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Education on Energy, Fuels and Power and Environmental Impacts

Educational material addressing the environment impacts surrounding the various fuels, energies and power supplies in use in Queensland, and Australia.

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Queensland
National
International

Queensland

Climate change and Australia’s costal communities

[PDF] Brochure focusing on costal areas, including Queensland’s coast. Global warming, sea-level rise, projected changes in weather extremes, costal impacts, uncertainties and challenges are issues in this booklet, which was published in 2002.

http://www.cmar.csiro.au/e-print/open/CoastalBroch2002.pdf

Energy

Area of Queensland Government’s Environmental Protection Agency/Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service website. This website contains information and advice on energy efficiency and renewable power with further links on how you can improve energy efficiency in your home or business.

http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/environmental_management/sustain
ability/energy/

Sustainable Jamboree

Sustainable Jamboree is a not-for-profit voluntary organisation based in the Centenary suburbs of Brisbane. It is not incorporated but delivers community forums and advocacy campaigns on local sustainability issues with the assistance of Centenary Community Connections (CCC).

http://sustainablejamboree.org

National

At home – tips for reducing greenhouse gas emissions

Section of The Australian Greenhouse Office Website providing tips about what you can do to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at home. Subcategories are Global Warming Cool It, Your Home Design Guide, Energy Efficient Rental Properties, Greenhouse Friendly Products & Services, Consumers – Purchasing Products & Services, Transport and Online Services. The website provides many links to related topics.

http://www.greenhouse.gov.au/education/tips/home.html

Biomass/Waste

This section of the South Australian Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure provides information on the State’s solution to waste generated from biomass energy.

http://www.sustainable.energy.sa.gov.au/pages/advisory/renew
ables/types/biomass/biomass.htm:sectID=21&tempID=52

International

Alternative Energy Sources - Myths and Realities,

Electronic Green Journal

The main aim of the Electronic Green Journal is to assist in international scholarly environmental communication by providing a quality, unbiased and freely accessible forum for the exchange of environmental information. This article examines the advantages and limitations of current and alternative energy sources and their potential to individually or collectively replace oil.

http://egj.lib.uidaho.edu/egj09/youngqu1.html

Energy Sources

Section of U.S. Department of Energy’s website, providing information with links to sources of energy and renewable energy such as coal, natural gas, oil, hydrogen, bioenergy, solar, wind and etc. Further information on environmental compliance technologies and efficiency-boosting innovations, R&D activities and various renewable and energy efficiency programmes by the U.S. Government is covered in this website.

http://www.energy.gov/energysources/index.htm