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afdc.energy.gov. “Alternative Fuels Data Center: Ethanol Fuel Basics.” Accessed July 16, 2024. https://afdc.energy.gov/fuels/ethanol-fuel-basics#:~:text=Ethanol%20is%20a%20renewable%20fuel.
A useful guide for teachers and students to understand Ethanol production
American Biogas Council. “Biogas Market Snapshot.” Accessed July 16, 2024. https://americanbiogascouncil.org/biogas-market-snapshot/.
A useful short report from biogas council on current and emerging biogas market
Bettenhausen, Craig. “Will Ethanol Fuel a Low-Carbon Future.” Chemical & Engineering News. Chemical & Engineering News, February 13, 2023. https://cen.acs.org/magazine/101/10106.html.
A cogent analysis of the complexities surrounding the tensions between environment, economics and politics in pushing for alternative fuel futures
Boerner, Leigh Krietsch. “Industrial Ammonia Production Emits More CO2 than Any Other Chemical-Making Reaction. Chemists Want to Change That.” Chemical & Engineering News. American Chemical Society, June 15, 2019. https://cen.acs.org/environment/green-chemistry/Industrial-ammonia-production-emits-CO2/97/i24.
An analysis of the impact of climate impact of fertilizer production
Farm-Energy. “History of Biodiesel – Farm Energy.” Extension.org, April 3, 2019. https://farm-energy.extension.org/history-of-biodiesel/.
Useful guide to the origins of biodiesel
Friedman, Lisa, Kendra Pierre-Louis, Somini Sengupta, Kendra Pierre-Louis, Lisa Friedman, and Somini Sengupta. “The Meat Question, by the Numbers.” The New York Times, January 25, 2018. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/25/climate/cows-global-warming.html.
This analysis of the impact of meat production and consumption on climate change is useful for background and student research
Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future. “Industrialization of Agriculture | Food System Primer.” foodsystemprimer.org. Accessed May 10, 2024. https://foodsystemprimer.org/production/industrialization-of-agriculture.
This primer, and entire website, is full of helpful information to frame the issue, and explore alternatives to industrialized agricultural practices
Lark, Tyler J., Nathan P. Hendricks, Aaron Smith, Nicholas Pates, Seth A. Spawn-Lee, Matthew Bougie, Eric G. Booth, Christopher J. Kucharik, and Holly K. Gibbs. “Environmental Outcomes of the US Renewable Fuel Standard.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119, no. 9 (February 14, 2022): e2101084119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2101084119.
This report details the actual impact of US policy on the environment, with findings indicating that the policy has done more harm than good.
NASA. “NASA Announces Summer 2023 Hottest on Record - NASA,” September 14, 2023. https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-announces-summer-2023-hottest-on-record/#:~:text=Credits%3A%20NASA%20Earth%20Observatory%2FLauren%20Dauphin&text=The%20months%20of%20June%2C%20July.
NASA’s website is full of many useful resources to explore climate change issues.
Newes, Emily, Christopher M. Clark, Laura Vimmerstedt, Steve Peterson, Dallas Burkholder, David Korotney, and Daniel Inman. “Ethanol Production in the United States: The Roles of Policy, Price, and Demand.” Energy Policy 161 (February 2022): 112713. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112713.
Another useful resource to review and evaluate how policy impacts the alternative energy future.
Schneider, Keith. “A Push to Turn Farm Waste into Fuel.” The New York Times, April 4, 2023, sec. Business. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/04/business/renewable-energy-farms-agriculture.html.
This article can help teachers and students learn more about using farm waste as renewable energy sources.
The EfS Collective. “EfS Benchmarks.” Accessed July 10, 2024. https://www.efscollective.org/benchmarks.
Educators for Sustainability has a very robust set of resources for teachers and students interested in applying their learning to the benefit of a healthy shared future for all.
United Nations. “The 17 Sustainable Development Goals.” United Nations, 2024. https://sdgs.un.org/goals.
These sustainability goals have been unanimously approved by every nation. This blueprint for how we can live collectively must now be honored, funded and supported.
USDA. “Food Waste FAQs.” Usda.gov. USDA, 2023. https://www.usda.gov/foodwaste/faqs.
The amount of food waste in the USA, and around the world, represents huge impacts on climate change and world hunger. This resource details the current facts.
Vourdoubas, Ioannis, and Olivier Dubois. “ENERGY and AGRI-FOOD SYSTEMS: PRODUCTION
and CONSUMPTION,” 155–74, 2018.
This article provides a clear explanation of the many ways agriculture, food and natural resources uses energy through the supply chain.
Walker, David, Robert Hill Institute, and University Of Sheffield. Energy, Plants and Man. Second. Brighton: Oxygraphics, 1992.
This long, but easy to follow, book explains many complex scientific processes in clear and humorous ways. Many illustrations aid the reader. Each chapter is very well summarized.
Wheeler, Stephen M, and Christina Rosan. Reimagining Sustainable Cities : Strategies for Designing Greener, Healthier, More Equitable Communities. Oakland, California: University Of California Press, 2021.
Excellent overview and analysis of multiple practical and proven ways to create sustainable communities.
World Food Policy Center. “The Plight of Farmers & the Tools of Dispossession (1900-1950).” Accessed July 17, 2024. https://wfpc.sanford.duke.edu/north-carolina/durham-food-history/the-plight-of-farmers-the-tools-of-dispossession-1900-1950/.
Short history of how many of the agricultural “innovations” over time have led to dispossession and environmental degradation.
www.epa.gov. “Climate Change Indicators: Heat Waves,” February 4, 2021. https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/climate-change-indicators-heat-waves#:~:text=Data%20%7C%20Technical%20Documentation-.
Another set of data from a reliable source to demonstrate climate change impacts
www.ucsusa.org. “What’s Wrong with Fossil Fuel–Based Fertilizer? | Union of Concerned Scientists.” Accessed July 12, 2024. https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/whats-wrong-fossil-fuel-based-fertilizer.
A clear explanation of why our current farming practice which rely on fossil fuels are problematic and should be changed.
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