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Open Journal Systems. 2012. Open Journal Systems. Public Knowledge Project.

(WUaS's wiki, information technologies and criteria for this - informed by the WUaS academic journal subject matter - are developing, since you can already publish your article at http://www.academia.edu).

Select Blogs
MIT Electric Vehicle Team Blog. 2010. MIT Electric Vehicle Team Blog. Cambridge, MA: MIT.

Rocky Mountain Institute Blog. 2011. Rocky Mountain Institute Blog. Snowmass, CO: Rocky Mountain Institute.

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Belonsky, Andrew. 2010. Mapping Carbon Emissions, SourceMap Paves Eco-Conscious Markets. December 17. Cambridge, MA: scribemedia.org

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Lilienthal, Peter, Ted Ladd and Tom Lambert. 2010. Optimizing Clean Power Everywhere: Energy Modeling Software for Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems. Boulder, CO: Homer Energy.

PG&E (Pacifc Gas and Electric). 2011. Smart Meter Technologies. California: PG&E.

Select References
Barringer, Felicity. 2011. Comparing Emissions Strategies. June 14. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Behrens, Brigitte. 2011. Germany overwhelmingly votes for the energy revolution. July 1. greenpeace.org.

Beránek, Jan. 2011. Wind and solar power are leaving nuclear in the dust. March 8. San Francisco, CA: Greenpeace International's Nuclear Campaign.

Chino, Mike. 2011. New Scottish Wave Energy Generator Unveiled. July 13. hardware.slashdot.org.

Gehl, Jan & Walter Hook. 2010. 10 principles for livable transportation. New York, NY: Switchboard - Natural Resources Defense Council Staff Blog.

Hernandez, Brian Anthony. 2011. Bugs Power a Smartphone With Their Circus Tricks (VIDEO). October 19. mashable.com.

Hunt, Anna. 2012. Innovation in Clean Energy – The Gravitational Water Vortex. October 16. Waking Times.

Justin. 2011. Deaths and energy technologies. April 15. San Francisco, CA: Greenpeace International.

MIT Energy Initiative. 2010. The Future of Natural Gas: An Interdisciplinary MIT Study. (http://web.mit.edu/mitei/research/studies/naturalgas.html). Cambridge, MA: MIT.

Moore, Lester. 2011. Aluminum-Celmet Could Increase EV Range By 300% July 16. science.slashdot.org.

Morrison Hall at UNC Chapel Hill Wins EPA’s National Building Competition by Working off the Waste!. 2010. Morrison Hall at UNC Chapel Hill Wins EPA’s National Building Competition by Working off the Waste!. Fall. Washington DC: energystar.gov.

Nader, Laura (ed.). 2010. The Energy Reader. San Francisco, CA: Wiley-Blackwell.

Pickens, Hugh. 2011. Bill Clinton Says 'Paint Your Roofs White'. July 18. politics.slashdot.org.

Revkin, Andrew C. 2011. Battling Energy Waste in Hot, Rich Cities. July 18. dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com.

Revkin, Andrew C. 2011. Bloggingheads: Growing Pains in Gas Country. April 23. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Revkin, Andrew. 2011. The Elusive Dream of American Energy Plans. March 8. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Revkin, Andrew C. 2011. Energy of Innovation (The TV Show). April 8. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Revkin, Andrew C. 2011. Energy Options and Polarized Politics. April 12. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Revkin, Andrew. 2010. The Gates Path to an Energy Revolution. August 24. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Revkin, Andrew C. 2011. Old Energy Strategies, New Century. April 28. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Revkin, Andrew C. 2011. An M.I.T. Plan for Natural Gas With Planet in Mind. June 9. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Robison, Daniel. 2012. Startup Converts Plastic To Oil, And Finds A Niche. March 19. NPR.

Rocky Mountain Institute. 2011. RetroFit Depot - True Stories - Empire State Building. Snowmass, CO: Rocky Mountain Institute.

Rosenthal, Eliaabeth. 2010. U.S. Military Orders Less Dependence on Fossil Fuels. October 4. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Scott, Joanna. 2010. Future of Low Carbon Energy Interview: Professor Nigel Brandon. Oct 14. blogs.nature.com/joannascott.

Buildings

Revkin, Andrew. 2010. Cutting Schools’ Energy Waste and Bills. September 23. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Revkin, Andrew. 2010. Home Energy Economics 101. August 18. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Revkin, Andrew. 2010. Indoor Living and the Global Greenhouse. July 22. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Revkin, Andrew. 2010. A Snakeskin Where Insulation Should Be. August 6. New York, NY: The New York Times.

China

Revkin, Andrew C. 2011. Behind China’s Shift on Energy and Growth. March 5. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Electric and Hybrid Vehicles

Barboza, David. 2010. China to Invest Billions in Electric and Hybrid Cars. August 19. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Haines, Art. 2010. SUNN - solar powered electric car kit. (see also, Art Haines and Infinity Miles per Gallon). http://sunnev.com/.

Haines, Art. 2006. Infinity Miles Per Gallon: Art Haines and the Solar Car. Youtube.

MIT OCW 'Electric Vehicle' Search. 2010. MIT OCW Electric Vehicle Search. August 19. Cambridge, MA: MIT.

Revkin, Andrew. 2011. The ‘Wave’ of the (Car Engine) Future?. April 11. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Energy Innovation

Coondoggie. 2011. US Funding Five Game-Changing Energy Projects. April 24. SlashDot.

Revkin, Andrew. 2011. It’s Your Obama ‘Moment.’ What Do You Say?. January 23. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Rocky Mountain Institute. 2011. Reinventing Fire. Snowmass, CO: Rocky Mountain Institute.

Rotman, David. 2011. [http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/32383/?mod=MagOur Praying for an Energy Miracle: Every clean-tech startup these days claims to have a breakthrough that will finally make renewable and clean energy sources cheap enough to compete with fossil fuels. But are we really on the brink of a clean-energy economy?]. March/April. Cambridge, MA: MIT Technology Review.

Van Horn, Jodie. 2011. Google is on a Roll with Renewable Energy. April 21. San Francisco, CA: Greenpeace International.

Energy Poverty

Revkin, Andrew. 2011. ‘Stop Energy Poverty.’ Great Slogan, So How?. January 4. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Energy Research

Revkin, Andrew C. 2011. Assessing America’s Energy Choices. March 31. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Revkin, Andrew. 2010. A Challenge to Bill Gates on Energy Research. August 25. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Revkin, Andrew. 2010. Despite Costs, ‘Clean Coal’ Remains Obama Priority. August 12. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Revkin, Andrew. 2010. Filling the Global Energy Research Gap. July 22. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Revkin, Andrew. 2010. Misperceived Paths to Energy Savings. August 17. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Revkin, Andrew. 2010. The Technology Imperative for Energy and Climate. August 10. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Revkin, Andrew. 2011. (http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/). month/day. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Energy Storage

Renewables

Folbre, Nancy. 2011. Renewing Support for Renewables. March 28. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Select Video and Audio
Free energy is a reality - Nanotechnology is the key. 2011. Free energy is a reality - Nanotechnology is the key. TED Talk.

Hall-Tipping, Justin. 2011. Justin Hall-Tipping: Freeing energy from the grid. Edinburgh, UK: TED Talks.

Ito, Akinori. 2010. Plastic to oil fantastic. Japan: United Nations University - OurWorld 2.0.

Lovins, Amory. 2012. Amory Lovins: A 50-year plan for energy. May. Monterey, CA: TED Talks.

SOCCKET: The Energy-Harnessing Soccer Ball. 2013. SOCCKET: The Energy-Harnessing Soccer Ball. kickstarter.com.

Select Websites
Hertzog, Christine. 2011. Smart Grid Library. (see also her Smart Grid Dictionary, 2nd ed.). Smart Grid Library.

The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP). 2010. The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP). Washington DC: The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP)

Lovins, Amory. 2012. Amory Lovins: Physicist, energy guru. Monterey, CA: TED Talks.

MIT Energy Initiative. 2010. The Future of Natural Gas: An Interdisciplinary MIT Study. Cambridge, MA: MIT

National Renewable Energy Laboratory. 2010. National Renewable Energy Laboratory Market Analysis Models and Tools. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.

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Wind Energy: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Wind_Energy

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