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Environmental Sites: Environmental
- CERES California Environmental Resources
Evaluation System
Environmental resources database with data accessible by organization,
geographic area, theme or data type.
- Concerned Citizens
Resources, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Topics include: community right to know (food/air/water quality, environmental
monitoring); protecting children from environmental health threats (lead,
sun, asbestos, pesticides, etc.); home and garden safety, pollution,
and recycling; workplace safety, pollution, recycling; transportation
(efficient energy use, automobile emissions, etc.); resources for nonprofit
organizations (EPA statutes, regulations, and rules; grants; EPA contacts;
reporting environmental violations and reacting to environmental emergencies;
FAQs; hotlines; online publications.
- Co-op America
Consumer resources for the environmentally concerned.
- Earth Observatory
The purpose of NASA's Earth Observatory is to provide a freely-accessible
publication on the Internet where the public, media and educators can
obtain new satellite imagery and scientific information about our home
planet. The focus is on Earth's climate and environmental change. -
site intro
- Environment:
The World Bank Group
By linking poverty alleviation and sustainable development,
the Bank is focusing on finding ways to ensure that economic growth
does not come at the expense of the world's physical and ecological
systems or the world's poor. - site intro. Resources include: New Developments;
Strategy; Key Topics; Operational Policies; Regions; Projects; Learning
& Knowledge Resources; Publication & Data; Partnerships; and
FAQs.
- EMS Environmental Media Services
Nonprofit organization providing journalists with current information
on environmental issues. Topics: Chemicals & Health, Climate &
Air, Education & Media, International Trade & Development, Land
& Transportation, Oceans & Water, Plants & Animals.
- Environmental Citizenship
Environmental Citizenship is an idea that each of us is an integral
part of a larger ecosystem and that our future depends on each one of
us embracing the challenge and acting responsibly and positively toward
our environment. It's about making changes in our daily lives to be
environmental citizens all day, every day. - site intro
- Environmental
Defense
This organization combines experts in science, law and economics to
tackle complex environmental issues. They publish reports, print and
email newsletters, factsheets, and educational materials on "green"
behavior and business practices that can help sustain and improve the
environment. - site intro Site is especially useful for news on current
environmental issues.
- Enviro$en$e: Common Sense Solutions
to Environmental Problems
Enviro$en$e, part of the U.S. EPA's web site, provides a compliance
assurance, and enforcement information and data bases. Our search engine
searches multiple web sites (inside and outside the EPA), and offers
assistance in preparing a search. - site intro. Topics include: Federal,
State and Local and International Internet Cooperatives;
Solvent Distribution Data Systems; Compliance and Enforcement; Technical/R&D
Information; News and Training.
- EPA Environmental Protection
Agency
Topics Include: Air, Cleanup, Compliance & Enforcement, Economics,
Ecosystems, Emergencies, Environmental Management, Human Health, Industry,
Pesticides, Pollutants/Toxics, Pollution Prevention, Research, Treatment
& Control, Wastes, Water, Laws and Regulations, Programs, Information
Sources.
- Global Commons Institute
The Global Commons Institute (GCI) is an independent group of people
whose aim is the protection of the Global Commons, which we fear may
be driven beyond the threshold of ecological stability by the relentless
pursuit of economic growth. We are currently working on the political
and economic aspects of global climate change. GCI was founded in 1990
after the Second World Climate Conference, and has been an officially
recognised and highly active participant within the UN Framework Convention
on Climate Change (UN FCCC) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC) processes. GCI is based in the UK. Its director is Aubrey
Meyer. - site intro
- Global
Trends 2015: A Dialogue About the Future With Nongovernment Experts
Report, produced by the CIA, discusses the major drivers and trends
that will shape the world of 2015. Key drivers are identified as: Demographics,
Natural resources and environment, science and technology, the global
economy and globalization, National and international governance, future
conflict and the role of the United States. - site intro
- National Council for Science
and the Environment
Metasite. Includes: Environmental Journals on the Internet, Jobs, Population
and Environment, Research Gateways, Maps, Laws/Treaties/Agencies, State
of the Environment Reports, Local Environmental Reports.
- National Oil and Hazardous Substances
Pollution Contingency Plan
The NCP (actually the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution
Contingency Plan) is described in
40 CFR 300. This describes the National Response System for responding
to spills and other emergencies. The National Response Team is part
of this, and they have a very informative website that describes how
it all works. - Lucie E. Mayeux
- Recommendations
for Improving the Scientific Basis for Environmental Decisionmaking
A Report from the first National Conference on Science, Policy, and
the Environment
Recommendations of more than 450 scientists and decisionmakers
who participated in the first National Conference on Science, Policy
and the Environment on December 7 and 8, 2000.The conference was sponsored
by the National Council for Science and the Environment. - site intro
- Resources for the Future
Independent institute dedicated exclusively to analyzing environmental,
energy, and natural resource topics, RFF gathers under one roof a unique
community of scholars conducting impartial research to enable policymakers
to make sound choices.
- Soil Survey
Site contains soil surveys by state, soil use, educational materials,
a gallery, soil classification, standard procedures, and research. By
the United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation
Service.
- U.S.
Government Documents Ready Reference Collection: Environment
Government documents on the Web related to the Environment.
By the Columbia Libraries.
- Yearbook of International
Co-operation on Environment and Development
An independent publication from the Fridtjof Nansen Institute in Norway.
It aims to demonstrate the international community's position on specific
environment and development problems, the main obstacles to effective
international solutions, and how to overcome them. It assesses the achievements
and the shortcomings of international co-operation, and helps the reader
to distinguish between rhetoric and reality. - site intro
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