Open Directory - Society: Issues: Environment: Energy
See also: This category in other languages: - Advocates getting the United States into energy self-sufficiency, and provides links for individuals to find more information or purchase alternative energy sources. - Promotes energy efficiency worldwide for economy, environment and security. Offers K-12 lesson plans, energy saving tips and resource links to other educational supportive information. - A non-profit community group that aims to use and promote environmentally friendly technology. ATA has around two thousand members across Australia, conducts regular meetings, workshops and courses, and produces a range of educational publications. - Profiles national organization dedicated to advancing the use of solar energy for the benefit of U.S. citizens and the global environment. - Formed in 1981 by a number of major companies active within the energy conservation industry, in order to encourage a positive national awareness of the need for and benefits of energy conservation. - A non-profit, non-partisan research and public education initiative to address peak oil and energy challenges for the United States. - An association of researchers, professionals and others with an interest in the study of peaking and subsequent decline of fossil fuels. News items, upcoming events, and an overview of the energy issues. - Weblog advocates outlawing (or at least taxing) incandescent lights to reduce energy use. - Nonprofit organization promoting responsible use of energy and natural resources in Minnesota. - Promotes the use of solar energy for cooking in the countries of Central America. - A non-profit company whose commercial subsidiaries support a wide array of social and charitable programs to help the poor and needy in the United States and abroad. - The new report "Greenhouse Gangsters vs. Climate Justice" launches CorpWatch's campaign on a platform that includes a just transition for workers and communities hardest hit by changes to energy systems. - This site lets you find a new energy supplier, switch and purchase highly energy efficient products that save money, energy and the environment - Energy industry coalition opposing the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) enforcement of New Source Review (NSR) for upgraded power plants. Includes white papers, media clips, and congressional testimony. - A clearinghouse of information concerning the peak in global energy such as oil and gas. - A partnership of major foundations interested in sustainable energy. - ICCEPT at Imperial College research centre tackles major energy and environment problems offering advice to industry, government and NGOs - An overview of the Bush Administration national energy plan, issued May 16, 2001, and U.S. energy policy since the 1970s. - Tips helping home and small office cut utility bills with energy conservation. - Contains energy efficient export opportunities, links to the global energy efficiency community (including US efficiency manufacturers and ESCOs), and market assessments and financing resource guides. - A blog of oil supply and production graphs by an independent petroleum geologist. - Assess and monitor the contribution of energy systems to an improved quality of life and to check the implementation of environmental conventions and principles. - Learn just what has caused the energy shortage in California and how it will affect every corner of the country. See this backgrounder on the energy crisis. - Provides data, analysis and recommendations regarding the upcoming peak in the rate of global oil extraction. Work by various experts on the subject, possible scenarios, and links to news articles. - Comparative Study of hydroelectric projects in Canada and India covering environmental, economical and other impacts. Appendices on Integrated Resource Planning and Great Whale Project. - A non-profit public educational organization dedicated to research and public debate on issues related to world's security with a special interest in energy security. - Examines the impact of the depletion of the world's oil reserves and its consequences for the world economy and population. Links to news items, articles, books for sale, and preparation tips. - Provides a review and analysis of the proceedings leading to the Bush administration's formulation of its May 2001 energy policy. - An alliance of organizations promoting renewable energy and conservation in the Pacific Northwest. - Real time, web based IRC discussion on the impact of the peak in world oil production and its consequences. - Conservation group that promotes the benefits of responsible energy. - Assists societies in their efforts to relocalize communities and adapt to an energy constrained world. News items, local groups, events, and publications. - Dedicated to raising awareness and discussion of the impending and permanent decline of cheap oil and gas supplies. Includes contact and local group details, resources listing, events, news and a forum. - Environmental organization dedicated to clean, renewable energy alternatives. Works on nuclear waste and power issues. - An expose of the fantasy world of "sustainable development", showing how current levels of consumption are not sustainable no matter what alternatives are consumed. - Reports on all the latest developments in the renewable energy industry and provides a forum for the exchange of ideas and information as well as many useful links. - REPP supports the advancement of renewable energy technology through policy research. We seek to define growth strategies for renewables that respond to competitive energy markets and environmental needs. - RforD works for commercialization of decentralized renewable energy projects on a large scale in rural areas of developing countries. Provides information on concept, programs and projects. - Showcases a documentary comparing unsubsidized solar home systems markets in Kenya with subsidized solar utilities in South Africa. Includes streaming video plus links to the funder and relevant research. - Dedicated to discussing the issues surrounding the supplies of fossil fuels. - A synopsis of the approaching crisis in world oil production vs. growing demand. - We have used almost half the world's oil, prices will go up, may mean the end of the global economy. Alternative energy systems and what to do about it. - An independent, UK-registered educational charity working to raise international public awareness and promote better understanding of the world's oil-depletion problem. - A coalition of more than 30 national business, environmental, and consumer organizations dedicated to promoting energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies. - California initiative to promote clean air, fight global warming, and increase America's energy independence. Provides history, tools and news. - An online, alternate reality game that allows players to play out the events that could arise from the increasing scarcity of petroleum.
