Energy Resources

All energy resources

Clean Energy Blueprint

Can America develop a balanced portfolio of clean energy solutions that will stop wasting energy and also develop diverse, domestic energy supplies to increase energy security?

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Common Sense on Climate Change

Mark Twain might as well have been talking about global warming when he famously remarked, "Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody ever does anything about it."

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Nuclear Plant Risk Studies: Failing the Grade

Nuclear plant risk assessments are seriously flawed and their results are being used inappropriately to increase, not reduce, the threat to the American public.

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Assessing Wind Resources

This report is intended to guide prospective wind farm developers through the process of site assessment.

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Powerful Solutions

Seven ways to switch America to renewable electricity.

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Green Buildings

The federal government can shape consumer demand for whole buildings through coordinating its building-related activities into a "whole building policy."

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Graph showing range of safety performnace for nine nuclear power plants

How the Nuclear Power Industry Handles Safety

An accident at a nuclear plant could injure people, damage the environment, and cost billions of dollars to clean up. Thus, safety at the 104 nuclear power plants operating in the United States is of vital importance.

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Zeroing Out Pollution

A new technology—fuel cell vehicles—promises clean and efficient travel for the 21st century, and these cars and trucks could soon be on the roads of Asia, Europe, and the United States.

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