Alternative Environmental Concepts
Addresses distinctions that should be made in employing words commonly used in the environmental discussion.
Toxic Wells, NJ - A Satire
This tongue-in-cheek Chamber of Commerce brochure puts a brave face (and positive spin) on the problems of a mythical environmentally challenged town.
League of Conservation Voters Education Fund
mission is to strengthen the capacity of the environmental movement, to mobilize citizens as informed voters, and advocate for sound environmental policies.
Critical Decision
an organization that encourages citizens to study and question the influences large corporations have obtained over democracy, technology, religion, families, society, population growth, and the environment.
Environment, Resources and Development
a consulting firm working all over the world. It is also a think-tank elaborating themes of Environment, Human Rights and Culture.
The Tragedy of the Commons, by Garrett Hardin (1968)
An essay that forms the background for much of free-market environmental thinking, which asks how property rights can be extended into commonly held resources, to promote incentives to protect (rather than harm) the environment.
Earthside
Environment, politics, opinion and quality of life issues for Arvada, Colorado, and the USA.
Friends of the Commons
group seeking to protect the commons as the sum of all we inherit together and must pass on, undiminished, to our heirs.
Environmentalism from the Right
conservative letter to the editor regarding environmental policy.
iGreens
Individualist environmental views, articles, reviews, discussion and polls. E-mail list available as well as obituaries, politician evaluations, reprints of papers and poetry.
League of Conservation Voters
Focus on U.S. Congress -- information on proposed legislation, how Senators and Representatives voted on environmental issues, and pre-election evaluations of candidates.
Vote No on Question 2
Maine's Question 2, the forestry referendum, will promote sprawl and reduce the overall quality of Maine's forests. This site explains the issues surrounding Question 2.
Ocean Champions
is a national political organization focused solely on the oceans whose goal is to develop bipartisan political support in the U.S. Congress.
Oikos
Italian environmental activist organization.
OMB Watch: Regulatory Policy
nonpartisan research/advocacy center addresses cross-cutting regulatory policy issues, which can affect environmental policies.
Ontheissues.org: Environment
US presidential candidates' views on environmental issues.
Planetizen
A public-interest information exchange for the urban planning and development community. Urban planning and development news, job opportunities, commentary and events.
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
Global treaty to protect human health and the environment from these chemicals. Includes background information, implementation plans for reducing production of the substances, and list of signatories.
Rep America
Formed in 1995 to resurrect the GOP's conservation tradition and to restore natural resource conservation and sound environmental protection as fundamental elements of the Republican Party's vision for America.
Chesapeake Bay Blues: Science, Politics, and the Struggle to Save The Bay
Howard Ernst book addresses the Bay as a political problem and reveals how the political process has worked against the interests of science, the public, and environmental advocates all at once.
Whittaker Bermite Remedial Site
Public Information web site regarding the cleanup of the Whittaker Bermite testing grounds for explosives and fireworks.
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