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Federal Agencies

The White House
Council on Environmental Quality

U.S. Department of State
Office of the Under Secretary for Global Affairs
Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs

U.S. Department of Justice
Environment and Natural Related Sites Division

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
Department of Energy, Environment
Office of Environmental Managment
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Office of Scientific and Technical Information
DOE Pollution Prevention Information Clearinghouse
DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network (EREN)

U.S. Department of the Interior
Fish and Wildlife Service
U.S. Geological Survey
National Park Service
National Wetlands Inventory

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
NOAA Environmental Information Services
NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center (NDOC)

Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
National Museum of Natural History
Ocean Planet Exhibition

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Goddard Institute for Space Studies
NASA Mission to Planet Earth

Legislation

EPA rules and regulations with the full text of major environmental laws.

USGS Guide to Federal Environmental Laws and Regulations written to provide an overview of the major environmental statutes and corresponding regulations

The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation

The U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works

The U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry

The U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs

The U.S. House Committee on Agriculture

The U.S. House Committee on Science

The Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality

The Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials

Summary of Environmental Law in North America
This extensive site is maintained by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, established by the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation which was signed by the governments of Canada, Mexico and the U.S. in 1994.

Center for International Environmental Law, a public interest, not-for-profit environmental law firm.

The Environmental Law Institute plays a pivotal role in shaping the fields of environmental law, policy, and management, domestically and abroad. Today, ELI is an internationally recognized, independent research and education center.

ENTRI, a fast, convenient, comprehensive online service for accessing multilateral environmental treaty data

Think Tanks

Aspen Institute, Program on Energy, the Environment, and the Economy
AEI Brookings Joint Center
Cato Institute, Natural Resources and Environmental Studies
Center for American Progress, Environment
Center for International Earth Science Information Network
Competitive Enterprise Institute
Council on Foreign Relations (Energy, Resources and Environment)
Earth Policy Institute
Energy and Environmental Research Centers
Environmental Defense
Foreign Policy in Focus
Harvard Medical School. Center for Health and the Global Environment
Heritage Foundation
Institute for Energy and Environmental Research
MIT Laboratory For Energy and the Environment
National Academies
Natural Resources Defense Council
New Democrats Online
Pacific Institute
Pew Center on Global Climate Change
Progressive Policy Institute
Rand, Environment and Energy
Reason Public Policy Institute
Redefining Progress
Resources for the Future
Rockefeller Family Fund
Sierra Club
Tellus Institute
Union of Concerned Scientists
World Resources Institute
Worldwatch Institute

Publications

The National Center for Environmental Publications and Information is a central repository for all EPA documents with over 5500 titles in paper and/or electronic format.

The Earth Times, the leading independent international nonpartisan newspaper on the human environment and such interrelated concerns of the international system as economic growth, humanitarian issues, and social development. The Earth Times examines and conveys the working of the global United Nations system, and that of multilateral and bilateral agencies.

Climate Ark. The Premier Climate Change Portal dedicated to promoting public policy that addresses global climate change through reductions in carbon dioxide and other emissions, energy conservation, alternative energy sources and ending deforestation

Environmental News Network gives daily news and headlines on national environment.

Environmental Media Service, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing journalists with the most current information on environmental issues.

Environment News Service with a daily review of the national and international news.

Global Warming

Capitol Reports/Environmental News Link from the Capitol.

Reuters Daily Environmental News

Linkages/Journal takes an in-depth look at issues cutting across international environment and development negotiations and gives a complete coverage of international events.

Events

Linkages, provided by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), gives information on upcoming conferences, workshops and symposia in the environment and sustainable development field.

Recent Announcements about EPA conferences and opportunities for public involvement.

Calendar of International Events and Meetings from the Department of State Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs.