Environmental Websites by Sheri Amsel
The Alliance to Save Energy — Wind Power
www.ase.org
The American Wind Association, Wind Web Tutorial
www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/renewable/wind.html#Energy%20from%20the%20Wind
The CIDA Forestry Advisors Network — Information on Deforestation
www.rcfa-cfan.org/english/issues.12.html
Department of Environmental Quality — Information on Wetlands
www.michigan.gov/deq/0,1607,7-135-3313_3687-24314--,00.html
The Department of Health — Information on Noise Pollution
www.dh.gov.uk/PolicyAndGuidance/HealthAndSocialCareTopics/NoisePollution/fs/en
Energy Information Administration — Information on Solar Power
www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/renewable/solar.html
The Environmental Literacy Council — Information on Environmental Issues
www.enviroliteracy.org/article.php/63.html
The EPA
Information on Acid Rain
www.epa.gov/region1/eco/acidrain/index.html
www.epa.gov/acidrain
Information on Coral Reef Protection
www.epa.gov/owow/oceans/coral
www.epa.gov/owow/oceans/debris/index.html
www.epa.gov/ebtpages/air.html
www.epa.gov/oilspill/exxon.htm
www.dep.state.fl.us/coastal/programs/coral/protect.htm
www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/vital/nature.html
Information on Endangered Species Act
www.epa.gov/region5/defs/html/esa.htm
www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/esa
www.fws.gov/endangered/wildlife.html#Species
The Exploring Nature Educational Resource Web Site
www.exploringnature.org
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection — The Everglades
www.dep.state.fl.us/secretary/everglades
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations — Information on Water
www.fao.org
“Frankenfoods” — Information on Genetically Engineered Foods
www.sciencecases.org/gmfoods/gmfoods.asp
International Society of Arboriculture — Information on Trees
www.treesaregood.com/funfacts/funfacts.aspx
NASA — Information on Climate Change and Volcanoes
www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/2003/1023esuice.html
www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work
The National Parks Service — Information on the Everglades
www.nps.gov/ever
National Recycling Coalition — Information on Recycling
www.nrc-recycle.org
The National Weather Service Online School for Weather
www.srh.noaa.gov/srh/jetstream/atmos/layers.htm
The Ozone Hole Inc.
www.solcomhouse.com/iceberg.htm
www.ozonelayer.noaa.gov
www.ozonelayer.noaa.gov/faq/faq.htm
Information on Rainforests
http://rainforests.mongabay.com
www.rainforestweb.org
Smithsonian Institution — Ocean Planet Exhibit
http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/peril_overfishing.html
TreeHugger Ezine — Tips on Recycling
www.treehugger.com/files/2007/01/how_to_green_your_recycling.php#numbers
UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
www.unccd.int/publicinfo/events/mdg.php
Urban Habitats
www.urbanhabitats.org
The USDA National Agricultural Library — Information on Invasive Species
www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov
U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey — Information on the Water Cycle
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/hyhowworks.html
World Wildlife Fund — Information on Endangered Species
www.worldwildlife.org/trade