Environmental Resources on the Internet

Environmental Interest Groups

Note: the breakdown below is supposed to give the student a rough idea of where different groups fit--many groups might have elements of different categories in their missions.

Mainline Interest Groups

• Greenpeace USA
• The League of Conservation Voters
• National Audobon Society
• National Parks and Conservation Association
• Natural Resources Defense Fund
• Public Interest Research Groups PIRGs
• The Sierra Club
• The Wilderness Society
• The World Wildlife Fund

Radical Ecology Groups

• Earth First!
• The Green Parties of North America
• The Ruckus Society

Privatizers

• American Enterprise Institute
• Cato Institute
• Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise
• Center for the Study of American Business
• Competitive Enterprise Institute
• Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment
• Heartland Institute
• The Heritage Foundation
• National Center for Policy Analysis
• National Center for Public Policy Research
• The National Endangered Species Act Reform Coalition
• Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy
• Political Economy Research Center
• Resources for the Future
• Science and Environmental Policy Project
• Thoreau Institute

Green Taxers

• The Conservation Fund
• The Brookings Institution
• Environmental Defense Fund
• The Nature Conservancy

Environmental News Sources

• Congressional Quarterly
• Environmental Legislation
• League of Conservation Voters Scorecard
• Thomas--The Library of Congress online
• NRDC Legislative Watch

General News Sources

• The Chicago Tribune
• CNN
• The New York Times
• The Washington Post

International Organizations

• Global Earth Outlook 2000 (GEO 2000)
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
• Environmental Effects of Ozone Depletion: 1998 Assessment

U.S. Government Environmental Links

Department of Agriculture (USDA)

• Food Safety and Inspection Service
• Forest Service
• National Resources Conservation Service

Department of Energy (DOE)

• Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
• Environmental Management
• Office of Energy Research
• Office of Environment, Safety and Health
• Office of Nuclear Energy Science and Technology
• Secretary of Energy--Bill Richardson

Department of the Interior (DOI)

• Bureau of Land Management
• Bureau of Reclamation
• Mineral Management Service
• National Park Service
• The Office of Surface Mining
• Secretary of the Interior--Bruce Babbitt
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• U.S. Geological Survey

Department of Transportation (DOT)

• Secretary of Transportation--Rodney Slater

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

General Accounting Office (GAO)

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

US Global Change Research Information Office (GCRIO)

White House

• Council on Environmental Quality

Assorted Other Agencies

• Environment and Natural Resources Division--Department of Justice
• U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board

State Government Resources

• Yahoo-State Government Listing
• Environmental Council of the States