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How Does the United States Govern Energy?

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5. Alternatives to Coal, Oil, and Nuclear Power

a. Nonrenewable sources

• Natural gas: Oil’s cleaner twin

 

 

b. Renewable sources

• Geothermal
   
• Hydropower

 
• The Tennessee Valley Authority

 

• Wind Power

The American Wind Energy Association


 
• Solar Power

 

               The "Feed-In Tariff"

  
 

• Biomass
     
  
          Ethanol   

 

 

c. Conservation

 

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How Does the U.S. Govern Hazardous & Solid Waste ?

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1. Lead: A case study

 

2.  The Background
 

 

3. The Politics of Risk
 

    The problem of disposal was largely ignored until publicized problems in the 1970s
 

• Love Canal 


 

• Russell Bliss and Dioxin



 
• Heculaneum, 2002

 

4.  From cradle to grave

• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), 1976
   
• Toxic Substances Control Act, 1976

• The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,and Liability Act (CERCLA, or Superfund), 1980

Link to Superfund / Missouri CERCLA Sites / National Priorities List Sites in Missouri  /
Link to Missouri Department of Natural Resources Hazardous Waste Management Program

 

5. "Brownfields"

 

6. Nuclear Waste