Phenomenon: How energy resources impact people
Looking at the map resources, let’s create a list of the people positively and negatively impacted by these sources of power
Learning Goals:
- Understand some of the social and environmental issues surrounding clean water power.
Materials List
Handouts
- Social, Environmental, and Equity Issues Renewable Energy Worksheet
- Taholah Village Relocation Master Plan
- Removing Dams from the Klamath River
- Examining the Pros and Cons of Hydroelectric Energy
- Southeast Asia is betting on hydropower, but there are risks of economic damage
- Hydropower could help developing nations decarbonize . . . with minimal environmental impact
- Droughts in Western states drive up emissions and threaten human health
- Is hydropower good or bad for the environment? We went to Idaho to find out
- As the Harms of Hydropower Dams Become Clearer, Some Activists Ask, ‘Is It Time to Remove Them?’
- A New White House Plan Prioritizes Using the Ocean’s Power to Fight Climate Change
- Pros and cons of Wave Energy
- The untapped power of ocean winds – why New Zealand is looking offshore for future renewable energy
Important Links
- Lesson Plan
- Global Hydropower Tracker
- Hydropower Tour info in US
- Wave Energy Projects
- Water Power Technologies Office Projects Map
- US Wind Turbine Database
- List of Offshore Wind farms in the US
- Video: What Does Energy Sovereignty Mean to You?
- Tribal Lands Map
- CE Resource Sheet: Tribal Energy Independence Resources to Explore