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Meta-Sites

The "motherloads" of environmental web sites. These sites are well organized and cover a broad spectrum of environmental topics.
 

Argus Clearinghouse: Environment http://www.clearinghouse.net/cgi-bin/chadmin/viewcat/Environment?kywd++

BUBL Information Service: Environment and economics of land and energy http://link.bubl.ac.uk/environment/

Environmental Law Information Center http://www.envl-info.com/

Environmental Organization Web Directory http://webdirectory.com/

Pace Virtual Environmental Law Library http://www.law.pace.edu/env/vell6.html

World Wide Web Virtual Library: Environmental Law http://www.law.indiana.edu/law/v-lib /envlaw.html

WWW Virtual Library: Environment http://earthsystems.org/Environment.shtml

Yahoo! - Environment and Nature http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Environment_and_Nature/

 

News

EcoNet@IGC http://www.igc.apc.org/econet/

   Extensive resources on activism - part of the Institute for Global Communication, which also includes PeaceNet

Enviro-Net http://www.enviro-net.com/

   Links to federal, state, local regulatory agencies - also includes international events

Environmental News Link  http://www.caprep.com/

   Free daily service with links to court decisions, legislation and regulatory acions

Environmental News Network http://www.enn.com/

   Subscription based, but inexpensive - includes calendar of events

Greenwire: The Environmental News Daily http://www.nationaljournal.com/aboutgreenwire.htm (subscription)

   Subscription based - does have one-week free trial

Law Journal Extra!  http://www.ljx.com/practice/environment/

   Includes columns and law firm memorandums

Natural Resources Defense Council's "Legislative Watch" http://www.nrdc.org/field/state.html

   Provides up-to-date status summaries of all bill activities
 
 

Index

Environmental Justice Database http://www.msue.msu.edu/msue/imp/modej/masterej.html

   Bibliographic entries on issues related to environmental justice.
 
 

Expert Witnesses

Environmental Litigation Associates http://www.ela-iet.com/elsassoc.htm

   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

Enviro$en$e  http://es.epa.gov/

   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

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Publications http://www.epa.gov/docs/oejpubs/

   Links to agency documents

Environmental Resource Center http://www.ercweb.com

   Has links to all state environmental agencies

EPA http://www.epa.gov/

EPA Technology Transfer Network http://www.epa.gov/ttn/

   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 Project XL Site http://yosemite.epa.gov/xl/xl_home.nsf/all/homepage/

EPA's Excellence and Leadership Project - exploring alternative methods for environmentally sound solutions

EPA Region III's Home Page http://www.epa.gov/region03

   Region 3 (mid-Atlantic states) Home Page

EPA's Office of Environmental Justice http://es.epa.gov/oeca/oejbut.html

   fair environmental protection and treatment of all

NASA http://www.nasa.gov/

   info gathered from space to help predict how weather and climate will affect the environment

National Environmental Justice Advisory Council http://www.prcemi.com/nejac/

   mission is to provide independent advice, consultation, and recommendations

Region II office http://www.epa.gov/Region2/

   EPA Region II (New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico & Virgin Islands)

Region V Air and Radiation Division http://www.epa.gov/docs/ARD-R5/ej/97plan.htm

   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

U.S. Dept. of Agriculture http://www.usda.gov

U.S. Dept. of the Interior http://www.doi.gov

U.S. Dept. of Energy http://www.doe.gov

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service http://www.fws.gov

 

State

Florida Department of Environmental Protection http://www.dep.state.fl.us

 

Law

Findlaw's Environmental Topics http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/13environmental/index.html

   Perhaps the best "law" site on the Web.

Hieros Gamos Comprehensive Legal Site - Environmental Guide http://www.hg.org/environment.html

   International, foreign, US, and state resources also includes info on listserves and non-Internet sources

The Practicing Attorney's Home Page http://www.legalethics.com/pa/enviro/environ2.htm

   annotated links to environmental web pages for attorneys
 
 

Law Firms

Arent Fox Environmental Website http://www.arentfox.com/enviro

   state environmental self-audit privilege and immunity laws

Environmental Law List http://www.env.lawnt.com/

   directory of over 6,500 environmental law firms

McCutchen Environmental Group http://www.mccutchen.com/env

   Emphasis on California, includes a solid set of links

Ross & Hardies Environmental Law Web Site http://www.webcom.com/staber

   reviews recent cases, legislation and EPA actions (good annotations)

Saul, Ewing's Environmental Law Page http://www.saul.com/env/index.html

   This site focuses on Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey
 
 

Legal Advocacy

Center for International Environmental law http://www.econet.apc.org/ciel

   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

Environmental Defense Fund http://www.edf.org

   the nine most critical environmental issues of the '90s

Environmental Law Institute http://www.eli.org

   ELI advances environmental protection by improving law, policy, and management

Natural Heritage Institute http://www.n-h-i.org/

   a non-profit, natural resources law and consulting firm
 
 

Profession

International Society for Environmental Ethics http://www.cep.unt.edu/ISEE.html

   environmental philosophy, includes a large bibliography
 
 

Education

Earthsystems http://earthsystems.org

   non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of environmental information and education

Earthweek http://www.slip.net/earthenv

   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

Global Thinking Project http://www.gsu.edu/~wwwgtp/exchange.htm

   facilitates communication among students and teachers from many countries on environmental study topics

Thurgood Marshall School of Law Environmental Justice Clinic http://www.tsulaw.edu/environ/environ.htm

   Clinical program to address the environmental concerns of the underprivileged
 
 
 

SPECIFIC TOPICS

Biodiversity

BENE: Biodiversity and Ecosystems Network http://straylight.tamu.edu/bene/bene.html

   Promotes communications and collaborations

BIN21: Biodiversity Information Network http://www.bdt.org.br/bin21/bin21.html

   Brazil's Base de Dados Tropical (BDT), links to international organizations

World Resources Institute: Biodiversity http://www.wri.org/wri/biodiv/

   links to articles, policy statements, and recommendations
 
 

Contamination / Ozone Depletion / Global Warming

Brownfields Site http://www.lawsite.com/BROWNFIELDS/

   Michigan based (but with other jurisdiction info) about redevelopment of cantaminated sites

Chester Residents Concerned for Quality Living http://www.envirolink.org/orgs/pen/crcql

   Chester, PA, minority community's concerns

EcoJustice Network http://www.econet.org/envjustice/ or gopher://gopher.igc.apc.org:70/11/environment/envjustice

   information on current issues "facing communities of color

Economics of Industrial Pollution http://www.worldbank.org/html/prdei/ipps/home.html

   World Bank site devoted to assessing the costs of remediation

Indigenous Environmental Network http://www.alphacdc.com/ien/

   An alliance of Indigenous Peoples protecting the sacredness of Mother Earth and building sustainable communities

United Nations Ozone Secretariat http://www.unep.ch/ozone/question.htm

   FAQ on ozone

Global Warming Update http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ol/climate/globalwarming.html

 

Endangered Species

BIOSIS -- Internet Resource Guide: Threatened and Endangered Species http://www.york.biosis.org/zrdocs/zoolinfo/zoolinfo.htm

   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

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Endangered Species http://www.fws.gov/r9endspp/endspp.html

   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

NEIS Chemical Industry Home Page http://www.neis.com/environmental_resources.html

   Groups sites into news, environmental law, books, EPA, state agencies, and organizations
 

Forests

Gaia Forest Conservation Archives http://forests.org/

   links to articles, and to sites covering the international rainforest, deforestation, and forest conservation

Rainforest Action Network http://www.ran.org/ran/

   plans and recent victories
 

Hazardous Wastes

CLU-IN: Hazardous Waste Clean Up Information http://www.clu-in.org//

   Sponsored by EPA, links to information on innovative treatment technologies

EMCI Chemical References Web Pages http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/emci/chemref/index.html

   searchable listing of chemicals that are monitored by EPA

RTK NET http://rtk.net/

   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

Environmental Health Clearinghouse http://infoventures.com/e-hlth/

   Includes fact sheets and booklets on environmental concerns encountered in everyday products

Information on Environmental Problems A Community Outreach Program of the NYU NIEHS Center http://charlotte.med.nyu.edu/outreach/index.html

   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

EcoWeb http://ecosys.drdr.virginia.edu/

   Univ. of VA's site contains the WWW virtual library environment page, archives of environmental mailing lists, lists of key index sites

Global Recycling Network http://grn.com/grn/

   commercial site listing current prices of recyclable commodities, business opportunities, headlines of environmental news, events calendar, marketplace and Recycle Talk
 

Water

American Water Works Association http://www.awwa.org/

   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

Water Online http://wateronline.com

   commercial site lists suppliers, products, events, discussion forums, recent water-related issues
 

International / Foreign

Australian Environment On-Line http://www.erin.gov.au

   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

Comunidades Unidas contra la Contaminacion http://home.coqui.net/rosah/

   detailed description of its fight to stop pollution of Catano Air Basin in Puerto Rico

Czech Environmental Institute http://www.ceu.cz/

   access to the full text of most recent national environmental legislation, the current State Environmental Policy

Eco-Web - Canada http://community.web.net/ecoweb/

   most features are for members, but does have a search function

Environment Canada http://www.doe.ca/

   highlights and excerpts from the 1996 State of the Environment report

Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators http://sedac.ciesin.org/pidb/pidb-home.html

   allows query of various databases determine specific information about environmental treaties

Natural Resources Canada http://www.NRCan.gc.ca/

   Links to government and business sources, libraries, and e-mail directories

Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe http://www.rec.org/Default.shtml

   Links to directories, publications, strategic environmental issues, fellowships

South African Exchange Program on Environmental Justice http://www.igc.apc.org/saepej/

   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

Web Networks Community Resource Centre - Canada http://community.web.net/

 

Law Reviews

Alternatives Journal web site - Canada http://www.fes.uwaterloo.ca/Research/Alternatives

   large amalgamation of links to Canadian environmental organizations, government departments, educational institutions, publications, research centers, etc.

Ecology Law Quarterly, Univ. of Calif. Berkeley http://www.law.berkeley.edu/journals/elq/ (abstracts only)

   abstracts of articles

Georgetown International Environmental Law Review http://141.161.67.230/journals/gielr/gielr.html (abstracts only)

   abstracts only

Villanova Environmental Law Journal http://VLS.LAW.VILL.EDU/students/orgs/elj/

   full text articles

West-Northwest Journal of Environmental Law and Policy http://www.uchastings.edu/wnw/index.html (tables of contents only)

   tables of contents only
 

Organizations

California Native Plant Society http://www.calpoly.edu:80/~dchippin/cnps_main.html

   Grouped by broad botany and conservation topics, includes links to botanic garden sites

Cousteau Society http://www.math.clemson.edu/~rsimms/cousteau/

   Maintained by Robert Simms of Clemson University, a Cousteau Society member, very informative

Cousteau Society http://www.cousteau.org/

Earth Island Institute http://www.earthisland.org/

   information about EII projects and resources from their award winning journal

EnviroLink http://www.envirolink.org/

   worthwhile grassroots online community - has some original and creative graphics

Environmental Organization Web Directory http://webdirectory.com/

GreenNet http://www.gn.apc.org

   U.K. activist organization

Greenpeace http://www.greenpeace.org/

   reports of activities

League of Conservation Voters http://www.lcv.org/

   monitors how Congressional representation votes on conservation issues

List of Environmental Organizations On-Line (from Envirolink) http://library.envirolink.org/index.html?http://library.envirolink.org/cgi-bin/library.pl?sr=search&tpl=catalpha&catid=5&letter=a

National Audubon Society http://www.audubon.org/

   Links to their books, videos, TV specials, travel programs

National Wildlife Federation http://www.nwf.org/

   links for teachers and children

Natural Resources Defense Council http://www.nrdc.org/index.html

   healthy set of links to environmental sites, don't let the "fun-ness" of the site deter you

Nature Conservancy http://www.tnc.org

   extensive links to explain their agenda

Sierra Club http://www.sierraclub.org

    current news, recent articles, discussions of hot topics, Club publications, planned trips

United Church http://www.center1.com/NEER/NEER1.html

   access to its Network for Environmental and Economic Responsibility

World Wide Fund for Nature http://www.panda.org/

   info and activities on this conservation organization's "web of life."

World Wildlife Fund  http://www.wwf.org

   has a primer on the nine most endangered species

Yahoo: Organizations: Environment http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Companies/Environment/

   Location tool for these and other environmental organizations

Youth for Environmental Sanity (YES!) http://www.yesworld.com

   expresses concern for deforestation, pollution, over population, ozone layer depletion, and global climate change
 
 

Useful Links

Chicano-Latino Net http://latino.sscnet.ucla.edu/community/environment.html

   (server malfunction during preparation of this list - expect to be repaired soon.)

Environmental Decisionmaking -- Appendices http://www.law.indiana.edu/envdec/envdec.html

   Extensive appendices to Environmental Decisionmaking: NEPA and the Endangered Species Act by Jackson Battle. et al.

Environmental Journalism Home Page http://www.sej.org/

   resource material intended for journalists

Environmental Professional's Homepage http://www.clay.net

   no-nonsense work platform designed for environmental consultants

EPA Information Sources http://www.epa.gov/epahome/finding.html

   guide toinformation (print and electronic) from the EPA - includes guidance for FOIA requests

FedWorld http://www.fedworld.gov/

   for locating and ordering U.S. government information

Galaxy's Guide to the Internet http://galaxy.einet.net/galaxy/Law/Environmental.html

   includes recent full text articles and links to electronic journals

Handilinks tm to Law-Environmental http://www.handilinks.com/cat1/l/l327.htm

   shows potential to be added to the selection of meta-sites

HandiLinks tm to Environment http://www.ahandyguide.com/cat1/e/e54.htm

   extensive, but alphabetic, listing of all types of environmental sites - gives brief descriptions

Legal Information Institute's hypertext U.S. Code  http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode

   sarchable official text

List of State Environmental Agencies http://www.sej.org/env_stat.htm

   from the Society for Environmental Journalism home page - excellent locator tool

Subject Bibliographies in Environmental Ethics http://divweb.harvard.edu/csvpl/ee/bib/

by Timothy Weiskel

US House of Representatives Internet Law Library http://law.house.gov/101.htm

   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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