Bakke, Gretchen Anna

Summary: "The grid is an accident of history and of culture, in no way intrinsic to how we produce, deliver and consume electrical power. Yet this is the system the United States ended up with, a jerry-built structure now so rickety and near collapse that a strong wind or a hot day can bring it to a grinding halt. The grid is now under threat from a new source: renewable and variable energy, which puts...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury USA, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 2016

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Yergin, Daniel

Summary: "Recent changes in the global production and flow of energy have remade the world. In this book, the author reveals the forces shaping the future of energy, both renewable and fossil fuel. The New Map offers a new vision of the world's energy reserves and, therefore, the future of geopolitics"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.79 YER

Aronoff, Kate

Summary: "In the past few years, it has become impossible (for most) to deny the effects of climate change and that the planet is warming, and to acknowledge that we must act. But a new kind of denialism is taking root in the halls of power, shaped by a quarter-century of neoliberal policies, that threatens to doom us before we've grasped the full extent of the crisis. As Kate Aronoff argues, since the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Bold Type Books 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.738 ARO

Heinberg, Richard.

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Publisher / Publication Date: New Society Publishers 2004

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Shere, Jeremy.

Summary: An entertaining and informative guide to where renewable energy has been, where it is today, and where it's heading.

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Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2013

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Williams, Wendy

Contents: Jim Gordon's big idea -- The power elite and their entourage -- The electrical priesthood -- Birds, fish, and whales -- A pride of pastels -- The passion of Matt Patrick -- Wianno seniors, and those who sail them -- The fourth estate -- The Buzzards Bay oil spill -- The senator from Virginia -- A cold snap -- The pleasure of the governor -- More "public" meetings -- Capitol enemies, capitol...

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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2007

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Evans, Robert L.

Contents: Glossary -- pt. I. Setting the scene -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The energy conversion chain -- 3. Energy and the environment -- 3.1. Localized environmental concerns -- 3.2. Global environmental concerns -- 3.3. Adaptation and mitigation -- pt. II. The global energy demand and supply balance -- 4. World energy demand -- 5. World energy supply -- 5.1. World energy sources -- 5.2. Fossil fuel...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Cambridge University Press 2007

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Berger, John J.

Summary: "Solving the Climate Crisis is a critical resource that makes a believable and detailed case that there is a path forward to save our environment. Using today's technology and without presuming a dramatically different sociopolitical reality from the one in which we already live, the book focuses on three essential areas for action: the technological dimension: move to 100% clean renewable...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Stories Press 2023

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Summary: The Energy Reader takes an unflinching look at the environmental devastation created by our thirst for energy--including supposedly "(Bclean" renewable sources. From oil spills, nuclear accidents, and mountaintop-removal coal mining to oversized wind farms and desert-destroying solar power plants, virtually every region of the globe is now experiencing the consequences of out-of-control energy...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Watershed Media 2012

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 621.042 ENE

Marlow, Alex

Summary: "Over his 50-year career in Washington, Joe Biden has become known for his wild dishonesty, embarrassing policy failings, and an absolute lack of accountability, culminating in his predictably unpopular presidency. But what has not yet been revealed is the vast web of consultants, bureaucrats, corporate titans, foreign interests, and various extended family members (it's not just Hunter!) who...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Threshold Editions 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.934 MAR