Corcoran, E. 1991. "Cleaning Up Coal," Scientific American 264, no. 5:106. Novel market-based approaches to reducing air pollution from coal combustion are described.

Ford, D. 1983. Three Mile Island: Thirty Minutes to Meltdown. New York: Penguin Books. A description of the worst nuclear power accident in the United States and how it happened.

Fulkerson, W., et al. 1990. "Energy from Fossil Fuels," Scientific American 263, no. 3:128. One of a series of articles in a special issue on energy. Also reprinted in book form. See Davis, G. R., above.

Golay, M. W., and N. E. Todreas. 1989. "Advanced Light-Water Reactors," Scientific American 262, no. 4:82. Discusses new passive safety features that can make nuclear energy safer and more attractive.

H'tele, W. (September) 1990. "Energy from Nuclear Power," Scientific American 263, no. 3:136. Nuclear power could supply much needed energy, this author claims, if safe reactors are designed and security and waste storage problems are solved.

Kats, G. (July) 1992. "The Earth Summit: Opportunity for Energy Reform," Energy Policy 20, no. 6:547. The Earth Summit was an opportune time to reform energy policy. What happened?

Lester, R. K. (March) 1986. "Rethinking Nuclear Power," Scientific American 254, no. 3:31. A good description of how a new generation of low-power, centrally fabricated nuclear reactors could be designed for inherent safety.

Pollack, C. 1986. "Decommissioning: Nuclear Power's Missing Link," Worldwatch Paper 69. Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute. An excellent discussion of disposal of old nuclear power plants.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 1980. Environmental Perspective on the Emerging Oil Shale Industry. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. A massive potential source of energy, but also a massive potential source of environmental harm.