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Energy

International Energy Agency - www.iea.org/



Energy in the U.S.

Coal 101 Fact Sheet

U.S. Department of Energy - www.energy.gov

Environmental Protection Agency- www.epa.gov/

Energy Information Agency EIA - Official Energy Statistics from the US Government - www.eia.doe.gov/

Quick FACTS on Fossil and Nuclear fuel production and consumption in the US from the Energy Information Agency (EIA) - www.eia.doe.gov/basics/energybasics101.html

State Energy Profiles from the Energy Information Agency (EIA) - tonto.eia.doe.gov/state/

How Power Grids Work - science.howstuffworks.com/power.htm



Energy in VA

Quick FACTS on Virginia Energy from the Energy Information Agency (EIA)
tonto.eia.doe.gov/state/state_energy_profiles.cfm?sid=VA


Governor's Commission on Climate Change
Governor Timothy M. Kaine established this commission in December 2007. The commission will prepare a plan for Virginia that identifies ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
https://www.deq.virginia.gov/info/climatechange.html
2007 Virginia Energy Plan (6MB PDF) www.governor.virginia.gov/TempContent/2007_VA_Energy_Plan-Full_Document.pdf


Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS)
This site provides information on which states have mandatory requirements that their electric utilities to generate a certain amount of electricity from renewable sources, and which states have voluntary requirements. Virginia's RPS is voluntary. A Mandatory Renewable Portfolio Standard is needed in order to promote clean sustainable sources of energy in Virginia. www.pewclimate.org/what_s_being_done/in_the_states/rps.cfm

To learn more about Virginia's RPS go to VA Conservation Briefing Book 2008 @ http://www.vcnva.org/white_papers/2008/BriefingBook08.pdf


Citizen's Energy Plan for Virginia - Sierra Club - www.virginia.sierraclub.org/newsletter/Citizens_Energy_Plan_Virginia.pdf

I Love Mountains - www.ilovemountains.org -Surface coal mining

Sierra Club fact sheet - www.sierraclub.org/coal -The Dirty Truth Behind Coal

VA Wind Power Fact Sheet

Virginia Department of Environmental Quality DEQ - www.deq.state.va.us/programs/homepage.html

Environment Virginia - www.EnvironmentVirginia.org

VIMS Climate Change Initiative - www.vims.edu/climatechange/

Virginia Clean Cities and the Hampton Roads Clean Cities Coalition - www.hrccc.org/home.html



Energy and Climate Change

Sierra Club Fact Sheets - www.sierraclub.org/globalwarming/factsheets/

Climate science from climate scientists - www.realclimate.org

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Renewable Energy

Consumer's Guide to Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Home Page - www.eere.energy.gov/consumer

Renewable EnergyWorld.com - www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/home

Wind fact sheet - www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/home

A Grand Plan for Solar - www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=a-solar-grand-plan

National Renewable Energy Laboratory - www.nrel.gov/

Kramer Junction Solar Power Plants - www.solel.com/products/pgeneration/ls2/kramerjunction/

Virginia Wind Energy Collaborative - vwec.cisat.jmu.edu/

How Living Off the Grid Works - science.howstuffworks.com/power.htm

Distributed Energy Generation

What is Distributed Energy? - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_energy#Distributed_energy_resources



Clean Energy Campaigns

http://www.apolloalliance.org/
http://www.sierraclub.org/Power2Change/
http://www.1sky.org/
http://www.wecansolveit.org/
http://www.climateprotect.org/about


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