TY - BOOK AU - Heitkamp,Kristina Lyn TI - The energy industry T2 - Current controversies SN - 9781534503014 AV - HD9502.U52 E4955 2019 U1 - 333.790973 23 PY - 2019/// CY - New York, NY PB - Greenhaven Publishing, LLC KW - Power resources KW - Juvenile literature KW - Renewable energy sources KW - Sustainable engineering KW - Energy industries KW - United States KW - Energy policy KW - fast KW - Juvenile works N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-196) and index; The energy debate: Fossil fuels versus renewable energy; Toni Pyke --; The benefits of renewable energies far outweigh fossil fuels; Union of Concerned Scientists --; Politicians stand in the way of a low-carbon economy; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development --; Oil subsidies - More material for climate change; Peter Erickson, Varun Sivaram --; Large-scale energy storage is a problem for renewable energy; Tom Murphy --; Environmental impacts from wind energy; Union of Concerned Scientists --; The footprint of renewables is larger than expected; Hans Verolme --; The coal industry provides jobs to millions, but its future is uncertain; Benjamin von Brackel --; Coal carbon capture, use, and storage may be the golden ticket; The World Coal Association --; The US hit the jackpot with coal; Fred Beach --; Coal carbon capture is a scam; Greenpeace --; Behind the scenes of coal; Douglas Fischer --; Coal miners become solar technicians; Michael Renner --; Nuclear energy is cleaner than coal and natural gas; Union of Concerned Scientists --; Climate change: The case for nuclear energy; Luis Echavarri --; Nuclear energy innovation fights climate change; The International Atomic Energy Agency --; Nuclear waste is dirty and dangerous; Union of Concerned Scientists --; Building nuclear plants takes years and is expensive; Jim Green --; Nobody wants nuclear energy; Ben Paulos --; Fracking controversy and communication; Hilary Boudet, Christopher Clarke, Dylan Bugden, Edward Maibach, Connie Roser-Renouf, and Anthony Leiserowitz --; Domestic and cheap, natural gas makes sense; The Institute for Energy Research --; Natural gas is a clean transition fuel; Fang-Yu Liang, Marta Ryvak, Sara Sayeed, Nick Zhao --; When done right, fracking is safe; Jacquelyn Pless --; The environmental impact of natural gas; Union of Concerned Scientists --; Engineers have an ethical responsibility when evaluating fracking risk; Fracking's environmental impacts: Water; Greenpeace --; Organizations to contact; Ages 14 and up ER -