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Government (agencies, departments, laws & regulations)EIA Energy Emissions Data - emissions information from the Energy Information Administration.
Facts for You: Environment and Energy - Use these links to find about the environment where you live.
Federal Agencies Directory - Created by Louisiana State University Libraries. Offers alphabetical and hierarchical lists for easy access to federal agencies' web sites.
FirstGov - Consolidates over 20,000 government Web sites and allows Internet searches for government information by topic.
Guide to Law Online (GLIN) - Created by the US Law Library of Congress. Offers guides to government and legal information for worldwide nations.
Guide to United States Law - Part of the Guide to Law Online project (GLIN). Offers links to information about US Constitution & legal system, code & federal legislative process, executive agencies & regulations, court & decisions, law reviews, NAFTA, other US law guides, and more.
Historic File of Supreme Court Decisions - This searchable site is part of FedWorld and archives the full text of Supreme Court opinions dating from 1937 through 1975. There are also links to other sites which archive Supreme Court decisions.
Texas Department of Health (Laws & Regulations) - Directory of items: Office of Criminal Investigations, FindLaw, National Archives, Texas Legislative Reference Library, Health & Safety Code, TDH information, and more.
Thomas Legislative Information on the Internet - Created by The Library of Congress. Includes information about: floor activities - House and Senate, major legislation, bill summaries & status, public laws by law number, and much more.
U. S. Department of State - Created by the State Department. Provides a searchable interface for locating information about the department, public affairs, press releases, current topics and issues, etc.
U. S. Department of State (archive) - Created by the State Department. Offers a permanent electronic archive of information released prior to January 20, 2001.
United States Environmental Protection Agency - leads the nation's environmental science, research, education and assessment efforts.
U.S. Geological Survey - Offers scientific information about the earth, including water-resources data collected at approximately 1.5 million sites throughout the Nation.
Environmental Organizations & Information
Environmental Indicators Initiative - Provided by the Environmental Protection Agency. Works to "improve the Agency's ability to report on the status of and trends in environmental conditions and their impacts on human health and the nation's natural resources."
Houston Advanced Research Centre - "Seeks to improve decision-making and increase awareness of how science and technology can support and implement sustainability concepts."
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) - Strives "to provide leadership and encourage partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing, and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations."
EnviroLink - Provides up-to-date environmental information and news.
Environment News Network (ENN) - Offers timely environmental news, live chats, interactive quizzes, daily feature stories, forums for debate, audio, video and more.
Environment News Service (ENS) - Cover issues and events that affect the environment: legislation, politics, lawsuits, international agreements, science and technology, public health, drinking water, oceans and marine life, hazardous materials, toxic materials, renewable energy, transportation, and environmental economics.
Moving Ideas - Provides news and resources from more than 130 research and advocacy organizations.
Ecolex - is an information service on environmental law, operated jointly by FAO, IUCN and UNEP. Its purpose is to build capacity worldwide by providing the most comprehensive possible global source of information on environmental law.
United States Department of State - website is the location for trade policies.
Encyclopedia of the Atmospheric Environment - Developed by the Atmospheric Research and Information Centre. Offers information about over 400 topics related to atmospheric issues: acid rain, air quality, climate, climate change, global warming, sustainability, water quality, and more.
GPOAccess - Offered by the U.S. Government Printing Office. Disseminates official information from all three branches of the Federal Government.
United Nations Division for Sustainable Development - Goals include: Integration of the social, economic and environmental dimensions of sustainable development in policy-making at international, regional and national levels, wide-spread adoption of an integrated, cross-sectoral and broadly participatory approach to sustainable development; and measurable progress in the implementation of the goals and targets of the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation.
Linkages - Provided by the International Institute for Sustainable Development. Acts as an electronic clearing-house for information on past and upcoming international meetings elated to environment and development policy.
National Library for the Environment - Offers an entry point to environmental information and data.
New Ideas in Pollution Regulation (NIPR) - "A site for researchers, government officials, and citizens interested in understanding and improving control of industrial pollution, especially in developing countries. NIPR is the primary source for materials produced by the World Bank's Economics of Industrial Pollution Control Research Project."
Environmental Law - Research guide created by Houston Cole Library at Jacksonville State University. Offers citations for specific statutes and regulations, books, journals, case law, standards, etc.
Environmental Policy Studies: Information Resources - Lists and describes resources at Columbia University Libraries and on the Internet, which are useful when researching domestic and international environmental policy issues.
