Environment
- American RadioWorks Climate of Uncertainty. this one-hour program addresses the effects that global warming may have on the northern half of the United States over the coming years and decades
- Ask USGS Guide to USGS products and services from the Earth Science Information Center
- Audubon Nebraska
- BOLD Nebraska Environment
- Earth Day suggested activities for home, classroom, and work settings, as well as volunteer opportunities and a children's section
- ECOLEX: A Gateway to Environmental Law searchable, global database on environmental law
- EE Link resources for teachers and students, information about organizations and projects, a national calendar of events, grant information, and job postings
- Encyclopedia of Earth
- EnviroMapper The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Enviromapper views and locates environmental information on drinking water, toxic and air releases, hazardous waste, water discharge permits, and Superfund sites. Thumbnail US map images expand with a click to show facilities regulated by the EPA, information about local watersheds, and local national priority list sites.
- Environmental News Network the environmental science supersite Agency Library Catalog
- Environmental Organization WebDirectory
- Environmental Protection Agency Catalog
- EXTOXNET - The EXtension TOXicology NETwork pesticide information, toxicology briefing
- Extreme Oil Companion site to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) series that looks at how the oil industry must now go to extremes to find new sources of the asset that drives the world's economy and fuels so many aspects of our lives
- GeenerChoices.org Consumers Union Guide to Environmental Labels Explains environmental product labels such as "bird-friendly," "cruelty free," "fair trade certified," "certified organic," and "USDA Organic."
- Global Warming Frequently Asked Questions as presented by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- GoodGuide GoodGuide provides the world's largest and most reliable source of information on the health, environmental, and social impacts of the products in your home.
- Green Builder
- Green Guide A "consumer source for practical everyday actions benefiting environmental and personal health. As an environmental lifestyle newsletter and website, the Green Guide provides an intersection between mainstream consumer service (women's, health, parenting, and shelter) and environmental advocacy publications."
- Green Omaha Coalition
- Home Appliance Energy Use
- Institute of Global Environment and Society Homepage a research institute dedicated to improving "understanding and prediction of the variations of the Earth's climate through scientific research on climate variability and climate predictability"
- Iowa Corn: Ethanol and Its Co-Products
- Joslyn Institute for Sustainable Communities
- Keep America Beautiful
- Lincoln Green Scene
- National Arbor Day Foundation
- National Environmental Publications Information System from the EPA. Searchable database of full-text publications.
- National Estuary Program provides information about estuaries and the Environmental Protection Agency's National Estuary Program to protect the coastal waters of the United States
- Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality rules and regulations, news releases, agency programs, jobs, etc.
- Nebraska Department of Roads Commitment to Conservation
- Nebraska Energy Office concerned with conservation and environmental impact
- Nebraska Environmental Literacy Plan
- Nebraska Environmental Trust
- Nebraska Food Cooperative located in Lincoln, NE
- Nebraska Recycling Directory search by city, county, or recycler's name
- Nebraska Water Environment Association
- Personal Emissions Calculator Use this online calculator to obtain an estimate of your personal greenhouse gas emissions or your family's greenhouse gas emissions. Then move on to the next section of the calculator to explore actions you and/or your family can take to lower your emissions while reducing your energy and waste disposal costs
- Phytoremediation of Lead, Residential Soils a source of information for those concerned with lead contamination in soil
- Pollution Prevention Regional Information Center services include: on-line and hard-copy publication searches, directories of Region 7 (Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri) P2 (pollution prevention) partners, providers, and consultants, headline news from Region 7 providers, regional and state calendars, and information exchange list servers
- Reduce.org This site provides suggestions for reducing personal production of waste materials
- Regulations.gov
- Republican River Basin Portal water and drought information for all three states traversed by the river
- Scorecard Environmental Defense Fund's database that helps you identify what chemicals are being released in your community and by whom
- Sustainable Consumption Sustainable consumption is the use of goods and services that satisfy basic needs and improve quality of life while minimizing the use of irreplaceable natural resources and the byproducts of toxic materials, waste, and pollution.
- United States Interactive Climate Page
- USGBC Nebraska Flatwater a chapter of the US Green Building Council (USGBC)
- USGS Biological Resources
- Water Librarian's Homepage created by a librarian in a California water agency
- Wind Energy Resources - Nebraska from the Nebraska Energy Office
- World Sunlight Map A world map showing current sunlight and cloud cover
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