Environment

Air Quality Index
Ask USGS: Easy access to USGS resources.
CERCLIS Database: CERCLIS Database lists and describes the most serious Superfund sites identified for possible long-term cleanup on the National Priorities List (NPL).
Columbia University's Center for Internation Earth Science Information Network: Interdisciplinary research on human interactions in the environment including populations, sustainablility, use of spatial data, climates, etc.
EarthTrends: Authoritative environmental information searchable by country, region, topic and year.
EarthWatch Institute: Promotes sustainable conservation by creating partnerships between scientists, educators and the general public.
Earth Observatory: NASA's Earth Observatory provides satellite imagery and scientific information with a focus on climate and environmental change.
EnviroLink: An online library of environmental links.
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA Global Warming State by State Impacts: Summaries of expected climate change by state.
EPA New England Office: Environmental information for New England region.
EPA National Library Catalog: Via EPA Web site.
EPA Publication Search: Search EPA documents by document number, title or keyword.
Envirofacts Warehouse: EPA's data warehouse.
Enviromapper: View and query environmental information including drinking water, toxic and air releases, hazardous waste, water discharge permits, and Superfund sites.
Environmental Health Information Service: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences publications such as Environmental Health Perspectives online. Full text available by password in Government Information Data Center.
Environmental Media Services: Nonprofit communications clearinghouse covering environmental and public health issues, organized by general topics.
GEO Data Portal: Datasets and other information used by UN Environment Network and its partners. Data can be viewed online as maps, graphs or tables, or downloaded.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Very complete set of links on the subject.
Global Warming:Early Warning Signs: Clickable map illustrating consequences of global warming.
Greenpeace
HUD Environmental Maps: Select a category of data (population, ethnicity, income, housing, or environment) and create map of your zip code.
Major Environmental Laws: Summaries and full text of laws under which EPA operates.
National Environmental Data Index: Allows searching across up to 12 government agencies' websites for enviornmental information.
National Environmental Directory: More than 13,000 organizations in the US concerned with environmental issues.
National Library for the Environment: Includes Congressional Research Service Reports
Natural Resources Inventory: Statistically based account of "conditions and trends of soil, water, and related resources" on non-federal US land.
NatureServe Explorer: Nature Conservancy and Natural Heritage Network information about US and Canadian ecological communities and specific plants and animals.
NCRS Technical Resources: US Dept. of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service tools for research in soils, water resources, air quality and other conservation tools.
New Hampshire Coastal Program: Includes watershed information.
NH Estuaries Project: Part of the EPA's National Estuary Program, the NEP is a joint local/state/federal program established under the Clean Water Act with the goal of promoting the protection and enhancement of estuarine resources identified to be of national significance.
Renewable Resource Data Center: Information, data and maps on biomass, solar, geothermal and wind energy.
Scorecard: Organizes air and water pollution data from the EPA into easily searchable format.
SEDAC - Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center: Thematic guides to selected environmental issues.
Sierra Club
Top 20 Hazardous Substances: Health assessments of toxic substances and links to more comprehensive lists.
United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development: Created in 1992 in Rio de Janeiro, now an annual conference.
United Nations Environment Programme
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Home Page
U.S. Forest Service
U.S. Geological Survey Home Page
USGS Water Resources of the US
Watershed Info from EPA
World Resources Institute: Documents sorted geographically and by subject area.

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Last updated April 27, 2006