The energy industry / Kristina Lyn Heitkamp, book editor.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Current controversiesPublisher: New York, NY : Greenhaven Publishing, LLC, 2019Copyright date: Edition: First editionDescription: 200 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781534503014
  • 1534503013
  • 9781534503021
  • 1534503021
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 333.790973 23
LOC classification:
  • HD9502.U52 E4955 2019
Contents:
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.
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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.

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