Environment

• Air Now - real time air pollution data from the EPA
• BioGems: Saving Endangered Wild Places - Natural Resources Defense Council
• Can You Hear the Green - a virtual tour that lets you compare the aural environment at various places in and near Portland, Oregon.
• Champion Tree Project, The -
• Conservation Action Network - World Wildlife Fund
• EarthPulse - National Geographic's home for conservation
• eNature.com - an extensive and dynamic source of information about nature
• Ethical Shopper.com - healthy, earth-friendly alternatives
• Global Warming - the EPA's site
• Global Warming: Warning Signs - The Earth is heating up. The early warning signs are in.
• Great Bear Rain Forest -
• Healthy Communities Environmental Mapping  - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (H.U.D.)
• Jaguar - Lord of the Mayan jungle
• National Arbor Day Foundation - Trees make a world of difference.
• Noiseways New York - "Excessive loudness alone is sufficient to overpower the soul, to suspend its action, and to fill it with terror."
• Operation Migration - dedicated to the restoration of migratory routes for endangered or threatened species of birds
• RainForestWeb.org - world rainforest information portal
• Scorecard - get the facts on local pollution
• Surfrider Foundation - State of the Beach
• Trade Secret - PBS, how the public's right to know the truth about the thousands off chemicals that surround us has been compromised.
• Yellowstone, America's Sacred Wilderness (PBS)
• UNEP.Net - a global portal to authoritative environmental information based on themes and regions.
• Union of Concerned Scientists - citizens and scientists for environmental solutions (Note: On specific issues of which I am personally very familiar, the Union of Concerned Scientists has provided a significant amount of technical data on their site.  Unfortunately, some of the technical information is in error and their conclusions differ markedly from Electric Power Research Institute studies and reports. It's almost as though they were using the technical information to further their own agenda.)