Carnegie Mellon University Libraries

 Engineering and Public Policy:

Environment

• Associations, Organizations, and Institutes
• Databases
• Government Resources
• Internet Guides
• Reference Resources

Associations, Organizations, and Institutes

These groups can be a good source of information. For others, you might want to look at Associations on the Net (Internet Public Library), which is a searchable list of over 700 associations, grouped by subject category.

• American Forests
  News, publications, etc. The Climate Change Calculator helps you calculate the effect your lifestyle has on the Earth's climate.

• Brownfields Center
  Joint effort between Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh to address the issues concerning the revitalization of idle industrial sites.

• Earth Council Alliance
  International non-governmental organization supporting "Earth Councils and other people and organizations committed to sustainability initiatives and preserving the world for today’s peoples and future generations." Links to other sustainable development sites, news, publications, etc.

• EcoNet (Institute for Global Communications)
  Information on political activism on environmental issues.

• EnviroLink Network: The Online Environmental Community
  News headlines, links to discussion groups, associations, government resources, educational resources, etc.

• Environmental Council of the States (ECOS)
  National nonprofit, nonpartisan association of state and territorial environmental commissioners. Policy statements, projects, links to state environmental organizations, etc.

• Friends of the Earth (FOE)
  Environmental campaigns, press releases, publications, job opportunities, links to Environmental Information Services on the Net

• Greenpeace.org
  Independent organization which uses "non-violent, creative confrontation" to bring attention to environmental problems. Reports, press releases, links to other sites.

• National Institute for the Environment
  Provides extensive data on all areas of the environment in its online National Library for the Environment.

• Resources For The Future (RFF)
  Nonprofit, nonpartisan organization which does independent research on environmental and natural resource issues. News briefs, discussion papers, etc.

• Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)
  Independent, nonprofit professional society that provides a forum for individuals and institutions engaged in all types of environmental issues. Publications, activities, professional opportunities, etc.

• Steinbrenner Institute for Environmental Education and Research (SEER)
  Promotes Carnegie Mellon's core academic strengths and advance emerging interests to identify and create research and education opportunities for our faculty and students; across all schools and majors.

• United Nations Environment Programme
  Texts of conventions, information on programs, environmental data sets, links to other sites.

• World Resources Institute
  Independent center for policy research and technical assistance on all environmental issues. Reports, news releases, links to other sites.

• World Water Council
  Nonprofit, nongovernmental organization devoted to long-term global water policy issues.

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Government Resources

The United States Government is a good source of data and other types of materials. Below are some of the most useful for environmental issues. To see other government resources, you might want to search:

• FedWorld
  offers ways to search government web sites, reports, and databases
• USA.gov
  the official U.S. gateway to all government information
• Science.gov
  catalog containing descriptions of just those government web sites that are key entry points to government science and technology resources
• Science Accelerator
  "searches science, including R&D results, project descriptions, accomplishments, and more, via resources made available by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), U.S. Department of Energy."

For statistical information from governmental sources, see:

• Fedstats
  Gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies
• Lexis-Nexis Statistical Universe (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  ca. 1973-present.
  Search citations and abstracts to statistical publications from federal, state, international sources as well as private organizations. See Lexis-Nexis Statistical Universe for an indepth description of coverage.

For legislative information see:

• Lexis-Nexis Congressional Universe (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  Congressional publications, current topics of debate, members and committees, full text of proposed and recent bills, laws and regulations, etc.
• Thomas (Library of Congress)
  Legislative information on the internet.

For regulatory information see:

• HeinOnline Federal Register Library (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  The Federal Register Library contains:
  • Federal Register, 1936 to the present
  • Federal Register Indexes, 1939-present
  • Code of Federal Regulations, 1938-present
  • Administrative Procedure Act 1944-1946
  • Code of Emergency Federal Regulations 1965
  • U. S. Government Manual, 1935-present
  • Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 1965-present

• Lexis-Nexis Congressional Universe (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  Search and display full text of
  • Code of Federal Regulations
    1981-present
  • Federal Register
    1980-present
• Code of Regulations (GPO Access)
  1996-present
• Federal Register (GPO Access)
  1994-present.
• Federal Register: Environmental Documents (Environmental Protection Agency)
  Full text of all Federal Register documents issued by EPA, and of selected documents issued by other Departments and Agencies.
• Regulations.gov
  Central online rulemaking portal of the United States government. Search by keyword or department or agency.
• Regulatory Agenda (Environmental Protection Agency)

For gray literature, that is, reports or materials that do not go through normal publication channels, see:

• GreyNet: Grey Literature Network Service
  "A selection of web based resources in grey literature"

Relevant federal departments and agencies include:

• Council on Environmental Quality (Executive Office of the President of the United States)

• EPA: United States Environmental Protection Agency
  • Browse EPA Topics

• Pennsylvania's Recycling Page

• United Stated Department of Commerce
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

• United States Department of Energy
  • EnergyFiles: The Virtual Library Collections of Energy Science and Technology

• U. S. Geological Survey
  • Water Use in the United States

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Internet Guides

• Best Environmental Directories
  Extensive list of environmental directories and Internet sites arranged in subject order.

• CIESIN's Information Cooperative (Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network)
  Provides topical guides to Internet resources and also has a gateway search to environmental databases worldwide.

• The Environment: A Multidisciplinary Research Guide (Mo Dawley and Lynn Berard, Carnegie Mellon University Libraries)

• Information Center for the Environment (ICE)

• Water Law (Pace University School of Law)

• World Wide Web Virtual Library
  • Environmental law (Indiana University School of Law Library)
  • Sustainable Development (Bruno Kestemont)
  • Urban Environment Management (Hari Srinivas)

• Yahoo!: Society and Culture:
  • Environment and Nature:
    • Climate Change
    • Pollution:
      • Acid Rain

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