Embassy of the United States

Other Resources

Environment (Related Sites)

Federal Agencies

The White House

• Council on Environmental Quality 

U.S. Department of State

• Office of the Under Secretary for Global Affairs
• Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs

U.S. Department of Justice

• Environment and Natural Related Sites Division

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

• Department of Energy, Environment
• Office of Environmental Managment
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• Office of Scientific and Technical Information
• DOE Pollution Prevention Information Clearinghouse
• DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network (EREN)

U.S. Department of the Interior

• Fish and Wildlife Service
• U.S. Geological Survey
• National Park Service
• National Wetlands Inventory

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

• NOAA Environmental Information Services
• NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center (NDOC)

Smithsonian Institution

• Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
• National Museum of Natural History
• Ocean Planet Exhibition

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

• Goddard Institute for Space Studies
• NASA Mission to Planet Earth

Legislation

• EPA rules and regulations with the full text of major environmental laws.
• USGS Guide to Federal Environmental Laws and Regulations written to provide an overview of the major environmental statutes and corresponding regulations
• The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation
• The U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
• The U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
• The U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs
• The U.S. House Committee on Agriculture
• The U.S. House Committee on Science
• The Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality
• The Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials
• Summary of Environmental Law in North America
  This extensive site is maintained by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, established by the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation which was signed by the governments of Canada, Mexico and the U.S. in 1994.
• Center for International Environmental Law, a public interest, not-for-profit environmental law firm.
• The Environmental Law Institute plays a pivotal role in shaping the fields of environmental law, policy, and management, domestically and abroad. Today, ELI is an internationally recognized, independent research and education center.
• ENTRI, a fast, convenient, comprehensive online service for accessing multilateral environmental treaty data

Think Tanks

• Aspen Institute, Program on Energy, the Environment, and the Economy
• AEI Brookings Joint Center
• Cato Institute, Natural Resources and Environmental Studies
• Center for American Progress, Environment
• Center for International Earth Science Information Network
• Competitive Enterprise Institute
• Council on Foreign Relations (Energy, Resources and Environment)
• Earth Policy Institute
• Energy and Environmental Research Centers
• Environmental Defense
• Foreign Policy in Focus
• Harvard Medical School. Center for Health and the Global Environment
• Heritage Foundation
• Institute for Energy and Environmental Research
• MIT Laboratory For Energy and the Environment
• National Academies
• Natural Resources Defense Council
• New Democrats Online
• Pacific Institute
• Pew Center on Global Climate Change
• Progressive Policy Institute
• Rand, Environment and Energy
• Reason Public Policy Institute
• Redefining Progress
• Resources for the Future
• Rockefeller Family Fund
• Sierra Club
• Tellus Institute
• Union of Concerned Scientists
• World Resources Institute
• Worldwatch Institute

Publications

• The National Center for Environmental Publications and Information is a central repository for all EPA documents with over 5500 titles in paper and/or electronic format.
• The Earth Times, the leading independent international nonpartisan newspaper on the human environment and such interrelated concerns of the international system as economic growth, humanitarian issues, and social development. The Earth Times examines and conveys the working of the global United Nations system, and that of multilateral and bilateral agencies.
• Climate Ark. The Premier Climate Change Portal dedicated to promoting public policy that addresses global climate change through reductions in carbon dioxide and other emissions, energy conservation, alternative energy sources and ending deforestation
• Environmental News Network gives daily news and headlines on national environment.
• Environmental Media Service, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing journalists with the most current information on environmental issues.
• Environment News Service with a daily review of the national and international news.
• Global Warming
• Capitol Reports/Environmental News Link from the Capitol.
• Reuters Daily Environmental News
• Linkages/Journal takes an in-depth look at issues cutting across international environment and development negotiations and gives a complete coverage of international events.

Events

• Linkages, provided by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), gives information on upcoming conferences, workshops and symposia in the environment and sustainable development field.
• Recent Announcements about EPA conferences and opportunities for public involvement.
• Calendar of International Events and Meetings from the Department of State Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs.