Beginning with unrelated scenes of strip-mined land, power plants, and deserted towns, this video stimulates viewers to rethink the types of energy we use. This impactful presentation has no narration, only clips from the mining process....

Thermal power is electricity generated by the burning of fossil fuels. Through a series of video clips and computer animations, youngsters learn about how coal is used to produce useful electricity. The website provides quizzes that are...

NPR has documented the Sago Mine Disaster and has also provided glimpses into the lives of mine workers and the coal culture of the Appalachians.

John Green discusses what is arguably the most revolutionary of modern revolutions, the Industrial Revolution. [11:04]

You probably know some of the signs of industrialization in the nineteenth century: Trains connected cities, symbolizing progress. But they also brought about the destruction of rural lands, divisions between social classes, and rapid...

Sustainable energy is one of the greatest challenges for chemists today. This video discusses the research into possible solutions. [4:08]

Meet Marisol, a high school student from Little Village in Chicago, and learn how she found out about the toxins produced by the local coal-burning power plant in her community in this video adapted from Earth Island Institute. Discover...

A song about natural resources introducing vocabulary terms such as coal, wind, trees, non-renewable and renewable energy. [1:49]