Energy resources

Employing scientific explanations and hard data, this book shows why coal is such a problem, how the pro-coal forces got to be so powerful, and how those forces might be defeated through political activism.

Helium has long been the subject of public policy deliberation and management, largely because of its many strategic uses and its unusual source-it is a derived product of natural gas and its market has several anomalous characteristics.

In Before the Flood Jacob Blanc traces the protest movements of rural Brazilians living in the shadow of the Itaipu dam-the largest producer of hydroelectric power in the world.

The deep ocean is by far the planet's largest biome and holds a wealth of potential natural assets.

The Energy Reader takes an unflinching look at the environmental devastation created by our thirst for energyincluding supposedly clean renewable sources.

What would a de-carbonised society be like?

Energy may be the most important factor that will influence the shape of society in the 21st century.

This volume investigates nuclear energy policies in Western Europe over the entire post-war period, but with special attention to the two most recent decades.

This volume addresses ten issues pertaining to energy and the environment, such as climate change, fossil fuels, endangered species, and renewable energy, and examines how these issues are affecting countries around the world.

A number of international, high-level science and policy meetings have been influential in the ongoing global climate change negotiations.

Rigorous exploration of the Trump administration''s pro-fossil fuel policy and its lasting impact on public health, the economy, and the environment.

The use of fracking is a tremendously important technology for the recovery of oil and gas, but the advantages and costs of fracking remain controversial.

The National Academies' National Research Council undertook this study in response to a request from the Under Secretary of Energy to provide strategic advice on how the Department of Energy could improve its Environmental Quality R&D portfolio.

As a society we use energy for climate control and lighting in buildings, moving people and goods form one place to another and making things.

There is a growing sense of national urgency about the role of energy in long-term U.

Fracking for gas trapped in shale could be a game changer in the quest to find alternatives to dirty fossil fuels, but it also has potential for harm.

An essential review of the history, benefits, limitations, failures, and politics of pipelines, with a core focus on potential harms to environmental and human health.

The decisions we make about energy shape our present and our future.

What would a de-carbonised society be like?

Ever since the Industrial Revolution energy has been a key driver of world politics.

Contextualizes and analyzes the key energy transitions in U.

This book is a comprehensive and analytical perspective on the future of electricity demand in a low-carbon world.

This book shows how promoting clean energy technologies - from solar panels to electric cars - can end human-induced climate change.

This book examines the key aspects that will define future sustainable energy systems: biofuels, green nanomaterials and the production of bioethanol and bio-hydrogen from bio-waste.

Renewing Destruction examines how wind energy projects impact people and their environments.

Energy may be the most important factor that will influence the shape of society in the 21st century.

Fully updated, this third edition explores the benefits and problems of modern energy technology and policy, suitable for a broad readership.

'The direction of travel in the global energy system seems clear: a historic shift away from fossil fuels is under way.

This book considers, and offers solutions to, the problems faced by local communities and the environment with respect to global mining.

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The purpose of this textbook is to provide a well-rounded working knowledge of both climate change and environmental sustainability for a wide range of students.

Canada is one of many countries around the world that use nuclear reactors to generate electrical power, in part to reduce our carbon footprint.

Inside small homes and huts throughout the developing world, billions of people burn fires in rudimentary stoves to prepare their meals and heat their homes.

Fully updated, this third edition explores the benefits and problems of modern energy technology and policy, suitable for a broad readership.

This book presents a critical review of the status of energy security in Asia and suggests how a country or a region collectively can achieve energy security in two broad aspects.

This book considers, and offers solutions to, the problems faced by local communities and the environment with respect to global mining.

The last decade has seen a revolution in global energy.

The use of fracking is a tremendously important technology for the recovery of oil and gas, but the advantages and costs of fracking remain controversial.

In a fast-changing world, where the extraction of natural resources is key to development, whilst also creating environmental and social disasters, understanding how landscapes, people and politics are shaped by extraction is crucial.

This book shows how promoting clean energy technologies - from solar panels to electric cars - can end human-induced climate change.

Energy and Global Climate Change: Bridging the Sustainable Development Divide focuses attention on two urgent global development challenges faced by the UN and its member states: access to sustainable energy for all, and global climate change.

Electricity is a basic requirement for a modern economy, and transmission grids at the center of transition to a low-carbon power system.

Energy, and access to energy, are essential to human life, civilisation and development.

Delve into the history of energy resource conflicts, their present status, and the potential effects of today's energy production decisions on the future of humanity.

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.

Canada emerged from the Second World War as a hydro-electric superpower.

Energy and mineral resources are essential for the nation's fundamental functions, its economy, and security.

Fracking for gas trapped in shale could be a game changer in the quest to find alternatives to dirty fossil fuels, but it also has potential for harm.