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Books and Videos

	The Complete Idiot's Guide to Global Warming by Michael TennesenQC981.8.G56 T46 2004
	Connecticut's Energy Future Video - Science/C
	Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change by Elizabeth Kolbert.  QC981.8.G56 K655 2006
	From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank: the Complete Guide to Using Vegetable Oil as an Alternative Fuel by Joshua Tickell ; edited by Kaia Roman. TL214.F78 T53 2000 Oversize
	Greenpeace: How a Group of Journalists, Ecologists And Visionaries Changed The World by Rex Weyler.  TD169 .W37 2004
	An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming And What We Can Do About It by Al Gore. QC981.8.G56 G67 2006
	Kicking The Carbon Habit: Global Warming and the Case for Renewable and Nuclear Energy by William Sweet. TJ808 .S87 2006

Periodical and Newspaper Articles
Search the electronic databases available through our Web site in the library, or from home,  for current articles on global warming. Use search terms such as: global warming, energy, conservation or alternative sources of energy such as; solar, wind, biofuels or water power. If you can't find what you are looking for, remember to ask a librarian.

Energy Audits are a great way to learn how to conserve fuel. A certified person can rate your energy consumption and make suggestions on how to save energy.

Connecticut Natural Gas
On site energy audits are performed to provide recommendations of energy conservation measures. Each audit includes a review of the dwellings energy consumption pattern, air infiltration characteristics, the number of inhabitants and other variables affecting energy consumption. There is no charge for qualified/identified hardship customers. Audits are delivered through the Community Action Program (CAP) agencies.

ConnSave, a private firm, will provide a free educational program for community groups, libraries or civic organizations.
PO Box 203
East Hampton, CT 06424
Telephone: 860.267.1676
E mail: info@connsave.com

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Alternative Energy

Biodiesel.org is the official national Website for the Biodiesel Board. Consumers will learn about the use of alternative fuel for home heating and for alternative fuel vehicles. Here you can find many links to other organizations and resources for biofuel.

CtCleanEnergyOptions You may choose alternative sources of energy if you are a customer of Connecticut Light and Power or United Illuminating.NEW!

Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection provides information on biofuel and links.

Retail biofuel sites in Connecticut.

National Renewable Energy Laboratory is a governmental agency that explores alternative energy. See exciting developments in the use of wind energy.


Websites

A consumer guide to buying energy efficient products for the home has tips from the Consumer Federation of America.

A consumer's guide to energy efficiency provides up to date accurate information from the U.S. Department of Energy.

Eco - The Climate Action Network Online - Newsletter published at the U.N. Climate Talks by a worldwide network of nongovernmental organizations working on strategies to combat climate change.

EPA's Climate Change and Global Warming Site You will find everything from the science of global warming to easy things you can do at home and work.  You will also learn about the health effects of climate change.

Global Warming Early Warning Signs maps the trends of global warming.  The following organizations produced GLOBAL WARMING: Early Warning Signs:

Green Facts details the scientific facts in three distinct difficulty levels. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) provided the information.  Levels one and two are translated into  Español.

Journey to Forever is a Web site documenting a project of a non-governmental agency exploring biofuels. en Español

Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente PNUMA. Hay páginas en otras idiomas.

Solar Electric Power