Product Description: This multivolume resource is an excellent research tool for developing a working knowledge of basic energy concepts and topics.• Includes interviews of teachers, students, and businesspeople in the renewable energy fields• Provides energy timelines charting the historic development of different energy sources • Offers 150 detailed Illustrations of electric vehicles and hydrogen fuel cells plus 50 tables, and charts of data• Presents a number of maps showing the global development of wind power, solar power, and geothermal power• A bibliography of print and online resources is included for further readin...read more

Presents the current conditions of the environment with images, timelines, lists of organizations and agencies, and activities to assist students in making decisions about the future.

Product Description: The debates that surround our environment and conservation efforts are often complex and compelling. Student researchers can use this reference source to explore the many issues surrounding environmental matters through the lives of people who have become actively involved in supporting efforts to preserve our environment...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Provides information related to environmental science; defines terms and identifies key people, organizations, events, statutes, treaties, places, creatures, and technology; and includes a chronology from 1798 to 2000. (view table of contents)