COH100: Personal Health Resources: Healthy Behaviors: Environment

Literati includes online access to over 600 encyclopedias, dictionaries, and biographies.  Their topic pages provide excellent overview of key issues and links to additional information:

• Air Pollution. (2013). In The Columbia Encyclopedia.
• Biomass Energy. (2013). In The Hutchinson Encyclopedia
• Coal. (2013). In The Columbia Encyclopedia.
• Geothermal Energy. (2000). In Encyclopedia of Volcanoes.
• Fuel. (2013). In The Columbia Encyclopedia.
• Global Warming. (2012). In Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change.
• Greenhouse Effect. (2013). In The Hutchinson Encyclopedia.
• Nuclear Energy. (2010). In Encyclopedia of Geography.
• Solar Energy. (2011). In Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability: Natural Resources and Sustainability.
• Water Pollution. (2013). In The Columbia Encyclopedia.
• Water Power. (2013). In The Columbia Encyclopedia.
• Wind Power. (2008). In Philip's Encyclopedia.

• Carbon Footprint CalculatorEating Green Calculator
• Ecological Footprint Quiz
• Emissions Calculator
• Greenhouse Gas Emissions Calculator (EPA) 
• Paper Calculator (Enviornmental Defense Fund) 
• Real Costs of Car Ownership Calculator
• Track Your Gas Milage
• Water Calculators
• Water Footprint Calculator
• Water Footprint Calculator (Water Footprint Network) 
• What is Your Water Footprint?
• What's Your Earth Impact?

Fossil Fuels

• Fossil Fuels (Department of Energy) 
• Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
• Petroleum Reserves (Department of Energy)
• Science Daily: Fossil Fuel News

 Biofuels

• Bioenergy and Biofuels (USDA)
• Biofuels (USDA-Foreign Agricultural Service)
• Biomass Program (US Department of Energy)
• Genomic Science Program: Bioenergy (US Deparment of Energy)
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• US House Energy and Commerce Committee
• US Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

Geothermal

• GEO-HEAT Center (Oregon Institute of Technology)
• Geothermal Energy (International Energy Agency)
• Geothermal Energy Association
• Geothermal Energy in California (CA Energy Commission)
• Geothermal Resources Council
• Geothermal Technologies (National Renewable Energy Laboratory)
• Geothermal Technologies Program (US Department of Energy)

Nulcear

• US Department of Energy: Office of Nuclear Energy
• US Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Solar

• How do Photovoltaics Work?
• Solar Energy Industries Association
• Solar Energy Technologies Program (Department of Energy)

Water

• Marine and Hydrokinetic Technology Database
• US Bureau of Reclamation (Department of the Interior)
• Western Waters Digital Library

Wind

• American Wind Energy Association
• Global Wind Energy Council
• Wind Program (Department of Energy)

• California Climate Change Portal 
• Educational Global Climate Modeling 
• Intergovenmental Panel on Climate Change 
  National Climate Data Center
• Pew Center on Global Climate Change 
• SNOTEL Map 
• World Meteorological Organization 

Air Pollution

• Air Now: Air Quality Notification
• Air Pollutants (EPA)
• Air Pollution and Respiratory Health (CDC)
• Air Pollution Facts (National Geographic)
• Air Pollution: Medline

Noise Pollution

• Noise Pollution (EPA)
• Noise Pollution Clearninghouse
• NoiseOFF

Water Pollution

• Water: Pollution Prevention & Control (EPA)
• Water Pollution: Medline

• Air Pollution & Health
• Alternative Fuels and Sustainability 
• Animal Habitat Protection
• Conservation and Energy Policy  
• Nuclear Power Safety 
• Recycling Programs 
• Water Pollution & Health

Use the following links to find more reference sources:

Selected Article Databases:

• Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
• Health Source: Consumer Edition (EBSCO)
• Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection (EBSCO)
• ProQuest Central
• SocINDEX (EBSCO)

• Climate Change: Hot Time in the City
• Global Weirding
• Stemming the Flow of Water Pollution

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