General Books on Energy
Bird, K.J., 1989, North American fossil fuels, in: A. W. Bally and A. R. Palmer, eds.) The Geology of North America: an Overview , The Geology of North America, vol. A, Geological Society of America, Boulder, CO, pp. 555–574.
Duggan-Haas, D., R. M. Ross, and W. D. Allmon, 2013, The Science Beneath the Surface: A Very Short Guide to the Marcellus Shale , Paleontological Research Institution (Special Publication 43), Ithaca, NY, 252 pp.
Hinrichs, R., and M. H. Kleinbach, 2012, Energy: Its Use and the Environment, 5th edition , Thomson, Brooks/Cole, Belmont, CA, 640 pp.
Nye, D. E., 1998, Consuming Power: a Social History of American Energies , Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press, Cambridge, MA, 331 pp.
Richards, J., 2009, Wind Energy , Macmillan Library, South Yarra, Victoria, Canada, 32 pp. [For primary school age.]
Smil, V., 2006, Energy: a Beginner's Guide , Oneworld, Oxford, UK, 181 pp.
Smil, V., 2010, Energy Myths and Realities: Bringing Science To the Energy Policy Debate , AEI Press, Washington, DC, 213 pp.
Wohletz, K., and G. Heiken, 1992, Volcanology and Geothermal Energy , University of California Press, Berkeley.
General Websites on Energy
American Association of Petroleum Geology (AAPG) .
American Wind Energy Association, Get the Facts .
Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, Renewable Energy .
Climate Literacy & Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN) . [A rich collection of resources for educators.]
Coal Bed Methane , Montana State University Extension.
Coalbed Methane Outreach Program (EPA) .
Energy Literacy: Essential Principles and Fundamental Concepts for Energy Education , Energy.gov.
Geotherm Energy...Power from the Depths . 1997, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Clearinghouse , National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), 8 pp.
History of Energy Use in the United States , by Hobart King, Geology.com.
Renewable and Alternative Fuels , US Energy Information Administration.
State-by-State CO2 Emissions Data From Fossil Fuel Combustion .
State-level Energy-related Carbon Dioxide Emissions, 2000–2011 , Independent Statistics and Analysis, US Energy Information Administration (EIA), 2014.
US Department of Energy (DOE) .
US Energy Information Administration (EIA) . [A wealth of information on energy production and use in the United States.]
US Energy Information Administration (EIA), by state .
US Fuel Ethanol Plant Production Capacity (EIA) .
US Geological Survey Energy Resources Program .
What is geothermal? , Geothermal Resources Council.
Wind Energy Resource Atlas of the United States: Regional Summaries .
Resources by State
Multistate Areas
Chidsey, T. C., Jr., 2016, Paleozoic shale-gas resources of the Colorado Plateau and eastern Great Basin, Utah—multiple frontier exploration opportunities , Utah Geological Survey Bulletin 136, 241 pp. [Technical]
Kirschbaum, M. A. and L. R. H. Biewick, 2000, A Summary of the Coal Deposits in the Colorado Plateau: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah , in: M. A. Kirschbaum, L. N. R. Roberts, and L. R. H. Biewick, eds., Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Colorado Plateau: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, US Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-B, 99 pp. [Technical]
Nester, P., 2002, Is there oil in your backyard? The Southwest US , in: The World of Oil: Oil in Your Backyard .
Southwest Energy Efficiency Project .
Thiel, A., 2013, Climate Change Impacts on Hydropower in the Colorado River Basin , Center for Water Policy, School of Freshwater Sciences, University of Wisconsin at Madison, 4 pp.
What Every Westerner Should Know About Oil Shale , by P. Limerick, J. L. Hanson, and R. Rebhan, Center of the American West, University of Colorado at Boulder.
Arizona
Colorado
Colorado Coal Field War Project .
Colorado Energy Office
[Colorado] Energy Resources, Colorado Geological Survey .
Kirschbaum, M. A. and L. R. H., Biewick, A Summary of the Coal Deposits in the Colorado Plateau: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah , Chapter B of Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Colorado Plateau: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, M. A. Kirschbaum, L. N. R. Roberts, and L. R. H. Biewick, eds., US Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625–B. [Technical]
Scamehorn, H., 2002, High Altitude Energy: a History of Fossil Fuels in Colorado , University Press of Colorado, Boulder, 232 pp.
Weiner, C., 2014, Oil and Gas Development in Colorado , Colorado State University Extension, Fact Sheet 10.639, 4 pp.
New Mexico
Budzik, P. and J. Perrin, 2014, Six formations are responsible for surge in Permian Basin crude oil production , Today in Energy , July 9, 2014, US Energy Information Administration.
Energy [of New Mexico] , Natural Resource Programs, New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources.
The Greatest Dam in the World: Building Hoover Dam , Teaching with Historic Places Lesson Plans, National Park Service.
Utah
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