Web sites

US Government agencies

http://www.fedworld.gov/ - locate government information

http://www.energy.gov/engine/content.do - department of energy

http://www.fe.doe.gov/ - US Department of Energy - fossil energy

http://www.epa.gov/ - environmental protection agency

http://www.mms.gov/aboutmms/ - mineral management service

http://www.osmre.gov/ - office of surface mining

http://www.ferc.gov/ - federal energy regulatory commission

http://www.eia.doe.gov/ - Energy information administration – a large amount of data for the world on energy issues.
http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/aeo/index.html - and the Energy Info Administration energy outlook for 2005 with projections to 2025.

http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/contents.html - energy situation overview for a number of countries

http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/chron.html - World Oil Market and Oil Price

http://www.eere.energy.gov/consumerinfo/factsheets/ec7.html - US dept. of energy – energy efficiency for appliances

State agencies

http://www.energy.ca.gov/index.html California energy commission.

http://www.energy.ca.gov/links/ - Many links to other sites

Environmental organizations –

http://www.ecoworld.com/default.cfm

International agencies

http://www.uneptie.org/energy/ Energy Branch: United Nations Environment Programme

http://www.uneptie.org/energy/act/index.htm

http://www.insc.anl.gov/pwrmaps/map/world_map.php Nuclear Power Reactors: WORLD MAP - The International Nuclear Safety Center (INSC), operates under the guidance of the Director of International Nuclear Safety and Cooperation (NN-30) in the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), has the mission of improving nuclear power reactor safety worldwide.

Industry sites

http://www.awea.org/ - American Wind Energy Association

http://api-ec.api.org/frontpage.cfm - American Petroleum Institute

http://www.nei.org/doc.asp?catnum=3&catid=13 Nuclear Energy Institute

Definitions and information

Facts and Information All About Energy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy

Some calculations - Energy units

http://www.energy.state.or.us/industry/Definitions.htm

http://www.ilpi.com/msds/ref/energyunits.html

http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/science/units.html energy conversions

http://www.onlineconversion.com/energy.htm fun and useful to convert energy from one set of units to another.

Did you know that 1 gallon [U.S.] of automotive gasoline = 0.0314914 ton [explosive] ?

Fuel costs –

http://hearth.com/fuelcalc/findoil.html - fuel cost calculator

http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/savemoney.shtml - fuel costs for a vehicle

http://www.idontcareaboutair.com/facts/fuel.shtml - fuel efficiency

Information about nuclear energy

http://www.ieer.org/clssroom/index.html

http://www.nei.org/default.asp

Energy engineering

http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~kenneth-weston/ - Energy Conversion – the E book.

Chronologies: 1970 – 2003. What controlled oil prices?

http://cta.ornl.gov/cta/ Center for transportation analysis

General
http://policypete.com/default.htm - a general site from Canada on Petroleum Policy and Geopolitics - This is a private website (not gov't) and is full of useful information.  You can also access the 'pages' for previous years.
http://www.chpa.co.uk/aboutchp.htm - cogeneration also known as combined heat and power

http://www.peopleandplanet.net/doc.php?id=522&section=7 People and planet.net - people and renewable energy

Climate change

http://www.ipcc.ch/ The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). This organization was established by WMO and UNEP to assess scientific, technical and socio- economic information relevant for the understanding of climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation