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WANT TO KNOW
We wrote a 300-page book, but this issue just keeps on going. Here are links to some of the best sources on energy and climate change.
Check out what we're offering in our table of contents: we hope it will leave you wanting more.
Four countries are usually held up as energy examples. Find out why, and whether it could work for us.
BREAK GLASS
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is America's "Plan B" on energy, but how much good is it?
Scott Bittle
Jean Johnson
Scott Bittle is the Director of Public Issues Analysis at Public Agenda. Bittle is the lead author of the Energy Learning Curve?, a series of reports tracking public attitudes, knowledge, values and concerns about energy over time, released in association with Planet Forward, the innovative web-to-television project in which Bittle serves as website director.
Jean Johnson is the Director of Education Insights and Director of Programs at Public Agenda. Johnson has written articles for USA Today, Education Week and The Huffington Post. She has appeared on CNN, the Today Show, Lou Dobbs Tonight, and The O'Reilly Factor, among others.
Bittle and Johnson previously co-authored Where Does the Money Go?, a book designed to help typical Americans understand the debate over the federal budget and national debt.
Dr. Patrick E. Meyer, Ecolibris, Feb. 22, 2010
Forum on Science, Ethics & Policy, blog posting on AAAS presentations by Jean Johnson and Daniel Yankelovich, Feb. 19, 2010
Bill Moyers Journal, PBS interview with "Who Turned Out the Lights?" authors Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson, Jan. 22, 2010
Lindsey Mason, The Layman's Guide to the Energy Crisis, Suite101.com, Jan. 14, 2010
Big changes in behavior depend very much on whether people think they're a good idea. Energy policy's no exception: check out Public Agenda's Energy Learning Curve? survey to find out what people know and believe about energy - information we'll all have to keep in mind as we consider new ways of doing things. Bonus: our Energy Quiz.
Ready to get involved in the debate on fueling our future? Get smart fast with Public Agenda's Fast Facts About Energy; the Citizen's Survival Kit guide to climate change; and our Energy & Environment Classroom Resources page.
