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Contents of this page:

     · Department of...

            ~ Agriculture (USDA)

            ~ Commerce (DOC)

            ~ Defense (DOD)

            ~ Energy (DOE)

            ~ Health and Human Services (HHS)

            ~ Interior (DOI)

            ~ Justice (DOJ)

            ~ State (DOS)

            ~ Transportation (DOT)

Some links below are highlighted with the following categories (although note that these categories are somewhat artificial and are for guidepost- purposes only):

   ·  Climate change 

     ·  Transportation

       · Protected areas  

         · Marine issues

Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)

Climate Hubs

     Extreme weather

Forest Service (USFS)

     Research Stations

     Remote sensing

     Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science (NIACS)

     Adaptation Partners

National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)

     Landscape Conservation Initiatives

     Regional Conservation Partnership Program

     Working Lands for Wildlife


Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

     Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory

          National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP)

     Coral Bleaching

     Coral Reef Conservation Program

     Climate.gov     

     Climate Divisional Database (nCLIMDIV)

     Historical Climatology Network (USHCN)

     Integrated Ocean Observing System

          · Strives to understand and predict changes in the climate, weather, oceans, and the coasts,

            while also sharing this knowledge with others. They also work to "conserve and manage

                coastal and marine ecosystems and resources."

     National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)

         · formerly the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)

      US Climate Normals

     National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)

     National Marine Protected Areas Center

           · view data and information on Marine Protected Areas (MPA)

           · access scientific understanding and newest research on MPAs

     National Ocean Service (NOS)    

     NOAA Ocean Exploration

     NOAA Fisheries (National Marine Fisheries Service ~ NMFS)

          Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program

          U.S Regional Fishery Management Councils

               Atlantic States Marine Fishery Commission

               Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission

               National Fish Habitat Partnership

               Alaska Marine Conservation Council

     National Weather Service (NWS)

     Cooperative Observer Program (COOP)


Department of Defense (DOD)

Department of the Army

          Army Corps of Engineers (ACE)

               National Inventory of Dams

Sentinel Landscapes Partnership

           · a coalition of federal agencies, state and local governments, and non-governmental organizations

             that works with private landowners to advance sustainable land management practices around

               military installations and ranges.

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)

National Military Fish and Wildlife Association (NMFWA)


Department of Energy (DOE)

Office of the Under Secretary for Science and Innovation

          Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

          Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management

               Office of Carbon Management

          Office of Science     

Energy Information Administration

          Data tools, apps & maps

Genomic Science Program

          Clean Cities Coalition Network

Joint Genome Institute

Laboratories

     Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)

          Electricity Markets & Policy

          Research Page

               · Includes sections on Clean Energy & Healthy Earth and Ecological Systems,

          National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

               Life Cycle Assessment Harmonization

          Oak Ridge National Laboratory

               Carbon Dioxiode Information Analysis Center

                      · Ceased operations in 2017; link is to archives.


Department of Health & Human Services

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

          National Center for Environmental Health

US National Institute of Health (NIH)

          Fogarty International Center

          National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences


Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

Addressing climate change

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

     Hazard Mitigation Grant Program

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

     Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)

          Wildlife Trafficking Toolkit

Department of the Interior (DOI)

Bureau of Land Management

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)

          Endangered Species

          International Office

          Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS)

          Science Applications

          Service Catalog (ServCat)

Geological Survey (USGS)

          Climate Change Research

          John Wesley Powell Center for Analysis and Synthesis

          National Geospatial Consortium

          National Wildlife Health Center

          Patuxent Wildlife Research Center

          Science Analytics and Synthesis (SAS)

National Park Service (NPS)

          Explore Natural Communities

          History eLibrary


Department of Justice

Environment and Natural Resource Division


Department of State

DoS organization chart

Policy issues

     Climate and environment

     Climate crisis

     Energy

     Global health

     Ocean and polar affairs

Special Presidential Envoy for Climate (SPEC)

Agency for International Development (USAID)

     ClimateLinks

          · “...a global knowledge portal for USAID staff, implementing partners, and the

             broader community working at the intersection of climate change and international

             development. The portal curates and archives technical guidance and knowledge

             related to USAID’s work to help countries mitigate and adapt to climate change.”

      Power Africa

Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy & Environment

    Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs

          Archived site

          Office of Marine Conservation

     Office of Global Food Security

     Office of Global Partnerships

          Coalition for Climate Entrepreneurship program (CCE)


Department of Transportation (DOT)

Federal Highway Administration

          Environment

          Planning, Environment & Realty

          Wildlife Crossings Program

Value Pricing Pilot Program (VPPP)

Volpe National Transportation Systems Center

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA)


Link to a snapshot of EPA's former main webpage on climate change as of January 19, 2017.

US Executive branch departments

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