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Useful Links
Bibliography
Meta-Sites
The "motherloads" of environmental web sites.
These sites are well organized and cover a broad spectrum of environmental
topics.
News
Extensive resources on activism
- part of the Institute for Global Communication, which also includes PeaceNet
Links to federal, state, local
regulatory agencies - also includes international events
Free daily service with links
to court decisions, legislation and regulatory acions
Subscription based, but inexpensive
- includes calendar of events
Subscription based - does have
one-week free trial
Includes columns and law firm
memorandums
Provides up-to-date status summaries
of all bill activities
Index
Bibliographic entries on issues
related to environmental justice.
Expert Witnesses
Texas-based association of seven
senior environmental scientists and engineers that provides technical litigation
support and expert witness testimony
Government
Commission for Environmental Cooperation http://www.cec.org
Spawned by NAFTA agreements -
attempts to inform industries of production methods that contribute to
pollution
EPA's site on pollution prevention,
control and compliance
Environmental Justice Action Agenda and Waste
Programs Environmental Accomplishments Report http://www.epa.gov/swerosps/ej/ejndx.htm
reports progress of EPA's efforts
for justice in environmental waste programs
Links to agency documents
Has links to all state environmental
agencies
formerly the Electronic Bulletin
Board - categorized discussion groups
EPA Office of Federal Activities Environmental
Impact Studies http://es.epa.gov/oeca/ofa/
EIS summaries beginning with
1995, Federal response summarie since 1996 - other info about the EIS process
EPA's Excellence and Leadership Project -
exploring alternative methods for environmentally sound solutions
Region 3 (mid-Atlantic states)
Home Page
fair environmental protection
and treatment of all
info gathered from space to help
predict how weather and climate will affect the environment
mission is to provide independent
advice, consultation, and recommendations
EPA Region II (New Jersey, New
York, Puerto Rico & Virgin Islands)
EPA Region V (midwest) plan for
environmental justice
U.S. Department of the Navy's Environmental
Justice Program http://enviro.navy.mil/
addresses environmental racism
U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy
Research http://sbir.er.doe.gov/
renamed the Office of Science
- explores a variety of environmental issues
State
Law
Perhaps the best "law" site on
the Web.
International, foreign, US, and
state resources also includes info on listserves and non-Internet sources
annotated links to environmental
web pages for attorneys
Law Firms
state environmental self-audit
privilege and immunity laws
directory of over 6,500 environmental
law firms
Emphasis on California, includes
a solid set of links
reviews recent cases, legislation
and EPA actions (good annotations)
This site focuses on Pennsylvania,
Delaware and New Jersey
Legal Advocacy
a non-profit, environmental law
firm based in Washington, D.C.
Earthlaw, Environmental Law in the Public
Interest http://www.earthlaw.org
guide to do-it-yourself environmental
enforcement petitions
the nine most critical environmental
issues of the '90s
ELI advances environmental protection
by improving law, policy, and management
a non-profit, natural resources
law and consulting firm
Profession
environmental philosophy, includes
a large bibliography
Education
non-profit organization
dedicated to the advancement of environmental information and education
weekly online magazine of global
environmental events
EE Link: Environmental Education on the Internet
http://eelink.net/
Environmental Education Resources
on the Internet - includes grants info and professional resources aimed
at the educator
facilitates communication among
students and teachers from many countries on environmental study topics
Clinical program to address the
environmental concerns of the underprivileged
SPECIFIC TOPICS
Biodiversity
Promotes communications
and collaborations
Brazil's Base de Dados Tropical
(BDT), links to international organizations
links to articles, policy statements,
and recommendations
Contamination
/ Ozone Depletion / Global Warming
Michigan based (but with other
jurisdiction info) about redevelopment of cantaminated sites
Chester, PA, minority community's
concerns
information on current issues
"facing communities of color
World Bank site devoted to assessing
the costs of remediation
An alliance of Indigenous Peoples
protecting the sacredness of Mother Earth and building sustainable communities
FAQ on ozone
Endangered Species
Links to specific animal species
sites, university sites, and organizations
BUBL Information Service: WWW -- Nature and
Wildlife Protection http://bubl.ac.uk/
Links to U.K. and U.S. information
sources and organizations
tables and lists of endangered
and candidate creatures by state and species
Engineering
Environmental Professional's Guide to the
Net http://www.geopac.com
links to regulations and laws,
government sites, university sites, contract opportunities and career sites
Groups sites into news, environmental
law, books, EPA, state agencies, and organizations
Forests
links to articles, and to sites
covering the international rainforest, deforestation, and forest conservation
plans and recent victories
Hazardous Wastes
Sponsored by EPA, links to information
on innovative treatment technologies
searchable listing of chemicals
that are monitored by EPA
network providing free access
to numerous databases, text files, and conferences on the environment
TSD Central: The Business Site for Industrial
Waste Services http://www.tsdcentral.com/
treatment, storage, and disposal
- links to a network of industrial waste services companies that help companies
Health
Includes fact sheets and booklets
on environmental concerns encountered in everyday products
Provides a brief description
of a multitude of environmental with links to other sources and contact
info for NYU faculty members
Recycling
CBOT (Chicago Board of Trade) Recyclables
Exchange http://cbot-recycle.com/
sellers post their sell listings
and buyers post buy parameters for commodities
Univ. of VA's site contains the
WWW virtual library environment page, archives of environmental mailing
lists, lists of key index sites
commercial site listing current
prices of recyclable commodities, business opportunities, headlines of
environmental news, events calendar, marketplace and Recycle Talk
Water
selected links to other water
sites
Ground Water Remediation Technologies Analysis
Center http://www.gwrtac.org
Univ. of Pittsburgh's site disseminates
information on remediation of polluted ground water
U.S. Department of Agriculture Library Water
Quality Information Center http://www.nal.usda.gov/wqic
Links to bibliographies, discussion
lists, irrigation material, and data
U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources of
the U.S. http://h2o.usgs.gov
commercial site lists suppliers,
products, events, discussion forums, recent water-related issues
International / Foreign
links to libraries, education
sources, and sites relating to climate and sustainable development
Central European Environmental Data Request
Facility (CEDAR) http://pan.cedar.univie.ac.at
web access to the Central European
Environmental Expert Database - documents, events, groups, organizations,
legislation, programs, and standards related to environmental management
CIESIN Center for International Earth Science
http://www.ciesin.org/
global and regional network development,
science data management, decision support - arranged by type of mateial,
not topic
detailed description of its fight
to stop pollution of Catano Air Basin in Puerto Rico
access to the full text of most
recent national environmental legislation, the current State Environmental
Policy
most features are for members,
but does have a search function
highlights and excerpts from
the 1996 State of the Environment report
allows query of various databases
determine specific information about environmental treaties
Links to government and business
sources, libraries, and e-mail directories
Links to directories, publications,
strategic environmental issues, fellowships
Boston-based group concerned
with toxic effects in South Africa
United Nations Environmental Programme http://www.unep.ch
Links to international treaties
on the environment and sustainable development
United Nations Global Resource Information
Database (GRID) http://grid2.cr.usgs.gov/
Links to LANDSAT data - can FTP
environmental data sets
Law Reviews
large amalgamation of links to
Canadian environmental organizations, government departments, educational
institutions, publications, research centers, etc.
abstracts of articles
abstracts only
full text articles
tables of contents only
Organizations
Grouped by broad botany and conservation
topics, includes links to botanic garden sites
Maintained by Robert Simms of
Clemson University, a Cousteau Society member, very informative
information about EII projects
and resources from their award winning journal
worthwhile grassroots online
community - has some original and creative graphics
U.K. activist organization
reports of activities
monitors how Congressional
representation votes on conservation issues
Links to their books, videos,
TV specials, travel programs
links for teachers and children
healthy set of links to environmental
sites, don't let the "fun-ness" of the site deter you
extensive links to explain their
agenda
current news, recent articles,
discussions of hot topics, Club publications, planned trips
access to its Network for Environmental
and Economic Responsibility
info and activities on this conservation
organization's "web of life."
has a primer on the nine most
endangered species
Location tool for these and other
environmental organizations
expresses concern for deforestation,
pollution, over population, ozone layer depletion, and global climate change
Useful Links
(server malfunction during preparation
of this list - expect to be repaired soon.)
Extensive appendices to Environmental
Decisionmaking: NEPA and the Endangered Species Act by Jackson Battle.
et al.
resource material intended for
journalists
no-nonsense work platform designed
for environmental consultants
guide toinformation (print and
electronic) from the EPA - includes guidance for FOIA requests
for locating and ordering U.S.
government information
includes recent full text articles
and links to electronic journals
shows potential to be added to
the selection of meta-sites
extensive, but alphabetic, listing
of all types of environmental sites - gives brief descriptions
sarchable official text
from the Society for Environmental
Journalism home page - excellent locator tool
by Timothy Weiskel
extensive resource covering all
areas of law - international, foreign and domestic
Bibliography (sources)
Ambrogi, Robert J. Environmental law sites
on the Internet bear it all, in Chicago Daily Law Bulletin;
April 26, 1997, Saturday, Pg. 30.
anon. Environmental justice on the Web;
sites on the World Wide Web, in E, No. 1, Vol. 8; January 11,
1997, Pg. 17.
anon. Traffic (editorial), in Austin
American-Statesman; July 22, 1997, Pg. A10.
Borders, Joe. Webcites, in Texas
Lawyer, Environmental Law; May 4, 1998, Pg. 36.
Deakin, Rose. Delving into environmental
issues, in New Straits Times (Malaysia), Lab report net@talk;
September 25, 1997, Pg. 45.
Meisner, Mark. Green on the screen;
environment-related information on the Internet and computer disks,
in Alternatives Journal, No. 1, Vol. 23; January, 1997, Pg. 9.
Parris, Thomas M. Spinning the Web of
environmental justice; World Wide Web sites, in Environment,
No. 4, Vol. 39; May, 1997, Pg. 44.
Parris, Thomas M. The environmental
sites of Central and Eastern Europe, in Environment, No. 3,
Vol. 39; April, 1997, Pg. 3.
Raeder, Aggi. Environmental information
sources on the Net Internet, in Searcher; No. 2, Vol. 5; February,
1997, Pg. 20.
Schauer, Tiffany. EnvirOn-Line,
in Environmental Compliance & Litigation; March 1997, Pg. 3.
Williams, Mullen, Christian & Dobbins.
Environmental
Resources on the Net, in Virginia Environmental Compliance Update,
vol. 5, issue 6.
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