BIO 1000
THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT

Topic 8 questions

RESOURCES

Text

• Ch. 19 & 20

• Also look at: Ch. 15 (p. 340-344), 23 (p. 529-531, 532-537)

Powerpoint from class

Recent news stories

• NPR News Energy Page

  • Gas Station Converts To Electric Charging Station

  • In Drought, Should Corn Be Food Or Fuel?

  • Printing Solar Panels In The Backyard

  • Telescope Innovator Shines His Genius On New Fields

  • Wind Power Plentiful, Study Says

  • Oregon Power Project Needs The Motion Of The Ocean

  • Romney's Energy Plan Doubles Down On Fossil Fuels

  • In Ad Battle, Obama Banking On Wind-Power Message In Key Swing States

Government:

• U.S. Department of Energy: http://energy.gov/

  • U.S. DOE Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy

  • Renewable Energy

• National Renewable Energy Lab: http://www.nrel.gov/

• Sandia National Lab: Renewable Energy

• California Energy Commission: Renewable Energy

Other Web resources:

• Illinois State University: Center for Renewable Energy

• Home Power Magazine: https://homepower.com/

• Mother Earth News: Renewable Energy

• Illinois Renewable Energy Association

• Renewable Energy World

• World News Networks: Renewable Energy news

• National Wind Watch (this group opposes large scale wind turbine development)

Rock Island Clean Line

• overview

  • http://www.rockislandcleanline.com/site/home

  • http://www.cfra.org/rock-island-clean-line

• news articles:

  • http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/09/28/block-ricl-effort-fights-to-save-farmland/

  • http://www.bcrnews.com/2012/09/05/protest-block-ricl/a9xk39d/

  • http://www.bcrnews.com/2012/09/26/getting-a-line-on-the-ricl-story/adgn55l/

  • http://www.bcrnews.com/2012/09/26/the-other-side-of-the-ricl-story/cvm13ff/

  • http://www.mywebtimes.com/archives/ottawa/display.php?id=462892

  • http://www.ottawaradio.net/Opponents-to-Rock-Island-Clean-Line-organizing/13872620

  • http://newstrib.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=28&ArticleID=22333