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EPA Global Warming Site What is the problem? What do we know? How serious is it? Now? In the future? What's being done? What can I do?

EPA Resources for Non-Profit Organizations

EPA's Transportation Partners (TP) Transportation Partners is a cooperative program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. They work with citizen groups, local governments, businesses and associations-their Project Partners-to develop transportation choices and practical solutions to improve mobility, efficiency, quality of life and the environment, while reducing the vehicle miles traveled. We team with nongovernmental organizations-their Principal Partners-who provide technical and strategic expertise for innovative community actions.

European Environment Agency The European Environment Agency (EEA) was launched by the European Union (EU) in 1993 with a mandate to orchestrate, cross-check and put to strategic use information of relevance to the protection and improvement of Europe’s environment.

Exploring Ecotourism Links to specific information on ecotourism. This page provides links to materials on the Eco Travels site as well as other resources that will be of great use to travelers, researchers and entrepreneurs.

Federal and State Agencies Concerned with the Protection and Management of California's Wetlands, River Systems, and Watersheds

Florida Atlantic University/Florida International University Joint Center for Environmental and Urban Problems The Florida Atlantic University/Florida International University Joint Center for Environmental and Urban Problems is a national leader in research and education on growth management, and environmental and urban policy development. The Joint Center is affiliated with Florida Atlantic University and Florida International University, as well as the Florida Institute of Government. The Joint Center concentrates its applied research in four main subject areas to cover the scope of issues associated with growth management: urban planning and community development; natural resources planning and conservation; state and regional policy analysis; and local governance and service delivery.

Florida Center for Environmental Studies The Florida Center for Environmental Studies represents the ten state universities and three major private universities. The center acts as a facilitator and co-ordinator of research and training related to the environment and as a locus for environmental information. Grounding its activities in the Florida sub-tropical environment, its mandate encompasses global tropical and sub-tropical environments especially the issues and problems of water dominated ecosystems.

Friends of the Environment Foundation Since 1990, the Friends of the Environment Foundation has been encouraging Canadians to participate in the restoration of their local environment. They knew we needed leaders, people willing to take a chance. They knew that making things better renews and heals us at the same time. I urge you to join them in the quest to protect the natural world. By supporting the Friends of the Environment Foundation you are preserving the place you call home.

Fueling Global Warming - Federal Subsidies to Oil in the United States Despite increasing concerns over climate change and other environmental consequences of our heavy reliance on oil, the U.S. government continues to subsidize the fuel. Subsidies to oil are provided to producers, transporters, and consumers in varied and often subtle ways. These subsidies not only cost taxpayers billions of dollars per year, but they often exacerbate environmental damage. They can also reduce oil prices, suppressing market signals to governments, oil consumers, and oil producers to begin shifting to alternatives.

Galaxy - Environment Many environmental links.

GCCIP On-Line Fact Sheet Series The Global Climate Change Information Programme has established a comprehensive series of essays dealing with the issues of contemporary climate change and global warming.

Global Change Data and Information System (GCDIS) GCDIS is a collection of distributed information systems operated by government agencies involved in global change research. GCDIS provides global change data to scientists and researchers, policy makers, educators, industry, and the public at large. GCDIS includes multidisciplinary data from atmospheric science, ecology, oceanography, as well as economics and sociology. GCDIS is a cooperative activity of agencies participating in the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP). For more information about GCDIS, see the GCDIS Organizational Information page.

Global Climate Change The World Bank Group has recently embarked on a review of issues and options relating to energy and the environment. The Environment Department and the Energy, Mining & Telecommunications Department of the World Bank, in collaboration with the Technical and Environment Department and Power Department within the International Finance Corporation, have prepared an environmental strategy paper for the energy sector, which will result in a better understanding of policy and lending priorities in these areas.

Global Directory for Environmental Technology Your comprehensive guide to the full spectrum of environmental products & services, featuring 3,000 leading suppliers from 68 countries. Information about organisations, conferences and publications is complemented by editorial contributions from distinguished experts in their respective fields. A practical reference source for government departments, utility companies, engineering consultants, development agencies, importers and traders, educational institutes, non-governmental organisations and individuals engaged in environmental activities.

Global Environmental Options Founded in 1994, GEO is a 501(c)(3) non-profit tax exempt organization which seeks to restore a balance between the built and natural environment. Driven by the reality that buildings are responsible for the consumption of up to 40% of the planet's resources and create over 30% of global warming gases, GEO was created to bring attention to the impact that buildings and planning have on the environment and biodiversity. To reduce these impacts, GEO develops integrated high performance green building strategies for professionals and other decision makers world-wide, coordinating hands-on building and planning projects that showcase green design.

Global Environmental Policy Research Tools Here you will find links to internet resources useful for research on global environmental policy. This site began as a vehicle for helping college students gain access to appropriate information for use in writing term papers and other projects.

Global Recycling Network (GRN) Internet's Number One Recycling Information Resource. Many links to the recycling industry.

Global Warming and Climate Change This brochure was prepared by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University to explain the issue of global warming and climate change.

Global Warming - Dateline Kyoto From December 1st through 11th, 1997, a team of NRDC global warming, energy and environmental policy experts attended the global warming treaty conference in Kyoto, Japan. The conference -- which was scheduled to end on the 10th, but continued on through that night and into the following day -- produced a landmark accord, with industrialized countries agreeing for the first time to legally-binding limits on greenhouse gas emissions. Below, an inside glimpse into daily events at the conference.

Global Warming International Center (GWIC) The Global Warming International Center (GWIC) is the international body disseminating information on global warming science and policy, serving both governamental, non-governamental organizations, and industries in more than 120 countries. It sponsors unbiased research supporting the understanding of global warming and its mitigation.

Global Warming: Leading to the Economics of Hurricanes This paper presents a cost-benefit analysis of global warming and its economic effects on specific areas of concern, namely, agriculture, forestry, and sea-level rise. From this, there are many costly side effects that need to be addressed. Hurricanes, being one of those effects, are costly to the environment and to life itself. Hurricane Marilyn will be focused on to show these costs and to supplement the argument that action needs to be taken now in order to avoid greater costs in the future.