PSci 168 Energy and the Environment - 2002 Spring

Some Useful Links, updated 2002 March 29


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News items:

The web page for the course text, Energy 3rd ed., by Hinrichs and Kleinbach.

The links page from the course text, Energy 3rd ed., by Hinrichs and Kleinbach. This is handy, as the links are arranged by chapter from the text.

U.S. Department of Energy, which has a wide variety of programs, from solar to wind to nuclear fission to nuclear fusion.

Energy Links page: a search engine for energy

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Global Warming Site

Worldwatch Institute. Public Interest organization monitoring environmental and population issues. They produce the State of the World reports.

Web Directory: Solar Energy, including lists of organizations that help you learn more, businesses where you can buy products, academic and government sites, and design information.

American Solar Energy Society, dedicated to advancing solar energy technologies.

Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), national trade association for solar businesses and enterprises

Wind Energy Projects Throughout the United States, from the American Wind Energy Association

Real Goods, a CA-based firm offering "products for an ecologically sustainable future."

Off the Grid Living, extensive site for alternative energy, renewable energy, solar, photovaltaic, and/or homesteading.

Paul R. Ehrlich, author of "The Population Bomb" (1968)

The Toyota Prius: the world's first mass-produced hybrid electric/internal combustion car.

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

Edison Electric Institute, The trade organization for the Electric Utilities.

The American Nuclear Society: Nonprofit nuclear science and technology promotional organization.

The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

The Tokaimura (Japan's Sep. 30, 1999) Nuclear Accident: Its Causes, Health & Environmental Effects

Chernobyl , from Yahoo News

The American Experience: Meltdown at Three Mile Island

Why Nuclear Power: Comparisons of various energy sources

Environmentalists for Nuclear Energy (EFN). Based in France.

The Bureau of Atomic Tourism, with lots of links

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, home of the famous Doomsday Clock

The Fusion Energy Program at Lawrence Livermore National Lab

The National Ignition Facility

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. Creating Innovations to make Fusion Power a Practical Reality

Union of Concerned Scientists: Citizens and Scientists for Environmental Solutions

What's New electronic newsletter by Bob Park, from the American Physical Society. This covers the American political scene, with regard to science and technology. It's often funny, irreverent, and "in your face," but always incisive.

The American Physical Society presents "A Century of Physics."

The Nobel Prize Internet Archive

Dr. Ringwald's Big Page of Links

There are over 1000. To use effectively, use your browser's "Find" function.


Go to Dr. Ringwald's PSci 168 (Energy and the Environment) home page

Go to Dr. Ringwald's home page

Web page by Dr. Ringwald ( ringwald@csufresno.edu )
Department of Physics, California State University, Fresno