

• Wikipedia article on Geothermal Power
  
• Geothermal Education Office website
  
• US Department of Energy Geothermal Technologies Program website
• International Geothermal Association website
  
• Renewable Energy Access website on geothermal energy
  
• Online chapter on geothermal energy by Energyquest
• Union of Concerned Scientists geothermal website
  
• Geothermal Energy Association
  
• Andy Darvill web resource on geothermal
• Clean Energy Ideas web resource
• Geothermal resource from New York Times
• National Geographic resource on geothermal
  
• Articles on geothermal from Oilprice.com
  
• Geothermal pros and cons
• Geothermal pros and cons from Energy Informative
  
• Comments by Jasmin Malik Chua
• Article by Katie Fehrenbacher
• Article by John Edwards
• Article by Melanie Kaplan
• Geothermal energy disadvantages from Buzzle
• Earthquakes and other risks from geothermal
  
• Article in USA Today
• Link to report evaluating sedimentation caused by geothermal in California
• Geo Energy

Hydrogen

• Wikipedia article on hydrogen
  
• Wikipedia article on hydrogen economy
• Wikipedia article on hydrogen vehicle
• US DOE Hydrogen Program
  
• US DOE Hydrogen, Fuel Cells & Intrastructure Technologies Program
  
• Renewable Energy Access website on hydrogen energy
  
• American Hydrogen Association
• Website from Hydrogenenergy.com
• University of Michigan website
  
• HYPOTHESIS website
  
• Newshour website on hydrogen
  
• Article in Popular Mechanics
• Article in Science Daily
• Hydrogen Power website
• MSNBC article
• Fuel cell energy pros and cons
• Hydrogen power pros and cons
  
• Article by Stephen Leahy
• Article by Michael Canellos
• Article by Ezra Dyer
  
• Article by Peggy Mihelich
  
• Article by Peter Schwartz
• Article by Brian Dumaine

Biomass

• Wikipedia article on biomass
• US DOE Biomass Program
• Energy Information Administration biomass website
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory biomass website
• Energyquest chapter on biomass energy
• European Commission Energy Research biomass website
  
• European Biomass Association
  
• Free Energy News Biomass article
  
• Renewable Energy Access website on biomass
• Northeast Regional Biomass Program
• Biomass Energy Resource Center
• Biomass Energy Foundation Biomass site
• Andy Darvill article on biomass
• Science Encylopedia article on biomass
  
• Union of Concerned Scientists biomass site
• ThinkQuest biomass site
• Legacy Foundation biomass briquette website
• Penn State Biomass Energy Center
• Penn Energy Biomass Resource
  
• Article by Ted Trainer
• Article by Erin Voegele
• Article by Amy Yee
• Article on "dirty biomass"
• Article in The Economist
  

• Wikipedia article on biodiesel
• Article on biodiesel from Wisegeek.com
  
• How biodiesel works
• US DOE Biodiesel Resource
  
• Energy Information Administration Biodiesel Performance, Costs, and Use
  
• Biodiesel from fueleconomy.gov
• National Biodiesel Board
• Biodiesel Fuel
  
• Pacific Biodiesel
• Renewable Energy Group
• Biodiesel magazine
  
• Green Car Congress biodiesel website
  
• Union of Concerned Scientists biodiesel site
• Article by Van Gerpen and Shrestha on biodiesel energy balance
  
• R-Squared Energy Blog on Biodiesel
• Article by Susan Lang
• Article by Robin Saks Sadowsky
  
• Article by Carlin Lee
• Article by Charles Stillman
• Article by Ann Farmer
  
• Article by George Monbiot
• Article on Energy Justice Network
  

• Wikipedia article on ethanol fuel
  
• Wikipedia article on cellulosic ethanol
• Wikipedia article on ethanol fuel energy balance
  
• Energy Information Administration ethanol website
• Renewable Fuels Association website
• Union of Concerned Scientists ethanol FAQ site
• Biozio website
• Ethanol pros and cons
  
• Oak Ridge National Lab report
  
• Article on Japan's cellulosic ethanol program
• Popular Mechanics article
• Article on WiseGeek
  
• Cellulosic ethanol pros and cons
  
• Article by Susan Lang
• Article by Dachary Carey
  
• Article in Science Daily
  
• Article by Larry Rohter
  
• Article by Stefan Lovgren
• Article by Elizabeth Svoboda
• Article by H. Josef Herbert
• Article by Charles Q. Choi
• Article by Lynn Grooms
  
• Article by Peter Huber
• Article by Christopher Helman
  
• Energy Justice Network factsheet on ethanol biorefineries

Energy conservation / sustainability

• Wikipedia article on sustainability
• Resource from US EPA
• Association for Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education
• Sustainability degrees
  
• Green resources from Expertise
• Article from the Economist
• Article from Harvard Business Review
• MIT Sloan School of Management sustainability initiative

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