General Sources can be found on our Legislation / Regulation page.
EPA's Laws and Regulations page includes links to past and current laws, regulations, legislation, and non-binding guidance documents for regions, states, and other regulated entities, relating to the environment. http://www.epa.gov/epahome/lawregs.htm
FEDLAW -- Environmental Legislation and Regulation: This site lists environmental legislation, including many excerpts from the US Code and CFR. http://www.thecre.com/fedlaw/legal14.htm
RTK Net provides a searchable interface to DOCKET, which compiles civil cases filed by the Department of Justice for the EPA. http://d1.rtknet.org/doc/
FEDLAW -- Environmental Legislation and Regulation: In addition to its regulatory and legislative information, this page is also host to a comprehensive listing of Federal agencies related to environmental issues. http://www.thecre.com/fedlaw/legal14.htm
You can also find a comprehensive listing of sites by using our Agency information page.
Environmental Protection Agency: Browse environmental news, programs, and policy. A topical listing of site information is also available. http://www.epa.gov
United States Geological Survey: Search biological and geological publications and technical data here. Includes a topical browsing and a search feature. http://www.usgs.gov
FEDSTATS -- Agencies with Environmental Statistics: FedStats has compiled a list of major information-dispersing environmental agencies. http://www.fedstats.gov/programs/environ.html
FedStats also provides A - Z topical links to information from a variety of federal web sites. http://www.fedstats.gov/cgi-bin/A2Z.cgi
LexisNexis Statistical
Provides comprehensive access to statistical information from
Congressional Information Service, Inc. Includes searchable abstracts and
indexes to U.S., state, international and intergovernmental statistical
sources compiled in American Statistics Index, Statistical Reference Index
and Index to International Statistics (ASI, SRI & IIS).
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/orr/results.php?instid=258185
Statistical Abstract of the United States: "As the National Data Book it contains a collection of statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States. Selected international data are also included." http://www.census.gov/statab/www/
Online Sources of Global Environment Statistics: provides links to data sources that contributed to the 1997 Environmental Quality Report, including the US Department of Energy and NASA. http://ceq.eh.doe.gov/nepa/reports/statistics/00global.html
National Technical Information Service: A listing of this comprehensive site's holdings of environmental resources. http://www.ntis.gov/products/environment.htm
EPA Environmental Quality homepage: Provides links to relevant statistics and publications. http://www.epa.gov/eq/
For a listing of environmentally-related agencies and resources, see FirstGov's Citizen Gateway to Agriculture and the Environment. http://firstgov.gov/Citizen/Topics/Environment_Agriculture.shtml
Envirofacts homepage from the EPA: A combination of several EPA databases, Envirofacts provides a single point of entry for select EPA information. http://www.epa.gov/enviro/index_java.html
Another source for EPA information is the National Environmental Publications Internet Site (NEPIS): http://www.epa.gov/clariton/clhtml/pubindex.html
Also from the EPA, a Superfund database (http://www.epa.gov/superfund/) and the Toxic Release Inventory Program - TRI - (http://www.epa.gov/tri/), searchable by zip code.
Recreation.gov: Searchable page regarding recreational opportunities on Federal land. http://www.recreation.gov/
Virtual Library of the State of the Environment: Provides information in database format on published studies and reports relating to a variety environmental concerns. http://www.sdi.gov/diglib.htm
Natural Resources Conservation Service: Subject index to NRCS Maps, Facts, and Figures pertaining to the State of the Land. http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/land/
Natural Resources Conservation Service: Technical data sources for soil, climate, and plants. http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/TechRes.html
RTK Net provides searchable databases for several bodies of environmental data, including the TRI, accidental spillage facts, and other industry-specific information. http://www.rtk.net/rtkdata.html
GPO Access -- Publications of the Committee on Environment and Public Works: Have access to hearings, prints, publications, and reports relating to committee activity. Included is a link to the committee's web site and member information. http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/senate/senate09.html
Find consumer publications relating to the environment at the Consumer Information Center. http://pueblo.gsa.gov
National Security and the Environment: The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory provides a listing of literature relating to national security and the environment. http://www.pnl.gov/main/sectors/environment.html
EPA's Concerned Citizens: Learn about the range of ways citizens can get involved in political change and environmental protection in their own community. The home page includes many links to other informational resources and environmental action guides. http://www.epa.gov/epahome/citizen.htm
Contact your Congressperson or learn more about her/him at http://www.congressmerge.com/onlinedb/index.htm
Project Vote Smart: Find out the voting record of Congress members. http://www.vote-smart.org/index.phtml
Alternative Transportation: Learn how to enhance bicycle use and safety with the US Department of Transportation's guide to accommodating cyclists into your city's transportation scheme. http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/bikeped/Design.htm
In addition to our State Legislative Information section, environmental laws can be found here:
LexisNexis State Capital: Search for information on bills, regulations, policies, and statutes. Also included in this site is a helpful list of links to state information. http://web.lexis-nexis.com/stcapuniv Click on the State Capital on the left hand column.
Legislative Information on the MTBE elimination act from Senator Fitzgerald. http://www.senate.gov/~fitzgerald/legislation/mtbe/mtbemain.htm
The Department of Agriculture's compiled list of environmental laws pertaining to their
activities.
http://www.agr.state.il.us/Laws/index.html
The 19th Circuit Court has created a link page of Illinois Acts, Codes, Rules, and Regulations, some of them relevant to environmental
issues.
http://www.19thcircuitcourt.state.il.us/links/l_code.htm#State
of Illinois Acts, Codes, Rules and Regulations
The Pollution Control Board -- governing rules and regulations of the Pollution Control
Board
http://www.ipcb.state.il.us/SLR/StatutesLegislationandRegulations.asp
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.state.il.us/
For a listing of environmentally oriented agencies, see:
http://www.epa.state.il.us/
Division of Environmental Health --includes A-Z topics, publications, fact sheets,
statistics
http://www.idph.state.il.us/envhealth/ehhome.htm
Search general statistical databases from our statistics page. Searching SRI from LexisNexis Statistical may be the most useful.
The Environmental Protection Agency's Statistical Atlas This EPA publication includes
useful watershed and water quality resources for Illinois.
http://www.epa.gov/ceisweb1/ceishome/atlas/stateatlas/illinois.html
Department of Agriculture
The Illinois Department of Agriculture's Agriculture and the Environment program.
http://www.agr.state.il.us/programs/index.html
Environmental Information by Zip Code: Databases include map creation and data searching capabilities on a variety of topics. http://library.csun.edu/mfinley/zipstats.html#environment
Pollution Control Board -- Newsletter
Stay current on Illinois pollution issues.
http://www.ipcb.state.il.us/Archive/dscgi/ds.py/View/Collection-11
US Department of Energy. A detailed guide to biofuels for individual
states.
http://www.afdc.doe.gov/pdfs/Bio_Econ_Env.pdf
Guide to the Pollution Control Board
http://www.ipcb.state.il.us/AboutTheBoard/CitizensGuidetotheBoard.asp
The Green Yearbook links to, among other multi-national law resources, international
treaty databases, convention outcomes, and national laws.
http://www.greenyearbook.org/sources/law.htm
For more international treaties and documents relating to the environment, see:
http://www.spfo.unibo.it/spolfo/ENVLAW.htm
Access UN and UNDP are two resources for locating UN and other international
publications. Access UN serves as the only comprehensive index of UN documents, publications, and
periodical articles for 1950 to the
present. It provides external links to many full-text documents. Access UNDP indexes
project reports of the United Nations Development Programme issued between 1972 and 1998. Reports
for 1989 onward may be found in the Government Documents Library on microfiche. Access these
two resources here:
AccessUN UIUC
United Nations Treaty Collection
Provides the full text of more than 40,000 multilateral and bilateral treaties, as well as
information on the status of 520 major multilateral instruments in Multilateral Treaties Deposited
with the Secretary-General. Texts of Recently Deposited Multilateral Treaties are also
available.
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/doc/inter/un/main.htm
The Union of International Organizations has a site with comprehensive IGO
(Inter-Governmental Organization) links to issues relating to the environment:
http://www.uia.org/indices/subject/home.php
The United Nations Environment Programme includes a listing of programs, treaties and
conventions, relevant environmental links, and an annual report surveying the environmental status
of each country in the world.
http://www.unep.org/
Center for International Forestry Research
Created with the plight of forest loss in the tropics in mind, this organization puts out
numerous publications relating to habitat loss and the social, environmental, and economic
responses to that loss.
http://www.fao.org/
UN Development Programme
Their mission statement: to fight poverty. Global poverty and environmental degradation are
often entwined issues. Information on environmental and social issues is included.
http://www.undp.org
World Conservation Union: An international, inter-governmental conservation and
biodiversity advocate group. Assorted publications and current news articles are included.
http://www.iucn.org/
World Health Organization
The WHO site includes substantial information resources on the topic of environmental
health.
http://www.who.ch
International Environmental Statistics Society
Includes links to other environmental statistics sites and provides information on their own
activities as well.
http://www.nrcse.washington.edu/ties/
The UN organization for education, science, and culture, UNESCO is one of the best places to find detailed information and extensive links on
land, air, and especially water issues.
http://unescostat.unesco.org
LexisNexis Statistical
Provides comprehensive access to statistical information from
Congressional Information Service, Inc. Includes searchable abstracts and
indexes to U.S., state, international and intergovernmental statistical
sources compiled in American Statistics Index, Statistical Reference Index
and Index to International Statistics (ASI, SRI & IIS).
http://web.lexic-nexis.com/statuniv
The World Resources Institute provides Earth Trends: the Environmental Information Portal. Includes searchable databases, tables, maps, and country profiles for ten broad environmental subjects. http://earthtrends.wri.org/
For our guide to international resources, please see our International / United Nations page: http://www.library.uiuc.edu/doc/inter/index.htm
Librarian David Griffiths has also put together a topical page for International Environmental resources, accessible here: http://www.library.uiuc.edu/doc/inter/topic/environ.htm
Global Environmental Outlook, a state of the environment report for 1997, published by
the UNEP. The executive summary is available online, with the full report available in the nearest
depository library or by individual order. At UIUC: 333.7 G516
http://www.grida.no/geo/
CIA World Factbook. The World Factbook gives a brief overview of the environmental condition of each county in the world, in addition to other core country statistics. http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
Environmental Resources compiled by Peggy Jobe from the University of Colorado at Boulder. A useful, extensive subject guide to online resources (primarily government) pertaining to the environment. Most of the links are Federal, but there is limited state and international information mixed into the subject pages as well. http://www.pagetwister.com/cej/cejsearchform.cfm
World Environment Library : It contains 400 publications in the fields of Agriculture, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Environmental Impact, Assessment, Energy, Health, Natural Resources, Policy, Sustainable Development, Waste Management and Water. http://www.nzdl.org/cgi-bin/library?a=p&p=about&c=envl
The Envirolink network provides educational, organizational, and various other topical links (non-governmental). http://www.envirolink.org/
The Argus Clearinghouse subject guide to online Environmental resources: http://www.clearinghouse.net/cgi-bin/chadmin/viewcat/Environment?kywd++
The World Resources Institute provides Earth Trends: the Environmental Information Portal . Includes searchable databases, tables, maps, and country profiles for ten broad environmental subjects. http://earthtrends.wri.org/
The UIUC Environmental Council's Environmental Horizons Conference provided the propellant for this site's creation. Visit their home page at: http://www.environ.uiuc.edu/
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