Resources

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, & 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, CA.

General Websites on Energy

• American Association of Petroleum Geology (AAPG).
• Climate Literacy & Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN). (A rich collection of resources for educators).
• Coal Bed Methane, Montana State University Extension.
• Coalbed Methane Outreach Program, US Environmental Protection Agency.
• Energy Literacy: Essential Principles and Fundamental Concepts for Energy Education.
• Get the Facts, American Wind Energy Association.
• History of Energy Use in the United States, by Hobart King.
• Renewable and Alternative Fuels, US Energy Information Administration.
• Renewable Energy, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions.
• State-by-State CO₂ Emissions Data From Fossil Fuel Combustion. [PDF]
• State-Level Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions, 2000-2011, Independent Statistics and Analysis, US Energy Information Administration (EIA), 2014. [PDF]
• 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.

Energy Resources in the Northwest Central

• Energy: Powered by North Dakota, North Dakota Studies Program, Education and Communications division, State Historical Society of North Dakota.
• Hartman, J. H., B. Roth, and A. J. Kihm, 1997, Deposition of Lignites in the Fort Union Group and Related Strata of the Northern Great Plains, 31 pp..
• Iowa Energy Center: Geography and Wind, Iowa State University.
• Is There Oil in Your Backyard? Northern Rockies, by P. Nester, In: The World of Oil: Oil in Your Backyard.
• Luppens, J. A., D. C. Scott, J. E. Haacke, L. M. Osmonson, and P. E. Pierce, 2015, Coal geology and assessment of coal resources and reserves in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming and Montana, US Geological Survey Professional Paper 1809, 218 pp..
• Mineral Resources of North Dakota: Coal, by Ed Murphy, Department of Mineral Resources, North Dakota Geological Survey.
• Renewable Energy Production by State, US Department of Energy.
• Resource Assessment of Deep Coals in Eastern Montana.
• Wyoming’s Energy Resources, Wyoming State Geological Survey.