ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
Updated 4/25/01
"You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone.
Pave paradise. Put up a parking lot."
-- Joni Mitchell, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Light Pollution: A Growing Problem
News Sources:
- Environmental News Service:
ENS is a comprehensive site devoted to environmental news from around the world
and is updated daily.
- Environmental News Network: Daily updates
on environmental news stories.
- Environmental Media Services: EMS is a non-profit organization dedicated to
providing journalists with the most current information on environmental issues.
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Grist Magazine: Billed as "a beacon in the smog,"
this project of the Earth Day Network
provides environmental news with a twist of humor.
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Enviro-Link WWW: An environmental
awareness resource.
- Ecobadguys: Key research links for eco-activists.
- Living on Earth: The National Public
Radio weekly program on the environment.
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The Environment Show: The WWW site for the
environmentally-oriented radio program produced by WAMC in Albany, NY.
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Electronic
Green Journal: Bibliographical information with an environmental focus.
- ENDS: Environmental Data Services
provides information on key developments in European environmental affairs.
- Earth Times: This
e-publication is an "independent, international, nonpartisan newspaper
focusing on environment and sustainable development, and such interrelated
concerns of the international system as population, human rights, trade,
and women's and children's rights."
- E/The Environmental Magazine
- Green Earth Journal:"Reports From The Environmental Front"
- Know Your Environment: Indexed articles
from Environmental Associates at the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences.
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US Water News
Online: U.S. Water News Online features the latest news concerning water
and water issues around the country. Areas of coverage include water supply,
water quality, policy and legislation, litigation and water rights,
conservation, climate, international water news, and more.
- CNN Environment
Page: Up to date information on environmental issues.
- Junkscience.com: A website devoted to an alternative view of
environmental matters and science in the news by the "Junkman,"
Steven J. Milloy, an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute.
The Restoration of Wilderness:
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The Wildlands Project: The website of the
organization guiding the design of a continental wilderness recovery
strategy.
- American Lands: The website
of the American Lands Campaign, a broad coalition of activists and
organizations is dedicated to protecting our forest heritage and restoring
ecological integrity to the landscape.
Environmental Law: From the WWW Virtual Law Library
sponsored by the Indiana University School of Law Library and the World Wide Web Virtual Library.
CERES: The Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies, a non-profit
coalition working toward corporate environmental responsibility.
Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund:
Earthjustice represents a wide range of environmental organizations in
providing legal approaches to environmental problems.
The Online Gadfly: This website
contains an assortment of papers (published and in progress), news and
notes, bibliographies and other research tools, and much more -- most of these
pertaining to issues in environmental ethics and policy.
Mitch's
Environmental Web Links: A valuable collection of links from a self-styled
"environmentalist whacko."
Umwelt und
Umweltschutz: From Andreas Lixl-Purcell at UNC Greensboro, a collection of
German sites concerned with environmental matters.
National Library for the
Environment: From the Committee for the National Institute for the
Environment (CNIE), over 100 full text Congressional Research Service (CRS)
publications.
Forest
Links: Links to the U.S. Forest Service, environmental organizations and
the forest products industry, including photos essays on the chip mill
controversy in East Tennessee, and recent Earth First! protest against
Champion International. Assembled by Glynn R. Wilson, University of Tennessee
Knoxville.
Bioneers: The Bioneers ( a diverse crowd
--from biodynamic farmers and bio-economists to green entrepreneurs and
activists) meet yearly in SanFrancisco to explore practical solutions to
restoring the Earth.
ASEH: The American Society
for Environmental History.
Subject Bibliographies in
Environmental Ethics: The Subject Bibliographies in Environment Ethics are
published by Timothy C. Weiskel at the Center for the Study of Values in
Public Life at Harvard Divinity School.
An Eye on the Multinationals
- Adbusters: The WWW site for
The Media Foundation is "a media activist organization counteracting those
who would pollute our physical and mental environments."
- Corporate Watch:"A web site
dedicated to helping build greater democratic control over transnational
corporations at the local, national and international levels."
- Public Citizen: Founded by Ralph
Nader in 1971, Public Citizen advocates (among other things) "cleaner
and safer energy sources, a cleaner environment, and a more open and
democratic government."
- Alliance for Bio-Integrity: The Alliance for Bio-Integrity is a
nonprofit, nonpolitical organization dedicated to the advancement of human and environmental health through sustainable
and safe technologies.
US Government Agencies
Organizations of note:
- Save Our Environment: "A collaborative effort of the nation's
most influential environmental advocacy organizations harnessing the power of the internet to increase public
awareness and activism on today's most important issues.
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Greenpeace: The WWW site for
Greenpeace, featuring updated information on environmental and social justice
issues.
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NRDC: The Natural Resources Defense
Council WWW site."NRDC is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to
protecting the world's natural resources and ensuring a safe and healthy
environment for all people." This site offers up to date information about
legislative activities that effect the state of the environment.
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Wilderness Society:
The nation's only conservation organization devoted primarly to public lands
protection and management issues.
- NYPIRG: The New York Public Interest Research Group
focuses on environmental preservation, consumer protection, government reform, and
public health.
- Center for Ethics and Toxics: CETOS is a non-profit organization
committed to preventing unconsenting exposure to hazardous chemicals, devices, or drugs and to
formulating toxic substance policies based on sound ethical analysis.
- Alliance for Sustainable Jobs and the Environment
- CO-OP AMERICA: A national,
non-profit organization dedicated to promoting socially and envrionmentally
responsible economic activity on both the individual and corporate level.
- Defenders of Wildlife
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Earth First!: The
Earth First! Journal is an independent periodical published eight
times a year on the pagan holidays.
- The Judi Bari Homepage:
Devoted to the memory of the environmental and social justice leader who fought
for the preservation of ancient redwood forests and an end to the rapid
liquidation of second-growth forests by giant timber corporations
in the Northern California redwood region.
- Environmental Working Group:
EWG "is a nonprofit environmental research
organization based in Washington, D.C. EWG's goal is to provide the
public with new, locally relevant information on environmental
issues in their own states, home towns and neighborhoods."
- Earthsave International: An
organization for the promotion of a plant-based, environmentally sound
diet.
- Public Interest Research Group Environmental Campaign
- WALD: Working Assets Long Distance,
an environmentally-conscious, long distance phone company which donates 1% of
its profits to progressive causes. Its website offers a wide range of
information about issues of social and environmental importance.
- Green Cross
International: Green Cross International (GCI) is a global, non-aligned
networking organization working in the area of environment and sustainable
development.
- Worldwatch
Institute: The environmental research group.
- Rainforest Action Network:
"Rainforest Action Network works to protect the Earth's rainforests
and support the rights of their inhabitants through education,
grassroots organizing, and non-violent direct action."
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The Sierra Club: The WWW site for one
of the leading national environmental organizations.
- The Earth Council:
The mission of the Earth Council is to support and empower people in building a
more secure, equitable and sustainable future.
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Friends of the Earth
- American Farmland
Trust: "The American Farmland Trust is a private, nonprofit organization
dedicated to conserving agricultural resources. AFT's mission is to stop the
loss of productive farmland and promote farming practices that lead to a
healthy environment."
- National Parks and Conservation
Association: The National Parks and Conservation Association (NPCA) is
America's only \\rivate nonprofit citizen organization dedicated solely to
protecting, preserving, and enhancing the U.S. National Park System.
- The Greater Yellowstone Coalition:
GYC was formed in 1983 by people concerned about the rapid rate of
development and fragmentation in the ecosystem of Yellowstone Park.
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WWF: The World Wildlife Fund for
Nature
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Union of Concerned
Scientists
- Snake River
Alliance: The Snake River Alliance is an Idaho-based grassroots
organization which focusses its work on nuclear issues, most
especially monitoring activities at the
Idaho National Engineering Laboratory.
- NCAMP: National Coalition Against
the Misuse of Pesticides.
- Water
Quality Information Network
- World Resources Institute: "The
mission of World Resources Institute (WRI) is to move human society to live in
ways that protect the Earth's environment and its capacity to provide for the
needs and aspirations of current and future generations.
- The Council on Economic
Priorities: The long time advocate for social and environmental
responsibility.
- The Cygnus Group: The Cygnus Group
helps businesses and other organizations integrate environmental concepts
into their strategic planning, marketing and communications activities.
Particular emphasis is on helping companies successfully develop and effectively
promote waste-preventing strategies packaging.
- The
ULS Report: The ULS (Use Less Stuff) Report is a bi-monthly newsletter
that helps people reduce waste and prevent pollution.
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Klimaschutzaktion nordlicht: From the Department of Psychology at the
University of Kiel, Germany, a public campaign for climate protection by
energy saving and traffic reduction.
- PETA: People for the
Ethical Treatment of Animals.
Politics:
Native Americans
and the Environment: Bibliographical and documentary sources relating to
issues of land and water rights, deforestation, etc. as they impact on the
Native American population and its culture.
Energy Alternatives and Conservation:
- American Green Network: AGN promotes alternative energy and the
political activities to support it.
- EPA Green Lights: Green
Lights is an innovative, voluntary pollution prevention program sponsored by
the Environmental Protection Administration. By joining Green Lights, partners
agree to install energy efficient lighting where profitable as long as lighting
quality is maintained or improved.
- Home Energy Internet Site:
Developed by researchers at the U.S. Department
of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, the Home Energy Saver Internet site brings advanced building
simulation software to Web pages to help consumers identify the technologies
that will save them the most energy and money. It
answers questions such as how much money you would save by installing
insulation in your attic, and where you would find the best products and a good
contractor to do the job.
- Alliance to Save Energy: ASE is an alliance
of business, environmental, consumer, and governmental leaders who promote the
efficient and clean use of energy worldwide.
- Perspectives on Energy
- The Energy Foundation: The EF's mission
is to assist in the nation's transition to a sustainable energy future by
promoting energy efficiency and renewable energy.
- Solstice: The Center for
Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology.
- ASES: The American Solar Energy
Society.
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The Energy Outlet: A resource center
promoting electrical energy conservation. Includes a listing of useful
Energy Saving Links .
- The
Self-Sufficient Solar House: Diese Seite gibt es auch auf deutsch.
Policy
- Apogee Research: Apogee
Research, Inc. is a transportation and environmental consultancy specializing
in economics, finance, and policy.
On the other hand ...
- The Greening Earth
Society: Despite the name, another of the "wise use" groups. In this
case, the chief goal is to "spread the correct and optimistic view of
CO2 to to educators, students, business, media, community leaders." It's
probably only a coincidence that GES has the same exact mailing address as the
Western Fuels Association.
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The Uranium Institute: The
Uranium Institute is the only independent, non-governmental, global
organisation to offer a forum for research and debate on economic, technical
and political issues affecting the peaceful use of nuclear energy.
- The American Petroleum Institute: What
you'd expect ...
- The Polystyrene Homepage: From
the Polystyrene Packaging Council
Other sites of interest:
- Global Warming Sites: A collection of sites
from CNN which focus on the debate about Global Warming.
- Center for Science in the Public
Interest: CSPI is a nonprofit education and
advocacy organization that focuses on improving the safety and nutritional
quality of our food supply and on reducing the carnage caused by alcoholic
beverages.
- Ecological
Impacts of Coastal Cities: From the Australian Research Council, the
Ecological Impacts of Coastal Cities provides the strategic research to
understand what cities do to animals and plants in coastal and estuarine
habitats.
- Highland College: Highland College
is an innovative British college with a unique international environmental
studies, social science, and liberal arts program. It offers study abroad
opportunities for both undergraduate and graduate students.
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Endangered
Species: From Middlebury College, this WWW site was originally
created by students for a 400 level Biology project and offers links to a
wide range of sites focussed on the status of plants and animals in the US. It
also provides links to Federal resources and to environmental organizations.
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Wilderness in the
North American Imagination: A Yale University seminar in American
Studies, this site includes the class project and
a cyberspace journal
through the North American wilderness.
- Alaska
Ecocenter: An environmental web site from the University of Alaska
at Anchorage.
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Florida Environment: The WWW
page for the State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
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Association for
the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE): The ASLE Home Page contains
information about the association's formation and purpose, its membership
and officers, its publications and conferences, an extensive
collection of related web resources, and an archive of
bibliographies, calls for papers, and environmental writing.