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Title:
Energy alternatives / Margaret Haerens, book editor.
Publisher:
Greenhaven Press,
Copyright Date:
2013
Description:
203 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Renewable energy sources.
Other Authors:
Haerens, Margaret, editor of compilation.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Organizations to contact. Germany debates taxpayer subsidies of solar energy / China has become a major player in the renewable energy industry / Siobhan Dowling -- The United States will attain energy security in alternative energy sources / Barack Obama -- The power to save Britain / Mark Lynas -- Ontario needs to change its approach to alternative energy / R. Michael Warren -- South Korea aims to use more renewable energy / Young Il Choung -- ch. 2. Nuclear energy. The global prognosis for nuclear power is promising / James Holloway -- European opposition to nuclear power is rising / Fiona Harvey, John Vidal, and Damian Carrington -- Japan's reliance on nuclear power will lessen after the Fukushima disaster / Oliver Morton -- Year after Fukushima, US plodding on nuclear plant fixes, watchdog says / Mark Clayton -- Canada should consider the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear crisis to be a wake-up call / David Olive -- Indonesia: disaster-prone, but still hungry for nuclear energy / IRIN -- ch. 3. Politics and energy alternatives. Israel nixes solar energy for Palestinians / Dalia Nammari and Karin Laub -- South Africa should address social ills before developing energy alternatives / Yazeed Kamaldien -- Brazil's dam shame / Gabriel Schwartzman -- Mexico's investment in wind power has caused controversy / Chris Hawley -- Energiewende; Germany's energy transformation / Economist -- ch. 4. Economics and energy alternatives. 'Alternative' energy fuels Central Asia / Farangis Najibullah -- Efficiency may ease demand / Ahmed Shaaban -- Canadian companies find profit in energy alternatives / Nancy Macdonald -- Chile looks to invest in solar power to gain energy independence / Mauro Nogarin -- Solar power boom hits a wall / Richard Blackwell -- Germany debates taxpayer subsidies of solar energy / Siobhan Dowling -- Organizations to contact.
Series:
Global viewpoints
ISBN:
0737764406 (pbk.)
9780737764406 (pbk.)
0737762640 (hardcover)
9780737762648 (hardcover)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)809412053
LCCN:
2012035627
Locations:
BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
VSSX062 -- Vinton-Shellsburg CSD (Vinton)

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