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Wind Farm. Image Copyright © Michael Collier http://www.earthscienceworld.org/images
How much U.S. electricity is generated from renewable energy?
U.S. Energy Information Administration
Schematic from EPA of the cycle of water use and disposal in the hydraulic fracturing process. Image Credit: EPA
How much water does the typical hydraulically fractured well require?
U.S. Geological Survey
Rare earth elements include 17 elements: Yttrium, Scandium, and the Lanthanide Series. Image Credit: Peggy Greb, Agricultural Research Service, USDA
What are critical minerals, and why are they important?
U.S. Geological Survey
Photograph of tar sands mining, Alberta, Canada
What are tar sands?
American Geosciences Institute
An early example of a floating offshore wind turbine. Image Credit: NREL/Photo by Senu Sirnivas
What are the advantages and disadvantages of offshore wind farms?
American Geosciences Institute
Coal. Image Credit: CSIRO, CC BY 2.0, Coal
What are the different types of coal?
American Geosciences Institute
Power lines. Image Credit: U.S. Department of Energy
What are the energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by source and sector for the United States?
U.S. Energy Information Administration
Mine trucks moving material from the Cripple Creek and Victor Gold Mines in Colorado. Image Credit USGS/Photo by Yolanda Fong-Sam
What are the main methods of mining?
American Geosciences Institute
Total primary energy use in the United States in 2017 by source and sector. Image Credit: U.S. Energy Information Administration
What are the major sources and users of energy in the United States?
U.S. Energy Information Administration
Wastewater disposal facility in Colorado. Image Credit: USGS/Photo by William Ellsworth
What are underground injection wells used for?
American Geosciences Institute

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Mt. St Helens following its catastrophic 1980 eruption. Image Credit: U.S. Geological Survey/Photo by Tom Casadevall
How many active volcanoes are there in the United States?
U.S. Geological Survey
Rare earth elements include 17 elements: Yttrium, Scandium, and the Lanthanide Series. Image Credit: Peggy Greb, Agricultural Research Service, USDA
What are rare earth elements, and why are they important?
U.S. Geological Survey
Mine trucks moving material from the Cripple Creek and Victor Gold Mines in Colorado. Image Credit USGS/Photo by Yolanda Fong-Sam
What are the main methods of mining?
American Geosciences Institute
Total primary energy use in the United States in 2017 by source and sector. Image Credit: U.S. Energy Information Administration
What are the major sources and users of energy in the United States?
U.S. Energy Information Administration
An early example of a floating offshore wind turbine. Image Credit: NREL/Photo by Senu Sirnivas
What are the advantages and disadvantages of offshore wind farms?
American Geosciences Institute