Environmental Sites: Technology

• Beyond Discovery
  Beyond DiscoveryTM: The Path from Research to Human Benefit is a series of articles that trace the origins of important recent technological and medical advances. Each story reveals the crucial role played by basic science, the applications of which could not have been anticipated at the time the original research was conducted.
• Bubble Chamber - Sci Tech News Source
  Most of what passes for technology news on the web recently seems to be technology business news—which company bought which other company, IPO announcements, etc. Jim Flanagan is a technologist, not an investor, and so much more interested in the Web of Ideas. Bubble Chamber is his attempt to share science and technology news which contains catalysts to thought and new ideas which people can use in their own intellectual travels.
• Center for Neighborhood Technology
  The Center for Neighborhood Technology has a unique mission: To invent
  and implement new tools and methods that create livable urban communities for everyone....the challenge is to achieve a steady improvement in quality of life, while simultaneously improving environmental conditions. - site intro
• Environmental Technology Verification Program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  The EPA's Environmental Technology Verification Program (ETV) verifies "the performance of innovative technical solutions to problems that threaten human health or the environment." ETV was created to substantially accelerate the entrance of new environmental technologies into the domestic and international marketplace. ETV verifies commercial-ready, private sector technologies through 12 pilots." The ETV web site: contains verification statements and reports; presents information on the pilots and on the ETV program. - INFOMINE
• Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable
  The Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable (FRTR) consists of senior executives of eight federal agencies that have an interest in site remediation technology. Included at the FRTR web site are: Publications with comprehensive information on innovative technologies and on technical solutions to common contamination problems. Some publications are available online; others are listed and may be ordered from NTIS; Case studies, cost and performance case study reports; Site Remediation Technology InfoBase lists and describes federal cleanup programs, federal site remediation technology development assistance programs, federal remediation technology electronic databases and resources, and federal publications on remediation technologies; Materials on Remedial process optimization and remedial system evaluation; Technology demonstration and development links; Remediation Technologies Screening Matrix and Reference Guide and Field Sampling and Analysis Technologies Matrix; and Information about FRTR meetings.
• LivingInternet.com
  Excellent overview of the Internet and its six main technologies: E-Mail, the World Wide Web, Usenet Newsgroups, Internet Relay Chat, Multi-User Dimensions, and Mailing Lists. Each section describes how the technology was invented, how it works, advanced usage, help resources, and other useful and entertaining information - Scout Report.
• Natural Science
  Science, technology, and health news, links to newsletters, magazines and journals, links in Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, Global Ecology, Education, +.
• Remote Sensing and Environmental Treaties Building More Effective Linkages
  The Remote Sensing and Environmental Treaties website has been updated from its original format as a workshop website to a web resource designed to facilitate communication among those interested in this subject. The site now includes papers published after the workshop (held in December 2000) and a revamped Image Gallery of
  Remote Sensing Instruments of Relevance to Environmental Treaties (prepared by Karen Kline of the University of California at Santa Barbara). - SEDAC News, Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center, Center for International Earth Science Information Network, Columbia University. May 2002 (Vol. 3, No. 5)
• 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.
• SciDevNet
  News, views, and information on science, technology and development. Site discusses those aspects of modern science and technology that are relevant to sustainable development and the social and economic needs of developing countries - site intro. Includes features, opinion and editorial, book reviews, grant and job information, current topics, and regional gateways. Backed by the journals Nature and Science.
• Virtual Technical Reports Center
  EPrints, Preprints, & Technical Reports on the Web from the University of Maryland Libraries.
• Web Exhibits
  Categories include: Creative Arts, Ancient World, Discovery & Expedition, Society & Culture, Health & Medicine, Environment, Science & Technology, and Academic Subjects.