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Contents below:
· Environmental data & data sources
· Environmental science
· Foreign assistance
· Public opinion
· Toxic substances
· Water (including freshwater, drinking water, groundwater & dams)
Environmental data & data sources
Environmental Data & Governance Initiative (EDGI)
National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
Public Environmental Data Partners
Environmental science
·These links focus on the USA; also see Environmental data & Climate data.
Climate Science Legal Defense Fund
Foreign assistance
Environment @ ForeignAssistance
Public opinion
Public health
Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H)
American Public Health Association
Health and Environmental Research Online database (HERO) @ USEPA
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
National Environmental Health Association
Toxic substances
Recycling
· Aims to improve and expanded public recycling programs to make them more effective. Works with
partners to install recycling bins in public spaces like parks, schools, college campuses, etc.
Air pollution
Building Resilient Environments for Air and Total Health (BREATHE) @ ARPA-H
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: Air Pollution
· Details the health impact of air pollution in the United States
Water (including freshwater, drinking water, groundwater & drought)
· Combines advocacy with field work to ensure the greatest impact for river basins.
Map of U.S. Dams Removed Since 1912
Babbitt Center for Land and Water Policy @ Lincoln Institute
· Works "to improve the quality of life through the effective use, taxation, and stewardship of land."
· a nonprofit private foundation that researches and recommends specific approaches to land.
How's my waterway? @ USEPA
National Ground Water Association (NGWA)
National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS)
US National Drought Mitigation Center
· Works to "reduce the effects of drought on people, the environment and the economy by researching
the science of drought monitoring and the practice of drought planning."
· Works on many different levels, from "individual ranchers, communities, regions, watersheds, tribes,
states, countries."
National Water Information System (NWIS) Mapper @ Geological Survey (USGS)
Biodiversity & endangered species
Also see:
· US Federal Government
- Biodiversity & protected area info on subpages in this section is highlighted.
· US wetlands @ Wetlands
· Government agencies @ Ecosystem services & NCPs
· US Governmental laws & agencies @ Marine mammals
· USA @ Invasive species
· “...a national campaign to reform state wildlife management to be more democratic, just,
compassionate, and focused on protecting wild species and ecosystems.”
🇺🇸 General & miscellaneous information 🇺🇸
USA info across EarthWeb.info
Some USA information is placed out-
side these USA-focused pages, including:
· USA wetlands @ Wetlands
· USA @ Invasive species