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Despite the many benefits of energy, most of which are reflected in energy market prices, the production, distribution, and use of energy causes negative effects.
HIDDEN COSTS OF ENERGY. UNPRICED CONSEQUENCES OF ENERGY PRODUCTION AND USE. Committee on Health, Environmental, and Other External Costs and Benefits of Energy ...
Federal coal subsidies are forms of financial assistance paid by federal taxpayers to the coal and power industry. Such subsidies include direct spending, tax breaks ...
Biomass is biological material derived from living, or recently living organisms. It most often refers to plants or plant-derived materials which are specifically ...
Wind power is the conversion of wind energy into a useful form of energy, such as using wind turbines to make electrical power, windmills for mechanical power, wind ...
Executive Summary. A multi-billion-dollar government crusade to promote renewable energy for electricity generation, now in its third decade, has resulted in ...
From The Wilderness Publications has been as much as a year ahead of the mainstream media on major stories. Now, as the world is undergoing one of the biggest changes ...
Ian Sue Wing: Associate Professor Dept. of Geography & Environment Address: 675 Commonwealth Ave., Rm. 461, Boston MA 02215 Phone: (617) 353-5741
Environmental Impacts of Geothermal Energy. Water Quality and Use | Air Emissions | Land Use | Life-Cycle Global Warming Emissions. The most widely developed type of ...
Types of external costs. External costs of coal mining and power generation include the following: Reduction in life expectancy (particulates, sulfur dioxide, ozone ...
Bridge over a marshland near the Khongoryn Els Sand Dunes in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia (© Franck Guiziou/Hemis/Corbis)

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