Reports & Multimedia

This comprehensive overview details how natural gas is formed, extracted, processed, transported, and used, and its associated benefits and environmental impacts.

The Production Tax Credit (PTC) is a federal incentive that provides financial support for the first ten years of a renewable energy facility's operation.

Improving energy efficiency (that is, getting more use out of the electricity we already generate) is an important strategy for reducing our dependence on fossil fuels.

A primer on a national renewable electricity standard, including its mechanisms and the benefits that it can provide.

The costs of gas, fuel, and other fossil fuels extend far beyond the gas pump or electric bill.

Fact sheet on West Valley, New York commercial reprocessing plant.

Factsheet on the Reprocessing of Spent Fuel from Nuclear Reactors.

Renewable energy—wind, solar, geothermal, hydroelectric, and biomass—provides substantial benefits for our health, our climate, and our economy.

An overview of the environmental impacts of renewable energy sources such as wind, solar, geothermal, and biomass.

Biomass (plant material and animal waste) is the oldest source of renewable energy, used since our ancestors learned the secret of fire.

Learn how heat from the Earth is converted into electricity in this comprehensive overview, including a discussion of the geothermal resource, its environmental and societal impacts, and its potential for future expansion.

Learn how moving water is converted into electricity in this comprehensive overview, including a discussion of the hydropower resource, its environmental and societal impacts, and the potential for future expansion of hydroelectic energy.