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DeSmogBlog

Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science

DeSmogBlog exists to clear the PR pollution that is clouding the science on climate change. An overwhelming majority of the world’s climate scientists agree that the globe is warming - the world's climate is changing - and that the indiscriminate burning of fossil fuels is to blame. We know that the risks are incalculable and, increasingly, we understand that the solutions are affordable. http://desmogblog.com

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Alternative Energy Blog

News and views on alternative energy, and discussion of energy issues including peak oil, strong hybrid cars [PHEVs], hydrogen fuel cells, clean coal and nuclear power. http://alt-e.blogspot.com

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Real Climate

A resource for climate science, written by working climate scientists, targeted at the interested public and journalists. It aims to provide a quick response to developing stories and provide the context sometimes missing in mainstream commentary. http://www.realclimate.org

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Stoat

A climate modeler takes on scientific issues, including carbon emissions and climate change. http://scienceblogs.com/stoat/

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Relentlessly Progressive Economics

Economic policy-making and economics instruction in Canada have both increasingly come to reflect a conservative, free-market perspective. There is an urgent need to promote an alternative, progressive economics community in Canada.Over 125 progressive economists—working in universities, the labour movement, and activist research organizations—have joined forces to make our collective, critical perspective heard. We have formed the Progressive Economics Forum. http://www.progressive-economics.ca/relentless/

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Island Press

Since 1984, Island Press has been a trusted source of environmental information and solutions. They publish the best new ideas about how to protect the environment—and work tirelessly to spread those ideas to help people make a positive difference in the world. Each year, they publish 40 new books on such vital topics as conservation biology, marine science, land conservation, green building, sustainable agriculture, climate change, and ecological restoration. http://blog.islandpress.org/

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The End of Oil

On the Edge of a Perilous New World

A comprehensive look at the energy economy and geopolitics. Explains how energy plays a role in everything from Detroit to Alaska to Iraq.
Paul Roberts;
2004;
Houghton Mifflin;
400 pp.

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The Long Emergency

Surviving the End of the Oil Age, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-first Century

In this book, the author argues that global oil production has peaked and will soon dwindle, and he believes that alternative energy sources cannot fill the gap, especially in transportation.
James H. Kunstler;
2005;
Atlantic Monthly Press ;
320 pp.

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The Party's Over

Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies

A distillation of the arguments about the dangers of peak oil to the continuation of our modern way of life. Includes implications for areas including international trade, transportation, heating and air conditioning, etc.
Richard Heinberg;
2005;
New Society Publishers;
288 pp.

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Winning the Oil Endgame

Innovation for Profits, Jobs, and Security

This book offers a strategy for ending US oil dependence that could be applicable worldwide. There are many analyses of the oil problem, but this book claims to be is the first roadmap of the oil solution that would be led by business, for profit. http://www.oilendgame.com
Amory B. Lovins, et al.;
2004;
Rocky Mountain Institute;
309 pp.

Organization

Cleaner Production International

Cleaner Production International provides businesses worldwide with strategies for sustainability. The directory lists international and Seattle-area links to organizations and programs geared to environmental and sustainability issues. http://cleanerproduction.com/

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Alliance to Save Energy

ASE is an established organization that promotes energy efficiency worldwide as the quickest, cleanest, cheapest way to achieve a healthier economy, a cleaner environment and greater energy security. http://www.ase.org

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Climate Solutions

This organization sponsors a variety of on-the-ground programs to stop global warming and to help the Pacific Northwest become a world leader in practical and profitable climate solutions. http://www.climatesolutions.org

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Energy Foundation

The Energy Foundation is a partnership of private foundations committed to advancing new energy technologies that enable economic growth with less pollution. Its focuses on the United States and China. http://www.ef.org

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Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance

The Alliance is a regional non-profit corporation, supported by the BPA, utilities, state governments, public interest groups, and industry, that focuses on making affordable, energy-efficient products and services available in the marketplace. http://www.nwalliance.org