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Energy Alternatives and Conservation

"Civilization is in no immediate danger of running out of energy or even just out of oil, but we are running out of environment --that is, out of the capacity of the environment to absorb energy's impacts without risk of intolerable disruption..."
~ Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran, author of Power to the People

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REGIONAL RESOURCES
GREEN TIPS
ARTICLES
RECOMMENDED READINGS
VIDEOS/FILMS


Regional Resources

Look here to find local organizations that specialize in energy alternatives and conservation.
Bellingham Solar Washington

Community Action Agency/Opportunity Council

Students for Renewable Energy

Green Tips

Click here or on the Tips button above for quick and easy tips to be greener in your energy choices.

Articles

Look here for detailed articles discussing various topics and issues in energy alternatives and conservation.

Energy Alternatives
Thorium: A safer alternative for nuclear power generation?

Three Strikes and You're Hot: Time for Obama to Say No to the Fossil Fuel Wish List

Toxic Tar Sands: Profiles From The Front Lines (article)

Toxic Tar Sands: Profiles From The Front Lines (full report)

An Unlikely Renewable Energy Hero: Methane Gas from Dairy Cows

Indigenous And Hundreds More Challenge RBC On Tar Sands

Shell chief fears oil shortage in seven years

How Biomass Energy Works

Let's Get Wind Power Off the Ground

Slaves to Energy: We depend on energy sources that threaten dramatic climate changes around the world. Can we change course?

How Hydrokinetic Energy Works

How Geothermal Energy Works

How Hydroelectric Energy Works

How Solar Energy Works

Let's Get Wind Power Off The Ground

How Wind Energy Works

EPA: Bellingham is Washington's First Green Power Community

Washington is 5th among wind-powered states

UCSUSA Clean Energy Update

Can Solar Energy Fit Your Budget?

Real Energy Solutions: The Renewable Electricity Standard

Solar Water Heating

The Washington Clean Energy Initiative: Effects of I-937 on Consumers, Jobs and the Economy

States Can Generate Their Own Renewable Energy

Energy Conservation
Will Natural Gas Fuel America In the 21st Century:Report
Will Natural Gas Fuel America In the 21st Century:Supplemental Articles
Why anger towards BP is largely misplaced

Union of Concerned Scientists 2030 Blueprint Solving Climate Change Saves Billions

Close to Home: Three Home Energy Hogs

Are Energy Vampires in Your Home?

Energy Saving Tips

Is Your Fridge Running (Efficiently)?

Hot Water with Less Worry

Saving Energy in the Kitchen

Green Consumer: Living on the Sunny Side of the Street

Bright Ideas for a Cool Climate


Recommended Readings

Below is information on specific authors and their books dealing with energy issues. To see thefull recommended reading list click here.

Andrew Nikiforuk
Tar Sands

Van Jones
Green Collar Economy

Videos/Films


**Films viewed by BUF members

Change of Course

Coal Country

**Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash

Escape from Suburbia

End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and The Collapse of The American Dream

Hydrogen Hopes

Future Car
Kilowatt Ours

**Power of Community How Cuba Survived Peak Oil

Power Paths

Prevailing Winds in Denmark

Revolution Green: The True Story of Biodiesel in America

Who Killed the Electric Car?