Air Links
Air and Waste Management Association provides links to U.S. government agencies, environmental organizations, and international conference information.
American Lung Association provides links to research and data on indoor and outdoor air quality, as well as information on fellowships and research grants.
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) specializes in extensive research on indoor and outdoor air pollution, asthma, and research grants.
National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI) maintained by Canada’s environmental protection agency, Environment Canada. It includes links, data and research on greenhouse gas emissions and air pollutant emissions.
NASA’s Earth
Observing System links to studies on air pollution, including
pollution tracked by researchers using data from the Earth Probe Total
Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) satellite operated by the U.S. National
Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Atmospheric Pollution and Economic Development (APD), formerly TAPs, which is maintained by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, includes Regional Air-Pollution INformation and Simulation (RAINS) models for analyzing alternative strategies to reduce acidification, eutrophication, and ground-level ozone.
United Nations Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution’s Web site, which is administered by the U.N.’s Environment and Human Settlements Division, includes protocols for the international treaties on pollutants dispersed on air currents, such as ozone, persistent organic pollutants, heavy metals, sulfur dioxide, and oxides of nitrogen. The site also contains data on air pollution monitoring, emissions, and effects
U.S. EPA’s Aerometric Information Retrieval System (AIRS) is the world’s largest air pollution database containing information about airborne pollution in the United States and various World Health Organization (WHO) member countries. It includes annual summaries of data from two other EPA air pollution databases: NET (National Emission Trend); and NTI (National Toxics Inventory) emission inventory databases.
U.S. EPA’s Clean Air Markets Division has acid rain summary emission reports and data on related environmental issues.
U.S. Geological Survey: Acid Rain Monitoring provides data and reports on acid rain, atmospheric deposition, and precipitation chemistry. The information is associated with searchable maps, and the site also provides links to the National Atmospheric Deposition Program
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Bioaccumulative and Toxic Chemicals Links
ECOTOX, a U.S. EPA database, allows users to locate single chemical toxicity for aquatic plants, terrestrial plants, and wildlife. Users can choose report options and tools to focus searches.
Envirofacts Master Chemical Indicator provides a chemical query system to locate information on chemical substances; users can also find data on characteristics of discharges.
National Pollutant Release Inventory, which is maintained by Environment Canada, that country’s environmental protection agency, accesses information on toxic and carcinogenic pollutants, reporting facilities, unreported pollutants, and on-site releases.
Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA), a nonprofit environmental group, has extensive reports, articles, and links on topics such as POPS, cotton, pesticide use, the World Bank, economic trade and development, persistent toxic chemicals in the U.S. food supply. The site also provides access to the PAN Pesticide Database (www.pesticideinfo.org), which contains pesticide toxicity and regulatory information.
TOXNET, managed by the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), has extensive information and resources on toxicology and databases on toxic substances. Users can access U.S. EPA’s Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) and IRIS databases.
Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Program (TEHIP), part of the U.S. National Library of Medicine, offers access to several databases on toxics including TOXNET and ChemID plus, which accesses chemical structure and nomenclature, and Directory of Information Resources Online (DIRLINE), an online directory file with over 10,000 records on resource centers that are willing to respond to queries.
Toxic Release Inventory is U.S. EPA’s pollution release inventory on toxic chemicals used, manufactured, treated, and transported. Users can access extensive information, including guidance documents, international programs, and state fact sheets using searchable databases.
U.S. Geological Survey’s Acute Toxicity Database is searchable by species or chemical, has over 4000 acute toxicity tests with 410 chemicals and 66 species of aquatic animals conducted by Columbia Environmental Research Center in Columbia, MO. Databases may be downloaded.
World Resources Institute, a nonprofit environmental group, has interactive maps, watershed reports, and other data that incorporate toxics and impact of contaminants on the environment; users can access data by searching for topics by regions and broad categories, such as climate or oceans.
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Biotechnology Links
Agricultural Research Service (ARS), the principal research agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), has information on over 1200 research projects in areas including air quality, bioenergy, food safety, genetic improvements, aquaculture, global change, water quality, and management.
American Society of Agronomy(ASA) supports scientific, educational, and professional activities among agronomists and those in related disciplines and presents news updates, fellowship and award announcements, and executive summaries. The site includes access to the Journal of Environmental Quality.
Biotechnology Knowledge Center, sponsored by Monsanto, lets users select a global region for news items, technical reports, and other documents on agricultural biotechnology, including critiques of environmental groups.
Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research (BTI), a private nonprofit organization affiliated with Cornell University and the National Agricultural Biotechnology Council (NABC), has information about biotechnology, biodiversity, and environmental genetics research, as well as postdoc appointments.
Human Genome Sequencing Department of the US Department of Energy, now part of the Joint Genome Institute with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory, uses directed sequencing strategies to decipher genomic sequences. The site contains sequences of fungal, microbial, mouse, sea urchin, and human DNA.
International Food and Agribusiness Management Association, is aimed at managers of public, private, and cooperative commercial organizations, policy makers, academics, and scientists concerned about genetically modified food. The organization’s goal is to ensure that value-added food chains are “economically efficient, nutritional , global, and sustainable.” The site has links to dozens government, industry, and academia academic associations.
Iowa State University Agriculture Plant Sciences Institute includes resources discussing developments in genetics, genomics, plant transformation, and how elements of information science, such as bioinformatics, are affecting the plant sciences.
National Institutes of Health National Human Genome Research Institute contains a wealth of information about the technologies and techniques used to sequence the human genome.
National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) includes a wide range of information on wheat, wheat biotechnology resources, and grain-related research sites in the United States.
National Corn Growers Association provides farmers with information on corn biotechnology such as the approval status of biotech hybrids. It also includes links to regulatory sites.
The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) has a collection of curated databases containing DNA and protein sequences, gene expression, cellular roles, protein families, and taxonomic data for microbes, plants, and humans. The site also provides access to Glimmer (Gene Locator and Interpolated Markov Modeler).
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Career Links
Advanced Technology Environmental Education Center describes environmental technology (ET) careers for high school (HS) students, recommends HS preparation, and links to colleges offering ET degree programs, online journals, and other career sites. An online forum and listserv allows HS students to discuss ET topics.
Amazing Environmental Organization Web Directory search engine links to sites advertising job openings, gives company contact information, and has a résumé-posting service and environmental careers bulletin board.
City of Albuquerque’s Environmental Story—Environmental Careers describes careers and job titles and recommends degrees to pursue for career preparation.
Cyber-Sierra Natural Resources Jobs links to employment listings and gives career information about government, private sector, nonprofit, and international jobs in professional and environmental organizations, forestry, agriculture, natural resource areas, and colleges. Recruiters, reference tools, and Internet searching tips are indicated.
Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment Career Services’ summer internships section profiles graduate student interns and describes their projects, work, organizations where employed, and experiences.
EarthNet has an environmental jobs and internships database searchable by job type, geographical location, and key word. Listings focus on entry- and mid-level positions for applicants who are college students or recent graduates.
Ecological Society of America’s online
brochures for high school and college students describe jobs and employers,
including requisite experience, the job outlook, internship contacts,
job searching, and other career facts. The site links to job announcements
from ESA’s newsletter and funding opportunities.
EE-Link’s environmental-education
links database is primarily geared toward teachers, students, and professionals.
Job postings are sortable by deadline and posting date, organization,
job title, salary, and geographical region. A search tool finds job opportunities
on other servers. Links are provided to job directories and databases.
E-Jobs environmental careers directory links
to U.S. and Canadian employment, specific audience information, companies,
law firms, laboratories, government agencies, nonprofit organizations,
salary information, résumés, and career-planning tools. Employers can post jobs and post advertisements.
EnviroNetwork links to employment
listings, résumé posting sites, a job
description index, an employer list, and general career Web pages. Employers
can post job openings, search posted résumés, and profile
their organizations. There is a chat room and discussion board.
The Environmental Career Center links
to job openings and postings that are also published in the National
Environmental Employment Report. A career calendar of conferences, symposia,
career seminars and workshops, and information about the Center’s Green Careers Teleconference are available.
The Environmental Career Opportunities site provides
job listings covering conservation, natural resources, policy, legislation,
regulation, advocacy, outreach, communications, engineering and scientific
services, education, international employment, and internships.
Environmental Professional’s Homepage targets
consultants and remediation professionals, links to associations, conference
notices and bulletins, federal and state government agencies associated
with consulting and remediation, an index of environmental response training
program courses, and federal legislation and regulation.
Environmental Protection
Agency Career Resource Guide provides fact sheets on environmental
careers. These describe responsibilities, job titles, education and
requisite experience, salary ranges, and employee’s quotes. The sheets assist EPA employees who speak to students about careers.
EnviroOne
career center provides employment listings searchable by keyword, state,
and country. There is a résumé and job-wanted posting service
and job and résumé e-mail alerts. Other career resources
link to information on networking, career counseling, résumé preparation,
and job market analysis.
GIS jobs
clearinghouse is a database of geographic information
system (GIS) job opportunities and résumés organized
by posting date. For a fee, employers may post job openings.
GreenBiz.com is
searchable by title, level, and location, and provides employment listings
for green businesses, other environmental organizations, and agencies.
The site posts jobs and résumés, and a career tools section links to career advice, profiles, environmental organizations, and news.
Green Dream Jobs internship
and job postings are provided for careers in sustainable organizations.
Postings are searchable by job type, skill level, geographic location,
and keyword. A green careers column and links to other career and business
resources are provided.
National Library for
the Environment—Environmental Career Page
links to employment listings, career counseling sites, networking information,
job market analyses, salary, résumé preparation and posting
services, cover and thank you letters, Internet newsgroups, and job
databases.
The National Science
Teachers Association provides
information about becoming a science teacher, including profiles, salary,
differences in teaching at different levels, and job preparation and
hunting tips. Information is available about the certification process
and state education agency contacts.
Saludos.com Career
Guide: Nature and Environment, a Web site for Hispanic job seekers,
has a section on nature and the environment and describes job responsibilities,
working conditions, salaries, job outlooks, education, and position
training requirements.
Society
of American Foresters’ Career Center links to forestry
career information, employment listings, an educational guide to society-accredited
and other forestry degree programs, job search tools, market information,
and employer resources.
The
Society of Toxicology
links to toxicology career surveys and a field resource guide. For
a fee, you can access the society’s job bank and online placement
service. Strategies for successful career development in academia,
industry, and government are listed.
Tree Foundation of
Kern (California), also in Spanish, includes urban forestry career
definitions, descriptions, interview quotes, salaries, and requisite
education and experience. The schools section links to forestry colleges
and contact information.
Ubiquity Environmental
Careers Page describes environmental careers, searching and applying
for jobs; links to an e-mail discussion group for students and environmental
professionals; and has a student resources page listing other environmental
sites.
University
of Manitoba Counseling Service profiles environmental professionals
who describe their work, a routine day, co-workers, job education and
training, advancement opportunities, and challenges; and advise students
about their career interests.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service’s (USFWS’s) career page describes staff duties,
position training requirements, salaries, and benefits. Contact information
for regional offices is given.
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Climate Change Links
British Antarctic Survey is
frequently updated and includes data on ozone at various stations, background
data, related resources, and links to temperature and ozone graphs.
British Atmospheric
Data Center, based within the Space Science
and Technology Department at the Rutherford Appleton Library, gives
users access to numerous searchable atomospheric and stratrospheric
data sets.
EPA’s
Global Warming site, operated by the
U.S. EPA, contains a wealth of elementary
information about global warming, such as what the problem is and what
we know about. It also contains links to a slew of reports on this
topic written by EPA scientists and other
international authorities.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC), operated by the United Nations, assesses the
scientific, technical and socio-economic information relevant to the
understanding of the risk of human-induced climate change. The site
provides access to the IPCC’s influential
climate change reports, which are based on reviews of peer-reviewed
science, as well as guidelines for conducting national greenhouse gas
inventories.
International
Center for Antarctic Information and Research, a joint initiative
between New Zealand, the United States, and Italy, provides leadership
on collection and dissemination of scientific information on Antarctica
and the Southern Ocean, links to research data, and reports.
NOAA Aeronomy
Laboratory, one of 12 labs operated by the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)’s Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric
Research, has the goal of improving the capability to observe, understand,
predict, and protect the quality of the atmosphere. The site has data
on greenhouse warming and stratospheric ozone depletion in various
regions and links to data sets, publications, and ongoing research.
Pew Center on Global Climate Change,
a nonprofit, nonpartisan, and independent organization, offers a collection
of reports analyzing climate change policy, economics, and science. The
site also is the home of the Business Environmental Leadership Council,
a group of leading companies worldwide that have committed to addressing
global climate change.
Stratospheric Ozone and Human
Health Project, maintained by Columbia
University’s Center for International Earth Science Information
Network (CIESIN) in collaboration with the U.S. National Aeronautics
and Space Administration (NASA), includes data about ultraviolet light
exposure in different U.S. cities calculated by the Ultraviolet Interactive
Service (UVIS) using NASA satellite data,
as well as a near real-time-UV-dose estimates for most of the populated
areas on earth.
U.S. Global Change Research Program,
which was created by a U.S. presidential initiative in 1989, has the
mission to provide the foundation needed to improve predictions of seasonal-to-interannual
variability and longterm climate change. The site contains information
about research in each of the program’s focus areas, including
composition and chemistry of the atmosphere; biology and biogeochemistry
of ecosystems; carbon cycle science; human dimensions of global change;
paleoenvironment and paleoclimate; and the global water cycle.
United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP)—The Ozone Secretariat links to UNEP and
U.N. organizations, U.N. Convention on Climate Change, scientific and
policy sites on ozone depletion, global data reports, and the WMO/UNEP
Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion (1998), which includes input
from more than 300 scientific experts.
Woods Hole Research Center
addresses global warming and climate change with projects using remote
sensing to study the world’s major forested regions, including
the tropical rain forest of Brazil and the boreal forests of Siberia.
World Meteorological
Organization’s (WMO) Atmospheric Research and Environment Program (AREP),
which is operated by the United Nations, fosters research on the structure
and chemical composition of the atmosphere. The site has links to the
observatories operated through the organization’s Global Atmosphere
Watch.
World Resources
Institute’s (WRI) Climate and Atmosphere site
contains papers and publications, facts and figures on global warming,
including greenhouse gas emissions and climate data sources, international
organizations, global statistics, maps, and indicators.
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Energy — General
Argonne National Laboratory,
operated by the University of Chicago for the U.S. Department of Energy
(DOE), links to 250 research programs, industrial technology development
centers, conferences, libraries, scientific facilities, student and faculty
opportunities, weekly “what’s new updates”, and research
programs on energy and technology.
Asia Alternative Energy Program,
established by the World Bank, links to alternative energy projects,
technical assistance programs, reports and papers on alternative energy,
news updates, partnerships, and related organizations.
CADDET Renewable
Energy is an International Energy Agency agreement for the exchange
of information on commercial renewable energy and includes links to
the Renewable Energy Register, a database of demonstrated renewable
energy projects, technical brochures, reviews on various renewable
energy topics, and resources and organizations for geothermal, hydro,
wind, solar, PV, and biomass energy.
Canadian Sustainable Energy,
operated by the Independent Power Producers’ Society of Ontario,
has information about technologies, including solar, wind, small hydro,
cogeneration, biomass, and district heating and cooling
ETDEWEB is part of the International Energy Agency’s Energy Technology Data Exchange program. The site is an international clearinghouse for energy research and technology information, with a database containing citations published worldwide regarding nuclear, coal, and global climate change information. Policies for users vary by country.
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Network (EREN), the U.S. Department of Energy’s
(DOE’s) resource for information on renewable energy, offers
users access to over 600 links and 80,000 documents, a news database,
online energy experts, and search links to utilities, building technologies,
and alternative technologies such as bioenergy, hydrogen, and solar.
The solar link, for example, connects users with the National Center
for Photovoltaics and the Alternative Fuels Data Center.
Energy Information Administration
accesses comprehensive statistics and data on various forms of energy,
searchable by topics such as process, sector, price, forecasts, analysis,
and links to related resources.
Environmental Energy Technology Division’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has
summaries of research in advanced technologies, building technologies,
staff opportunities, and a diverse listing of links, ranging from energy
software and market data, to transportation.
European Association of Renewable Energy
Research Centers (EUREC), an independent association of 40 research
and development groups in Europe, links to recommended literature,
job and internship opportunities, publications, periodicals, and European
data.
European Commission Directorate General features
statistics, publications, and resources related to the European Union’s
energy policy.
Global Network of Environment & Technology
an environmental technology, news, and business center in partnership
with National Energy Technology Center and U.S. DOE’s
Office of Science & Technology, links to information on technology,
markets, DOE updates, government updates, newsletters,
and job information.
Los Alamos National Laboratory
links to updates on ongoing research into fuel cells, zero-emissions
power, as well as science and technology updates.
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
offers comprehensive data and resources on energy and matter, biofuels,
solar, wind, hydropower, and other energy sources, and environmental
energy technologies.
Rocky Mountain Institute, a nonprofit research and consulting organization, has focused on energy and resource efficiency since its beginnings in 1982. RMI works with businesses, governments, and communities to create wealth while simultaneously protecting the earth through the more productive use of finite resources.
RMI's website (www.rmi.org) contains many research publications in it's on-line library, past and current newsletters, links, and insights into other environmental and resource issues, including water, transportation, and climate.
The Atlas Project
is part of the European Network of Energy Agencies’(on behalf of
Directorate General XVII of the European Commission)
Energy Research and Technological Development (RTD) strategy and provides
a review of alternative energy technologies.
U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
a U.S. DOE research lab, gives users access
to research and technology projects, technology transfer, news, events,
data and documents, R&D programs, contracting opportunities, and
education partnerships.
Energy — Biofuels
American Bioenergy Association accesses
facts on bioenergy technologies, legislative updates, and more than 200
links to nonprofit organizations, research institutions, government organizations,
and other sources of information and data.
Alternative Fuels
Data Center links to searchable
data sets, facts and figures, funding opportunities, more than 50 topic
areas, including university research programs, biodiesel fuels, alternative
fuel vehicles, electric fuels, and funding opportunities.
Bioenergy Information Network has
extensive databases on fast-growing trees and grasses, residues for fuel
and power, links to related topics and organizations, searchable databases,
news updates, publications, FAQs, and links to U.S. DOE’s National Biofuels Program. Frequent updates include proceedings of bioenergy meetings, current research information, and access to publications, news, and images.
U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Biomass Program links
to ongoing research in bioethanol technology, biodiesel technology, document
databases, news updates, publications, and industrial and research partnerships.
Energy — Wind
American Wind Energy Association provides
information about both small-scale and utility-scale wind technologies
and projects. The site includes standards and technical information.
British Wind Energy Association
links to information on various types of wind energy—offshore and
wind energy farms—and has a directory of wind energy companies.
European Wind Energy Association
links to data on wind energy use in Europe, publications, news updates,
and conferences.
National Climatic Data Center
accesses historic and current climate data, wind speed data, research,
monitoring, climate events, and allows users to search the National Virtual
Data System (NVDS) to access NOAA data from
all NOAA centers.
National Wind Technology Center,
operated by the U.S. DOE’s National Renewable
Energy Laboratory (NREL), is a clearinghouse of information on emerging
wind technologies for both small-scale and utility-scale use and includes
data on wind energy in the marketplace, wind turbine research and illustrations,
updates on avian issues, and research on U.S. wind potential.
Sandia National Laboratory’s Wind Energy Technology Program links to applied research, turbine research, online abstracts and reports,
bibliography, and symposiums.
Energy — Geothermal
Energy Efficiency
and Renewable Energy Network (EREN) of
the U.S. DOE links to international and national
statistics, data research organizations, and resource links.
European Deep Geothermal Energy Program provides
information on the research and development of enhanced geothermal systems,
hot dry-rock technologies in Europe, and related activities, maps, and
research results.
Energy — Hydrogen
Energy Efficiency
and Renewable Energy Network (EREN)
part of the U.S. DOE, links to hydrogen-related
projects, technologies, state, federal organizations, universities
and publications, and the Hydrogen Information Network (see below).
Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Letter
published monthly, has a Web site that includes, free of charge, a searchable
database of topics covering international hydrogen and fuel cell issues,
as well as news articles on the topic.
Energy — Electricity
Power Scorecard assesses
the environmental impact of different types of electricity generation.
It was developed with the technical support of the Pace Law School Energy
Project to help citizens rate electricity sources by entering state and
energy preferences.
Energy — Solar
A Global Overview of Renewable Energy
Sources (AGORES), the European Commission’s
site on renewable energies accesses research projects, includes publications,
calls for proposals, news and updates, and links such as the Global
Energy Marketplace. It has more than 2500 renewable energy links and
is sponsored by EPA.
American Solar Energy Society
provides resources for links to information on the National Solar Energy
Conference, the Advances in Solar Energy publication, ASES-published
white papers, and other resources.
International Solar Energy Society
links to publications and the worldwide information system for renewable
energy (WIRE).
National Center for Photovoltaics accesses
technical papers, resources information, conferences, and R&D labs, and includes a searchable database.
Solar Radiation Resource Information,
maintained by the U.S. DOE’s National
Renewable Energy Lab (NREL), links to a national solar radiation database, NOAA sites,
daily statistics, U.S. solar radiation resource maps, solar codes, algorithms,
models and calculators, and publications.
Solar Energy Society of Canada,
Inc. links to publications, news, links
for renewable energy organizations, resources, conferences, and calls
for papers.
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Green Chemistry Links
Green Chemistry
Institute accesses information on chemical research, conferences
and symposia around the world, with links to journal extracts, recent
publications, and new projects such as the new green chemistry centers
springing up around the world.
Green
Chemistry Journal of the U.K.’s Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), allows users access to research activities on chemical aspects of clean technology from the academic, industrial, and public sectors. It also includes; primary research papers, communications and reviews. It has a searchable database and links to other RSC publications.
Green Chemistry Network,
launched by the U.K.’s Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), is based
in the Department of Chemistry at the University of York. Users can access
a database on green chemistry linked to overseas networks, information
on conferences and workshops, calls for proposals, the Green Chemistry
Journal, and a database of research and publications.
National Center for Manufacturing Sciences
Solvent Database is a searchable database with data on health
and safety considerations involved in choosing and using solvents,
as well as information about regulations affecting use of different
solvents and environmental fate data. The site is coordinated through EPA’s
Envirosense Program.
The Joint Service Pollution
Prevention (P2) Technical Library offers a searchable database
as well as a guide for identifying available pollution prevention (P2)
technologies, management practices, and process changes that will reduce
the amount of hazardous and solid waste being generated.
The Solvent Alternatives Guide (SAGE)
(clean.rti.org) and Coatings Alternatives Guide (CAGE), are sponsored
by the Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, NC. SAGE is an interactive computer program that provides pollution prevention information on solvent and process alternatives for parts cleaning and degreasing. CAGE is an expert system and information database designed to recommend low-emitting alternative coating technologies to coatings users.
University of Oregon Department
of Chemistry has a well-organized site
with links to the project that garnered ACS’s
Kenneth G. Hancock Memorial Student Award in Green Chemistry—a
green organic lab that is believed to be the first of its kind in the
United States.
U.S. EPA’s
Envirosense Project site has useful information for
pollution prevention and solvent substitution programs to ensure compliance
with environmental laws and regulations, solve enforcement cases, and
develop research projects. The site links to Solvent Substitution Data
Systems (es.epa.gov/ssds/ssds.html) and the Integrated Solvent Substitution
Data System (ISSDS) (es.epa.gov/issds).
U.S. EPA’s
Green Chemistry Program is an extensive
site with links to the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge and the
Green Chemistry Expert System (GCES), which allows users to build a
green chemical process, design a green chemical, or survey the field
of green chemistry. It also links to research grants, resources, data,
and international activities including an Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development (OECD) survey on sustainable chemistry.
United Nations Environment
Program (UNEP), Division of Technology, Industry and Economics
accesses over 50 case studies from around the world on the manufacture
of chemicals and chemical products, many relevant to green chemistry.
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Groundwater Links
The Groundwater Foundation,
a nonprofit environmental group, provides information resources designed
to increase public understanding of groundwater and related issues and
to promote public involvement in groundwater protection. Partial issues
of the Foundation’s newsletter, The Aquifer, are available online
to non-members.
The National Ground Water Association
(NGWA), formerly known as the National Water Well
Association, serves groundwater professionals and any other stakeholder
involved in making decisions about groundwater resources. NGWA,
which publishes Water Well Journal, Ground Water Monitoring & Remediation,
and Ground Water, also links to Ground Water On-Line, a subscription
database that covers more than 90,000 groundwater literature citations.
Users can also visit the Career Center to browse or post job openings
or to register for conferences and courses.
Environment
Canada, Canada’s
environmental ministry, offers a comprehensive overview of all matters
related to groundwater. Fact sheets and diagrams introduce readers
to the hydrologic cycle, porosity, aquifers, contamination, and related
topics.
U.S. EPA—Office
of Ground Water and Drinking Water maintains
the Safe
Drinking Water Information System,
a database of regulatory compliance information on the nation’s
170,000 public waters systems. National contaminant occurrence data
and monitoring data for currently unregulated contaminants are also
available. Users can place orders for Office of Water publications,
including technical reports, regulatory information, and monitoring
protocols.
Groundwater Central,
maintained by the Groundwater Remediation Technologies Analysis Center
(GWRTAC), is a public-access portal to groundwater remediation information
from GWRTAC. Groundwater Central’s well-designed
user interface offers quick access to case studies, technical reports,
bibliographies, conference announcements, and other resources.
USGS—Office
of Ground Water
links to information on the nation’s groundwater resources and
groundwater projects of the USGS. Users can
access USGS publications, program information,
modeling software, and a numerous databases (including real-time water-level
data relayed to USGS offices from locations
nationwide).
The U.K. Groundwater Forum
is a joint project of the Natural Environmental Research Council, Environment
Agency, Foundation for Water Research, and various other U.K organizations.
The Forum aims to facilitate communication and coordinate research across
the groundwater community, and offers a database of groundwater research
in the United Kingdom.
The Groundwater Resources Association
of California, a nonprofit group whose members
represent a range of groundwater interests, serves as a forum for groundwater
information, education, and advocacy. Resources include legislative
and regulatory updates, technical papers, full access to the HydroVisions
newsletter, and an online discussion forum.
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Land and Forestry Links
American Forest & Paper Association,
an industry group, provides links to news updates, forest science and
technology, global forest management, and publications.
American Farmland Trust (AFT),
a nonprofit organization dedicated to farmland preservation, has a database
of research on farmland protection, conservation practices, and integrated
pest management.
Center for International Forestry
Research (CIFOR) is operated by the Consultative
Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), an association
of public and private members supporting a system of 16 international
agricultural centers that operate in more than 100 countries. CIFOR?s
goal is to improve the scientific basis for ensuring the balanced management
of forests and forest lands, and the site provides links to research
projects such as Underlying Causes of Deforestation, Forest Degradation,
and Changes in Human Welfare, as well as information about publications,
funding opportunities, and symposiums.
European Forest Institute,
an independent, nongovernmental organization, allows users to access
news updates, grant and funding opportunities, and research on European
forests.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations (FAO) contains an extensive database
of forestry research, such as FORGEN, the FAO?s
global information system on the genetic resources of the world?s forests,
and the FAOSTAT forestry trade flow data
collection.
Forest Frontiers Initiative sponsored
by the World Resources Institute, has links to forest data in seven regions
as well as resources on forest management.
International Union of Forestry Research
Organizations is a nonprofit, nongovernmental
international network of forest scientists. The site features an online
reference library, as well as the SilvaTerm database that provides
approximate equivalents of the forest terminology used in nine different
languages.
United Nations Secretariat of
the Convention to Combat Desertification includes
information about the treaty, as well as regional data describing the
problems faced in different countries and information about desertification
experts in those nations.
U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest
Service has an extensive collection of online resources,
including tools like the wildland fire assessment system, an atlas
that predicts how climate change could affect tree species distribution,
and a number of databases of Native American flora and fauna like the
Hopkins U.S. System Index (HUSSI), a collection of information about
insects and diseases that affect forests or wood products.
Worldwatch Institute,
a nonprofit environmental organization, offers links to its annual State
of the World reports, as well position papers in a variety of lengths
on a wide range of topics, some of which, like Cutting the Costs of Paper:
Saving Forests, Water, Energy … and Money deal with forest and
land issues.
World Resources Institute (WRI),
a nonprofit environmental organization that takes a solutions-oriented
approach to global problems, has interactive forest maps, information
on carbon sinks, and tropical forests news updates. Forests and land
management are just two of the environmental topics for which WRI has
extensive resources.
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Policy Links
Center for Global and Regional
Environmental Research (CGRER) is staffed
by University of Iowa scientists in various scientific disciplines
associated with global environmental issues. The extensive Resource
Center and Web links list could be valuable to those searching for
environmental models and animations. The site highlights an opportunity
for undergraduate research at the University of Iowa.
Center for Science
and the Environment (CSE), based in New Delhi, India, is a nongovernment
organization dedicated to sustainable development. Its numerous publications
include comprehensive reports on the state of the environment in India.
Users can access a searchable database of CSE documents,
news updates, and fact sheets on policy issues and research on topics
such as climate change, water harvesting, and biodiversity.
Center for Strategic and
International Studies (CSIS) is a public policy research
institution that retains resident specialists on the world’s
major geographical regions and addresses topics such as energy and
environmental impact, international finance, and national and international
security issues through various initiatives and committees listed under “Programs”.
News updates, publications, resources, and research in areas such as
reinventing environmental regulation, enterprise for the environment,
and the Pacific-Asia environmental summit are accessible.
Environmental Defense, formerly
known as the Environmental Defense Fund, is a nonprofit organization
that advocates conservation and analyzes international environmental
issues “without political bounds.” Users can access updates
and assessments of U.S environmental policy on Washington Watch and link
to the organization’s award-winning Environmental
Scorecard
for detailed data and maps of various pollutants, industrial wastes,
and toxins in the United States.
Environmental
Treaties and Resource Indicators is maintained by Columbia University’s Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), the National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), and other organizations. The site compiles data from a variety of public and private sources to provide users with a searchable database of international treaties, national resource indicators, and information on global issues including climate change, land use/desertification, ozone depletion, air pollution, biodiversity, deforestation, oceans, trade, and population. The database offers several search methods.
Fondazioni Eni Enrico
Mattei, based in Italy, is an nongovernment
organization composed of nine research units that explore European
policy related to global issues. The site provides access to published
research on subjects, including climate change modeling and policy,
corporate sustainable management, knowledge technology, human capital,
sustainability indicators, and natural resources management.
Fridtjof Nansen Institute,
based in Norway, is an independent foundation engaged in three umbrella
research programs: polar studies, European environmental energy studies,
and global resource management. The institution collaborates extensively
with organizations in Norway, Russia, and China.
Global Environment Facility
(GEF), which is headquartered in Washington, DC,
coordinates donations from governmental, nongovernmental organization,
and private-sector groups for four environmental focuses: biodiversity
loss, climate change, degradation of international waters, and ozone
depletion. GEF is managed by the United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP), World Bank, and United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP).
International
Institute for Industrial Environment Economics, at Lund University
in Sweden, conducts policy research aimed at redesigning products and
processes that contribute to global environmental issues. The group
has initiated projects in Eastern Europe, Africa, and India on environmentally
friendly industrial processes. Users can access publications related
to research projects on such topics as climate technology indicators,
sustainable tourism, climate studies, and education projects.
Pacific Institute for
Studies in Development, Environment, and Security
is a U.S.-based nonprofit organization with an international focus.
The site provides access to research on topics such as economic globalization
and the environment, environment and security, global change, community
strategies for sustainability and justice, and water and sustainability.
South Asian Network
for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE) analyzes
the economic impact of environmental problems in South Asian countries
and applies economic tools to identify solutions and develop policy
reforms. Users can access limited information on applying for research
grants and environmental news in individual countries.
United Nations Environmental Programme
(UNEP) helps formulate policy and strategies for environmental
development and sustainable growth through the exchange of information
and research. The organization’s State of the Global Environment report is available on this site, as well as an extensive database listing financial assistance and training opportunities for environmental scientists worldwide, environmental legal instruments, and “milestone” UNEP endeavors.
World Bank
Environmental Economics and Indicators Unit strives to
demonstrate that a nation’s economy and its environment are inextricably
linked. The site provides information on environmental policy, including
indicators for sustainable development and environmental indicators.
It also includes a complete list of World Bank units.
World Resources Institute is a nonprofit organization that conducts
policy research on a wide range of global environmental problems. The
site’s “EarthTrends” section features a searchable
database, including over half a century of worldwide environmental data,
and it includes maps, tables, and country profiles organized by issue.
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Remediation Links
U.S. EPA—Cleanup has information
on contaminated site cleanup projects across the United States managed
by the U.S. EPA Office of Solid Waste and Emergency
Response. An interactive map allows users to locate cleanups in their
area, while other pages offer background information on cleanup science
and technology. Researchers can access a number of databases for site
treatment and characterization technologies.
U.S. EPA—Hazardous
Waste Cleanup Information (CLU-IN) provides information
on “innovative treatment and site characterization technologies
while acting as a forum for all waste remediation stakeholders.” In
addition to a sizeable set of remediation databases, the site hosts
live Internet seminars and links to Technology News and Trends—a
newsletter for environmental professionals that addresses soil, sediment,
and groundwater remediation.
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Risk Assessment Links
U.S. EPA—Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation (OSRTI) aims
to provide all risk stakeholders with “a consistent framework to evaluate and communicate the risks posed by hazardous waste sites.” Resources range from risk calculators for professionals to basic information on risk assessment for a general audience.
Utrecht University Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences (IRAS) (www.iras.uu.nl) provides information on its interdisciplinary risk assessment research and graduate programs in toxicology and environmental and occupational health. The Institute also offers a computer-based statistical program for assessing occupational exposures to contaminants (fee).
The National Library for the Environment is
maintained by the National Council for Science and the Environment, which
works to “improve
the scientific basis for environmental decisionmaking.” Documents
dealing with risk and reform may be found among the Congressional Research
Service Reports.
The Society for Risk Analysis serves as an open forum for anyone
interested in risk analysis. Members have online access to the Society’s
peer-reviewed journal, Risk Analysis, which integrates research from
a broad range of disciplines. The site also offers a risk analysis listserv,
links to risk-related resources, calls for proposals, and other resources.
Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment is a nonprofit corporation
dedicated to protecting public health through risk communication, research,
and public outreach. The site links to toxicology tools and data, including
the International Toxicity Estimates for Risk (ITER) database—the
only database to offer human health risk values from organizations worldwide
in an easy-to-compare table format.
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Sustainable Development Links
Eco-Portal, an environmental Web portal maintained by Ecological
Internet, Inc., combines headlines, links, discussion groups, blogs,
and an environmental search engine in one location—a convenient
way to stay abreast of the latest environmental developments.
The Forum on Science and Technology
for Sustainability supports communication
among members of the diverse community of researchers involved in sustainability
science and technology. Hosted by Harvard University, the Forum offers
papers and presentations on a range of topics, an event calendar with
meeting and workshop reports, newsletters and commentary, education and
training information, and more.
The International Institute
for Sustainable Development (IISD) is a policy research
and advocacy organization based in Winnipeg, Canada, offering online
access to publications on climate change, trade, knowledge networks,
and other sustainable development topics. The website also accesses
SD-Cite—the IISD Research Library database
that contains more than 17,000 items, including links and Web-based
documents. Photocopies of articles may be obtained for a fee.
The Institute for Global Environmental
Strategies (IGES) focuses
on sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific but also works toward
creating a new paradigm of production and consumption for the global
community. Based in Japan, IGES publishes the
peer-reviewed International Review for Environmental Strategies and offers
online access to project-specific reports and other publications (available
in English and Japanese).
The Natural Step, an international advisory and research organization,
works with commercial businesses to “create solutions, models,
and tools designed to accelerate global sustainability.” Working
papers, event materials, case studies, theses, and peer-reviewed articles
are just some of the publications available online from The Natural Step,
whose clients include IKEA, Starbucks, and
The Home Depot.
The Pacific Institute is “an independent, nonpartisan think-tank
studying issues at the intersection of development, environment, and
security.” Visitors will find detailed information on Institute
research, focused on five main areas: Water and Sustainability, Environment
and Security, Community Strategies for Sustainability and Justice, Economic
Globalization and the Environment, and Global Change. Reports, concept
papers, research papers, opinion pieces, and a newsletter are available,
as well as a searchable Water and Climate Bibliography containing over
3,000 items.
SDdimensions, the
website of the Sustainable Development Department of the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations (FAO), contains a library of reports
and other materials on FAO-sustainable
development programs, including catalogues by program area (Environment,
Institutions, Knowledge, and People).
Students Partnership Worldwide (SPW), an international nonprofit
development organization based in the United Kingdom, administers programs
designed to help young people in rural Africa and Asia “get involved
in decisions that shape their future.” SPW’s
website offers information about the organization, their programs, and
volunteer opportunities.
The Sustainability
Institute, founded by the late Donella Meadows,
is a “think-do” tank located in Hartland, Vt., providing
education and training, consulting, and research tools based on a systems
approach to sustainable development challenges. Sustainability Institute
papers are available free of charge. The website also provides useful
links and information on Institute research and consulting services.
SustainAbility Online is “the longest established international
consultancy specializing in business strategy and sustainable development.” SustainAbility,
publishers of the bestselling The Green Consumer Guide (1988), offers
over 25 publications available online or in print. Visitors will also
find program information and lists of magazines, book titles, e-newsletters,
links, and other references recommended and used by SustainAbility.
Sustainable Development
International (SDI) offers online news, links,
and full-text articles from current and past issues of SDI’s
Sustainable Development journal, which aims to “educate a global
audience by providing information and knowledge on all aspects of sustainable
development and environmental issues through cross-media platforms.”
Sustainable Development Online
(SDO) is available through EnviroWindows—an
information-sharing resource created by the European Environment Agency
to help consumers research the environmental records of businesses and
to facilitate communication between local authorities, businesses, concerned
citizens, and other stakeholders. The SDO website
contains a well-organized database of annotated links, with separate
directories for green business, events, sustainable development tools,
education and training, and leading organizations in the sustainable
development field. Users are welcome to submit new links for consideration.
The Swiss National Centre
of Competence in Research (NCCR) North–South is a long-term project of the Swiss National Science Foundation addressing
the characteristic suite of problems, or syndromes, associated with globalization
and socioeconomic disparity between the North and South. Online resources
include detailed project information and an extensive list of NCCR articles
and reports.
The U.S. EPA’s sustainability Web pages offer a mountain of links to EPA tools, programs,
databases, publications, and other sustainable development resources
from green chemistry to environmental indicators to community-based environmental
protection and more.
The UK Government’s sustainable development
Web pages outline Britain’s sustainable development policies
and program implementation. The site includes a May 1999 strategy report,
subsequent progress reports, and detailed information on the indicators
used in monitoring. Visitors can also access published plans of action
developed by the U.K. Government at the 2002 World Summit for Sustainable
Development in Johannesburg.
The United Nation’s Division for Sustainable Development,
part of the international agency’s Department of Economic and Social Affairs, monitors and reports on sustainable development policy implementation at the local, regional, and national levels. The Division also provides sustainable development expertise within the UN system, as well as to online visitors via a sizable library of downloadable conference agreements, press releases, reports on intergovernmental meetings, and other publications.
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Technology Links
Asia and Pacific Center of Transfer
of Technology of the Economic
and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific offers databases, publications,
links, research and news updates, and information on organizations such
as the Center for the International Transfer of Technology, and related
U.N. and technology organizations.
Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) offers advanced education in
engineering, science, planning, and management. Users can access updates
on the institute, research publications, and project information.
Cornell Center for the Environment is a shared program of several
Cornell colleges, including Agriculture and Life Sciences; Architecture,
Art and Planning; Arts and Sciences; Engineering; Human Ecology; and
Veterinary Medicine; the Division of Biological Sciences; the Boyce Thompson
Institute for Plant Research; the Agricultural Experiment Stations; and
the Cornell Cooperative Extension and the Industrial and Labor Relations
Extension systems. Users can access several research institutes on topics
such as resource information systems, watershed, risk analysis, and waste
management. There are also project updates on topics such as U.S. DOE partnership,
watershed research, and links to science & technology organizations
and academic studies programs around the world.
Environmental Technology Verification
Program (ETV) is a new U.S. EPA program
to verify the performance of innovative technical solutions to problems
that threaten human health or the environment—and to accelerate
the entrance of new environmental technologies into the domestic and
international marketplace. Users can access information on ETV projects
and pilots.
Global Environment & Technology Foundation (GETF) accesses updates
on new technologies, lab research in the news, awards, and GETF Network,
a collection of frequently visited environmental, energy and technology
communities, as well as information on the environment and sustainable
development and links to partnering organizations.
Global Network of Environment and Technology
(GNET) promotes the
use of innovative environmental technologies and is sponsored by a cooperative
agreement from the National Energy Technology Laboratory and the U.S.
Department of Energy’s Office of Science and Technology. Users
can access searchable links on projects; partners working in various
countries; topics such as market, technology, DOE,
and government centers; and TechKnow, a U.S. database of remediation
and sustainable technologies.
International Environmental Technology
Center accesses information
on sustainable development technologies, urban and freshwater issues,
news updates, databases, such as TechKnow (USA) and EnviroNet (Australia),
and links to related resources, publications, and organizations.
International Institute for Applied
Systems Analysis (IIASA) located
in Austria, conducts interdisciplinary scientific studies on environmental,
economic, technological and social issues and is sponsored by national
organizations in North America, Europe, and Asia. IIASA researchers
generate methods and tools useful to both decision makers and the scientific
community. Users can browse resources in energy and technology, populations,
natural resources, research and education, as well as news updates, conferences,
and job openings.
Joint Service Pollution Prevention
Technical Library, maintained
by the U.S. Naval Facilities Engineering Services Center, accesses information
on pollution prevention technologies and processes that it compiles from
several government agencies. The organization also provides links to
environmentally preferred products and the Joint Group on Pollution Prevention,
which was established to overcome duplication of efforts in changing
military specifications/standards to achieve pollution prevention goals.
National Environmental Technology
Institute (NETI) at the University
of Massachusetts works collaboratively on pollution prevention research
with university researchers and industry partners. Users can access information
on current research projects, updates such as the report Industries of
the Future: A Look at the Northeast, and links to industry partners,
related resources and publications.
Pure Energy Systems: Featuring, promoting and fostering energy technologies
that are on the cutting-edge, clean, super-efficient, non-depleting,
reliable and affordable; which have not yet been introduced to the mainstream,
facilitating their emergence as legitimate modalities.
United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP)—Division of Technology
Industry & Economics
(DTIE) accesses extensive information on program activities in several
environmental topic areas, as well as projects in the DTIE’s
International Environmental Technology Center, Chemicals Unit, Economics
and Trade, Production and Consumption.
U.S. EPA—Treatment Technologies accesses
extensive information on environmental technologies including pollution
control, clean air, remediation, soil, and alternative technologies.
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Water Links
U.S. EPA Water is a comprehensive gateway
to all water-related EPA offices, programs,
and online resources. Browse by subtopic (aquatic ecosystems, storm water,
water quality monitoring, etc.) to find fact sheets, reports, technical
documents, news, links, program information, and educational materials.
U.S. EPA Office
of Wastewater Management (OWM) supplies detailed information on OWM activities
and policies, which focus primarily on the regulation of wastewater discharges
from point sources into surface waters. In addition to FAQs, wastewater
publications, and links to information on water infrastructure security,
the website has a Featured Information page—a good starting point
for browsing.
U.S. Geological Survey: Water Resources
(USGS) accesses water resources
data from the National Water Information System, with surface water and
groundwater measurements from approximately 1.5 million sites across
the United States and in Puerto Rico. The USGS also
offers a substantial collection of reports, fact sheets, geographic information
system (GIS) datasets, applications software, glossaries, and much more.
The Water Environment Federation (WEF) is a nonprofit technical and
educational organization serving the water-quality community. The website
includes water-quality news and in-depth features, numerous discussion
groups, and access to WEF papers and articles
(for a fee). Users will also find information on the Water Environment
Research Foundation, which manages water-quality research for municipal
agencies across the United States.
The United Nations University
International Network on Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) is based at McMaster University in Canada and
is funded largely by the Canadian government. UNU-INWEH
focuses on improving water-management practices in developing countries.
The site provides program information, reports, and various map-based
data sets and information directories.
UNICEF Water,
Environment and Sanitation webpages describe UNICEF’s worldwide
water and sanitation programs and provide related fact sheets, links,
and brief news items. Users can also download UNICEF’s
flagship report The State of the World’s Children, which includes
water and sanitation statistics.
The American Water Works
Association (AWWA) is a nonprofit research
and education organization, claims a membership of more than 50,000 from
all sectors of the drinking-water community. Online resources include
news, a job bank, and detailed information on each of AWWA’s
core program areas (advocacy, communications, conferences, education
and training, science, and technology, etc.). The site also links to
the AWWA Research Foundation, which supports
research designed to increase public access to safe and affordable water.
The Association of Metropolitan Water
Agencies (AMWA) works with
the federal government on regulatory, legislative, and security aspects
of municipal drinking-water systems. AMWA’s “e-briefs” offer
the latest news in water infrastructure, treatment, conservation, and
other issues. AMWA members can access additional
bulletins and policy reports. The website also contains a full-text version
of the 1996 Safe Drinking Water Act, with a side-by-side analysis of
major issues.
NSF International, a nonprofit public-health
organization (formerly known as the National Sanitation Foundation),
has information for businesses and consumers on NSF environmental
standards, product testing, and certification programs. For example,
clicking on “bottled water” in the consumer section brings
up information on bottled water types and treatment, an online product
database, FAQs, and more.
The National Rural Water Association is an alliance of state rural water associations that provides programs and on-site help for water and wastewater utility operators. The site has a frequently updated archive of regional, national, and world news, plus a job bank, links, membership information, and free access to Rural Water Magazine—“the only national publication targeted at the operators and board members of rural and small municipal water and wastewater utilities.”
The Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies (AMSA) represents more than 300 public agencies and organizations committed to environmentally sound wastewater treatment and reclamation practices. The AMSA website offers news, information on AMSA advocacy work, links, job listings, meeting announcements, and access to the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) e-Library—a collection of federal, regional, and state publications referenced in Creating Successful TMDLs…An AMSA Handbook (2004).
The Natural Resources Defense Council, a nonprofit environmental advocacy group, has a well-designed website for news and in-depth information on drinking water, oceans, water pollution, restoration, and conservation.
The U.K.’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) provides detailed information on water issues, including water quality, flood management, conservation, and marine resources. Each section contains summary program information with links to additional resources such as reports, news, and policy manuals.
The Surfrider Foundation, a nonprofit environmental organization, reviews its advocacy and education programs and provides reference information on a range of ocean-related topics. The site also links to Surfrider Foundation publications, including its annual State of the Beach report.
U.S. EPA—Superfund links to databases and software products related to the U.S. Superfund, otherwise known as the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), which is administered by EPA in cooperation with individual states and tribal governments. The superfund is used to fund cleanups of the 11,312 that still require cleanup as of 2003. This includes the 1240 hazardous waste sites on the U.S. National Priorities List, as of 2003, that have been determined (by a hazard-ranking score) to pose a serious threat to human health and/or the environment. This EPA site includes information on contracts and training opportunities, a hazardous waste mapping feature, and related resources. EPA employees can access additional information, such as the Record of Decision System (RODS).
U.S. Department of Energy—Office of Environmental Management (EM) oversees cleanup and waste management at and around former nuclear weapon production sites. The website offers detailed information on EM activities and provides access to three databases: the Considered Sites Database (created to increase public understanding of nuclear energy technology development and residual contamination); the Cleanup Criteria Reporting System; and the Central Internet Database, which integrates cleanup and waste management data from several DOE sources.
U.S. Department of Energy—Office of Biological and Remediation Research’s Environmental Remediation Sciences Division (ERSD) accesses information on ERSD-sponsored research in environmental remediation technologies. Users will find, in addition to research abstracts, remediation primers and guides, and announcements of funding opportunities, detailed information on ERSD facilities available for research. The Environmental Molecular Science Laboratory, for example, provides remote access to its high-resolution nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometers and high-performance computer.
U.S. Department of Defense—Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) , a corporate DoD program in partnership with the DOE and EPA, supports the development of technologies designed to mitigate the environmental impact of DoD missions. Users can access an extensive set of reports and fact sheets on cleanup projects, as well as detailed information on SERDP funding processes. The online library links to data from the DoD’s Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) (www.estcp.org), which demonstrates and validates innovative, cost-effective environmental technologies at DoD cleanup sites.
The Association for Environmental Health and Sciences (AEHS) supports information-sharing among professionals involved in soil protection and cleanup. Key features include AEHS’s 2003 Survey of States’ Soil and Groundwater Cleanup Standard (begun in 1990) and information on the AEHS family of journals, including Soil Sediment Contamination: An International Journal and The International Journal of Phytoremediation.
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation—Division of Environmental Remediation (DER) offers numerous publications, DER project information, and access to the Division’s Search the Spill Incident Database and the Inactive Hazardous Waste Disposal Sites Database.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment—Bureau of Environmental Remediation outlines Bureau programs established to investigate pollution occurrences, regulate tank storage and surface mining, and oversee remediation of contaminated sites.
West
Virginia Department of Environmental Protection—Office of Environmental
Remediation provides information on its program supporting voluntary
cleanup and redevelopment of contaminated sites in the state.
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