Air Pollution

Natural Resources Defense Council: Air
http://www.nrdc.org/air/default.asp

EPA: Air
http://www.epa.gov/ebtpages/air.html

Medline: Air Pollution
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/airpollution.html

American Lung Association
http://lungaction.org/reports/stateoftheair2007.html

Air Pollution fact sheet
http://www.nsc.org/ehc/mobile/airpollu.htm

Damage to Natural Resources

My Footprint
http://www.myfootprint.org/

Ecological Footprint
http://www.rprogress.org/

USGS Resources
http://education.usgs.gov/common/secondary.htm

FEMA: Floods
http://www.fema.gov/hazard/flood/index.shtm

Inland Flooding
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/HAW2/english/inland_flood.shtml

US Search and Rescue: Floods
http://www.ussartf.org/flooding.htm

Rain-driven erosion
http://peacecorps.mtu.edu/resources/studentprojects/AdamB/Rain%20Erosion.html

Erosion Prevention/Erosion Control
http://www.lakesuperiorstreams.org/stormwater/toolkit/contractor/erosion.html

Landslides types and processes
http://nationalatlas.gov/articles/geology/a_landslide.html

Clearcutting
http://www.nrdc.org/land/forests/fcut.asp

California Clear-cutting
http://archive.salon.com/news/feature/2000/06/09/clear_cutting/

Clear-cutting causes landslides
http://www.umpqua-watersheds.org/local/landslides/slides.html

Clear-cutting blamed for landslides
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/323997.html

EPA: Waste
http://www.epa.gov/osw/

EPA: Wastes
http://www.epa.gov/ebtpages/wastes.html

Mining Pollution
http://www.hcn.org/archivesbysubject.jsp?category=Mining&subject=Pollution

Fossil & Alternative Fuels (Coal; Natural Gas; Oil)

Alternative Energy
http://alternativeenergy.com/

Exploring Alternative Energy
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teachers/lessonplans/science/alternative_energy.html

Fossil Fuels Eco-Stat
http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/energy/ecostats/index.cfm

Fossil Energy
http://www.fossil.energy.gov/

Renewable Energy
http://www.renewable-energy.uiuc.edu/about/impacts.php

Energy Timeline
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/history/timelines/index.html

History of Energy in the US: 1635--2000
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/aer/eh/frame.html

Coal Basics 101
http://www.eia.doe.gov/basics/coal_basics.html

Dept. of Energy: Coal
http://www.energy.gov/energysources/print/coal.htm

Coal in the Modern World
http://www.worldcoal.org/

GE: Cleaner Coal
http://ge.ecomagination.com/site/index.html?c_id=googpofeb5#tampa/detail

Electricity Basics 101
http://www.eia.doe.gov/basics/electricity_basics.html

Natural Gas Basics 101
http://www.eia.doe.gov/basics/naturalgas_basics.html

Natural Gas: Background
http://www.naturalgas.org/overview/background.asp

Natural Gas Facts
http://www.naturalgasfacts.org/index.html

Petroleum 101
http://www.eia.doe.gov/basics/petroleum_basics.html

Adventures in Energy: a look at Oil & Natural Gas
http://www.classroom-energy.org/oil_natural_gas/adventures_in_energy/index.html

Natural Resources Defense Council: Oil & Energy
http://www.nrdc.org/energy/default.asp

Ethanol
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/renewable/ethanol.html#environment

Biodiesel
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/renewable/biodiesel.html

Alternative Fuel
http://www.eere.energy.gov/afdc/

Geothermal Energy

Energy Timeline
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/history/timelines/index.html

Geothermal Basics 101
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/renewable/geothermal.html

Geothermal technology
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/geothermal/

How Geothermal energy works
http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/renewable_energy_basics/offmen-how-geothermal-energy-works.html

Alliant Energy: Geothermal
http://www.alliantenergygeothermal.com/stellent2/groups/public/documents/pub/geo_001407.hcsp

Green Home Building

Natural Resources Defense Council: Green Living
http://www.nrdc.org/greenliving/default.asp

IL EPA: Green Communities
http://www.epa.state.il.us/p2/green-communities/resources.html

Why Build Green
http://www.globalgreen.org/gbrc/whygreen.htm

Consumer's Guide to Energy Efficiency
http://www.eere.energy.gov/consumer/

Energy solutions for building
http://www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/info/homes/newconstruction.html

Green building
http://www.toolbase.org/ToolbaseResources/level3.aspx?BucketID=2&CategoryID=17

US Green Building Council
http://www.usgbc.org/

NESEA: Energy Building
http://www.nesea.org/

Green Guide
http://www.thegreenguide.com/

Green Building
http://www.greenbuilding.com/

Green Home Building
http://www.greenhomebuilding.com/

Alternative & Hybrid Automobiles

Green Vehicle Guide
http://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/Index.do;jsessionid=823087cee1d8234f134c

Alternative & Advanced Vehicles
http://www.eere.energy.gov/afdc/vehicles/index.html

Vehicle Technology
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/vehiclesandfuels/

Fuel Economy
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/

Hybrid Cars
http://www.hybridcars.com/

Motor Trend: New Hybrid Cars
http://www.motortrend.com/new_cars/27/hybrid_cars/

Clean Vehicles
http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_vehicles/

How Hybrid cars work
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/hybrid-car.htm

Energy Timeline
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/history/timelines/index.html

Hydroelectric

Energy Timeline
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/history/timelines/index.html

Hydropower
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/renewable/water.html

Hydroelectric Technology
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/windandhydro/

Hydroelectric Power: How it works
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/hyhowworks.html

How Hydroelectric Energy Works
http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/renewable_energy_basics/how-hydroelectric-energy-works.html

How HydroPower plants work
http://www.howstuffworks.com/hydropower-plant.htm

Nuclear Energy

Energy Timeline
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/history/timelines/index.html

Nuclear Basics 101
http://www.eia.doe.gov/basics/nuclear_basics.html

How Nuclear Power works
http://www.howstuffworks.com/nuclear-power.htm

Nuclear Energy Institute
http://www.nei.org/

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commision
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/basic-ref/students.html

Solar Energy

Energy Timeline
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/history/timelines/index.html

Energy from the Sun
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/renewable/solar.html

Solar Energy Technology Program
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/

Solar Power Pros & Cons
http://www.alternativeuse.com/energy_pros_solar_power.htm

How Solar Cells Work
http://www.howstuffworks.com/solar-cell1.htm

Solar Energy: Answers to your questions
http://www.solarenergy.org/resources/youngkids.html

GE: Solar Electric Power
http://ge.ecomagination.com/site/index.html?c_id=googpofeb5#napa/detail

Tidal Energy

Ocean Energy
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/renewable/ocean.html

Ocean Tidal Power
http://www.eere.energy.gov/consumer/renewable_energy/ocean/index.cfm/mytopic=50008

Tidal Energy Boom
http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/tidal-energy-industry-boom/

Tapping Tidal Energy
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003931009_wavepower07m0.html

Puget Sound Tidal Energy
http://www.pstidalenergy.org/index.html

Ocean Renewable Power
http://www.oceanrenewablepower.com/home.htm

Water Pollution

Natural Resources Defense Council: Water Pollution
http://www.nrdc.org/water/default.asp

EPA: Water Pollution
http://www.epa.gov/ebtpages/watewaterpollution.html

Medline: Water Pollution
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/waterpollution.html

Water Pollution in the Great Lakes
http://www.great-lakes.net/teach/pollution/water/water1.html

Wind Energy

Energy Timeline
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/history/timelines/index.html

Wind Basics 101
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/renewable/wind.html

Wind Technology Program
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/windandhydro/

Science Daily: Wind Energy
http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/matter_energy/wind_energy/

GE: Wind Turbines
http://ge.ecomagination.com/site/index.html?c_id=googpofeb5#arklow/detail

Physical Science – Resources and Conservation

New Books without Call Numbers
Biomass
Coal
Complete idiot's guide to solar power for your home
Fog, smog & poisoned rain
Geosphere
Go green
Hydrosphere
Living like Ed
Natural gas
Nuclear power
Oil
Oil and the future of energy
Solar power
Solar power for your home for dummies
Water
Wind

Non-Fiction Books                                                                               
333.72 ENV                              
The environment (2006)
Dudley, William, editor

333.72 MCK (2006)
True green : 100 everyday ways you can contribute to a healthier planet
McKay, Kim

333.79 ENE (2002)
Energy alternatives : opposing viewpoints
Cothran, Helen, editor

333.79 KEL (2007)
Energy supply and renewable resources
Kelly, Regina Anne

333.79 POV  (2007)
Energy alternatives
Povey, Karen D.

333.7924 DAL (1997)
Nuclear power : promise or peril?
Daley, Michael J.

333.794 MOR (2003)
Alternative energy sources
Morgan, Sally

333.91 PEA (2006)
When the rivers run dry: water, the defining crisis of the twenty-first century
Pearce, Fred

333.91 WIL (2007)
Will the world run out of fresh water?
Miller, Debra A., editor

363.7 ENV (2001)
The Environment : opposing viewpoints
Dudley, William

363.7 ENV (2006)
The environment
Andrea C. Nakaya, editor

363.7 GLO (1999)
The Global ecology
Moran, Edward, editor

363.7287 NUC  (2001)
Nuclear and toxic waste
Streissguth, Thomas, editor

363.7289 MUR (1994)
Understanding radioactive waste
Murray, Raymond LeRoy

363.7289 MUR (2003)
Understanding radioactive waste
Murray, Raymond LeRoy 

363.73 POL (2000)
Pollution : opposing viewpoints
Roleff, Tamara L., editor

363.73 POL (2007)
Pollution
Bily, Cynthia A.,editor

363.73 POL (2007)
Pollution
Miller, Debra A., editor

363.7387 DAV (2007)
The down-to-earth guide to global
David, Laurie

363.7387 GLO (2005)
Global warming
Gaughen, Shasta, editor

363.7387 GOR  (2007)
An inconvenient truth:  the crisis of global warming
Gore, Albert

363.7387 IS (2007)
Is global warming a threat?
Haugen, David M., editor

363.7387 SHA (2002)
Global warming
Shaw, Jane S.

363.7392 AIR  (2005)
Air quality
Calhoun, Yael, editor

616.2 IS (2005)
Is air pollution a serious threat to health?
Nakaya, Andrea C., editor

621.483 WIL (1996)
Powerhouse : inside a nuclear power plant
Wilcox, Charlotte

629.2293 AND (2005)
Electric and hybrid cars : a history
Anderson, Curtis D.

Reference Books
R 051 CQ 2005
The CQ Researcher, January – December 2005
         Alternative Energy  page 173
         Domestic Energy Development  page 809
         Saving the Oceans  page 933

R 051 CQ 2003
The CQ Researcher, January – December 2003
         Water Shortages  page  649
         Air Pollution Conflict  page 965

R 051 CQ 2002
The CQ Researcher, January – December 2002
         Threatened Fisheries  page 617
         Bush and the Environment  page 865

R 051 CQ 2001
The CQ Researcher, January – December 2001
         Global Warming Treaty  page 41
         Energy Policy  page  441
         Nuclear Waste  page 489

R 051 CQ 2000
The CQ Researcher, January – December 2000
         Energy and the Environment  page 161
         Protecting the National Parks  page 521
         Mass Extinction  page 713
         Water Quality  page 953