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Energy Sustainability:

Energy and the environment US Environmental Protection Agency
Details what the EPA is doing to promote efficient and sustainable energy use

Energy for sustainability National Science Foundation
Discusses programs in support of fundamental research and education in energy production, conversion, and storage, focusing on energy sources that are environmentally friendly and renewable

Energy sustainability and security InterAcademy Council
Presents key problems and challenges of energy sustainability and security, as well as ideas for solutions

Energy sustainability World Energy Council
Discusses the basic economic, technological and environmental awareness resources needed to respond to the challenges of energy sustainability

Sustainability New South Wales Department of Energy, Utilities and Sustainability
Offers information on policies, reforms, and programs that ensure energy and urban water is sustainable, competitive, efficient, affordable, safe, and reliable

Sustainable development report ConocoPhillips
Details ConocoPhillips’ environmental and social performance including health and safety, economic contributions, technology use, and accountability for energy sustainability

Energy for a sustainable and secure future BP
Provides a link to speeches on BP’s involvement in sustainable energy, including work with alternative energy sources, along with the Alternate Energy website

Climate change, energy efficiency and renewables Chevron
Summarizes Chevron’s plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase energy efficiency

Sustainability Report Shell
Reports Shell’s progress in contributing to sustainable development

Climate Change:

Greenhouse gas emissions US Environmental Protection Agency
Explains the four principle greenhouse gases that enter the atmosphere because of human activity, as well as greenhouse gas inventories, emission trends, and projections

Greenhouse gas sources and sinks Environment Canada
Features a variety of information on greenhouse gases and the greenhouse effect, including frequently asked questions and data tables of Canada’s emissions

Climate change American Petroleum Institute
Discusses how the oil and gas industry have responded to concerns about greenhouse gases and provides specific details on what individual oil and gas companies are doing to combat the greenhouse effect

The GHG Protocol Initiative World Resources Institute
Provides information to help businesses manage their greenhouse gas emissions

IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme International Energy Agency
Gives information from an international research collaboration that assesses technologies capable of achieving significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions

Suppliers who reduce emissions Greentie
Provides an international directory of suppliers compiled 1995 to 2005, whose technologies and services help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Oil Spills:

Find oil spills facts from the US Department of the Interior Minerals Management Service.

Find information on oil spill frequency, size, cause, and cost from the International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation Limited .

Understand oil spills and the cleanup in terms children can understand from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Drilling Operations:

For more information about low impact drilling, visit the US Department of Energy website.

For more information about environmental protection in the offshores of Australia, visit the Earth Science Australia website..

or more information about environmental protection in the offshores of the UK, visit the Oil & Gas UK website.

Industry Data and Terminology

Petroleum reserves definitions Revised in 2007, this list of definitions was compiled by the Society of Petroleum Engineers and other organizations that are working together to gain a common understanding of how to define reserves and resources.

Links to industry websites SPE maintains an extensive list of links to industry companies, government agencies, professional organizations, geological surveys, and environmental groups.