APES (A.P. Environmental Science) Web Page LinksTABLE OF CONTENTSGENERAL INFO FOSSIL FUELS (Ch. 12)ORGANIZATIONS NUCLEAR ENERGY (Ch. 13)GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT (Ch. 1) ALTERNATIVE ENERGY (Ch. 14)GENERAL ENERGY (Ch. 2,3) ENV HAZARDS (Ch. 15)ECOSYSTEMS (Ch. 2-4, 11) PEST CONTROL (Ch. 16)EVOLUTION (Ch. 4) SOLID WASTE (Ch. 18)

EXTINCTION (Ch. 4) HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS (Ch. 19)

POPULATION GROWTH (Ch. 5, 6) CLIMATE and OZONE (Ch. 20)WATER (Ch. 7) and its POLLUTION (17)

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION (Ch. 21)

SOIL (Ch. 8) DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILL and other disasters

FOOD (Ch. 9) BIOLOGY REVIEWBIODIVERSITY (Ch. 10) EARTH SCIENCE REVIEWECOSYSTEM CAPITAL (Ch. 11) EARTH DAY

GENERAL INFORMATION Chief Seattle's speech of 1854 Dictionary of Acronyms (very helpful in this course) Ecology Hall of Fame Environmental Yellow Pages online EPA's Envirornmental Terms EPA List of Legislation Glossary of Ecology "Living Environment" Prep. Center NASA Earth Observatory NGO Cafe Science News magazine online THOMAS: Legislative Info from the Library of Congress

U.S. Code – search for laws Environmental Cartoons

ORGANIZATIONS CEC: Commission for Environmental Cooperation Center for Biological Diversity Conservation International Coral Reef Aliance Countdown 2010 Earth 911 Earth Institute at Columbia University Earth Justice: “Because Earth needs a good lawyer” Earth Share Earth Trust Earth Trends - World Resource Institute database EnviroLink Network Environmental Defense Fund Environmental Working Group Global Environment Facility Greenpeace USA International Rivers League of Conservation Voters National Audubon Society National Council for Science and the Environment National Wildlife Federation Natural Resources Defense Council Nature Conservancy Ocean Conservation Society Rainforest Action Network Save the Manatee Club Sierra Club Society for Ecological Restoration International Student Environmental Action Coalition Union of Concerned Scientists Whooping Crane Conservation Association Wild Aid Wilderness Society Wildlife Alliance

Wildlife Conservation Society World Environmental Organization World Resources Institute Worldwatch Institute World Wildlife Fund

GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL STATE (Ch. 1) Ecological Footprint Quiz Global Footprint Network Sustainable Scale Project Pilot Analysis of Global Ecosystems (PAGE) Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA) Environmental Justice Movement

GENERAL ENERGY (Ch. 2,3) Laws of Thermodynamics What is Thermodynamics? Energy Information Administration U.S. Energy Policy Info. Energy Unit Conversions Energy Resources

ECOSYSTEMS AND INTERACTIONS (Ch. 2-4, 11) see Ch. 11 for Biomes links See Ch. 11 for Ecosystem Capital

GENERAL

Ecological Society of America (ESA) Center for Ecoliteracy Collaborative Adaptive Management Network

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES

Matter Cycles Hydrological (Water) Cycle Phosphate information Phosphorus Cycle Earth Observatory: Carbon Cycle (NASA) Carbon Cycle Nitrogen Cycle more on Nitrogen Cycle Sulfur Cycle

EVOLUTION (Ch. 4) Evolution 101 PBS Evolutionary Library Complete Works of Charles Darwin Online Darwin's finches Speciation History of Evolutionary Thought, pre-1800s – links History of Evolutionary Thought,1800s – links History of Evolutionary Thought,1900-present – links Friends of Galapagos New Zealand (FOGNZ)

EXTINCTION (Ch. 4) DinoBuzz: What Killed the Dinosaurs? "The Current Mass Extinction" with dozens of links Five Past Major Mass Extinctions AZE - Alliance for Zero Extinction

POPULATION GROWTH AND RELATED ISSUES (Ch. 5, 6)GLOBAL ISSUES AND STATS

World-O-Meter: World Stats in Real Time World Population Clock U.S. Population Clock Population Pyramids About Population Pyramids GeoHive: Global Statistics Nation Master - various stats on countries Checks on Population Growth World Bank Civil Society Fund - Consultative Group to Assist the

Poorest (CGAP) HIPC - Heavily Indebted Poor Country initiative Human Mortality Database Population Stats for countries Global Debt per capita

U.S. ISSUES AND STATS

U.S. Population U.S. Debt U.S. Census Bureau International Data Base (IDB)

U.N. AND RELATED INFO.

U.N. International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) UNFPA : U.N. Population Fund MDGs - Millennium Development Goals About the U.N. Development Programme The World Bank World Bank - Making Sustainable Commitments OECD: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Human Development Reports Millennium Challenge Account IFC: International Finance Corporation

WATER (Ch. 7)

WATER POLLUTION & PREVENTION (Ch. 17)GENERAL

Score Card: The Pollution Information Site, with searches Water Use Calculator EPA Water Web Site SWCS (Soil and Water Conservation Society) The Groundwater Foundation General info on turbidity Invasive Aquatic Plant Management in Florida Waters

WATER CYCLE

Water Cycle, Greenhouse Effect, and Climate Change Water Cycle

AQUIFERS

Aquifer Basics USGS Aquifer Info Florida's Aquifers YouTube: Aquifer Student Model

DAMS

The World Commission on Dams USSD: United States Society on Dams Building Big: All About Dams International Rivers: About Dams World’s Largest Dams

LEGISLATION

Energy Policy Act of 1992 Clean Water Act (CWA) of 1972 - summary Clean Water Act (CWA) of 1972 - history

INTERNATIONAL

World Water Council World Water Forum

DESALINATION

Tampa Bay Desalination Plant U.S. Desalination Coalition Desalination - USGS

SINKHOLES

Sinkhole Facts USGS: What is a sinkhole? State Info on Florida's Sinkholes

ESTUARIES

National Estuary Program EPA's Exploring Estuaries Estuaries.gov Homepage Characteristics of Estuaries Tampa Bay Estuary Program

FLORIDA'S WATER

“Swifmud” (SWFMD: Southwest Florida Management District) FL Dept. of Environmental Protection - water policy Florida’s Water – It’s Worth Saving

HYPOXIA

USGS Hypoxia Homepage with links Mississippi River Basin and Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia

WATER TREATMENT AND WATER QUALITY

Water Treatment Techniques Links to Water Basics and Water Purification Articles Drinking Water Treatment Methods WQA: Water Quality Association

The WQA Water Quality Glossary WQIC: Water Quality Information Center Water Quality Parameters from Kentucky Water Watch Current National Recommended Water Quality Criteria EPA's Water Quality National Assessment Database by state

WATER POLLUTION

National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) basics Introduction to Freshwater Pollution, with links International Stormwater Best Management Practices (BMP) Database

PHYTOPLANKTON

What are Phytoplankton? Animation of Phytoplankton Levels National Data Oceanographic Center (NDOC) Plankton Data Images of Plankton Phytoplankton in Coastal Waters

WASTEWATER TREATMENT

EPA Wastewater Management FL Dept. of Environmental Protection - Domestic Wastewater Wetlands

Definitions Wastewater Treatment Process National Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association (NOWRA) Why Treat Wastewater?

ARTIFICIAL WETLANDS

Constructed Wetlands Orlando Easterly Wetlands Recommended Design Criteria Manual for Artificial Wetlands

SOIL / AGRICULTURE (Ch. 8)SOIL STRUCTURE

Detailed Soil Horizons 12 Orders of Soil Taxonomy

LEGISLATION AND GOVERNMENT

U.S. National Resource Conservation Service BLM: Bureau of Land Management LISA-- Current Status and Future Outlook USDA Farm Service Agency Food Security Act of 1985 FAIR (Federal Agricultural Improvement and Reform Act) WHIP: Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program EQUIP: Environmental Quality Incentives Program UNCCD—United Nations Coalition to Combat Desertification U.N. Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO)

SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

Sustainable Agriculture (SA) Research and Education National Campaign for SA What is Sustainable Agriculture? AFSIC Sustainable Agriculture Info. Sustainable Agriculture Virtual Library Sustainable Table - Sustainable Dictionary

FOOD PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION (Ch. 9)GENERAL FOOD

My Plate (replacement for USDA Food Pyramid) Defining the Green Revolution (PowerPoint)

BIOENGINEERED / GENETICALLY MODIFIED (GM) FOODS

FDA: Plant Biotechnology for Food and Feed

FDA's updated list of consultations on Bioengineered Foods FDA: Genetically Engineered Animals, with links Human Genome Project: Genetically Modified (GM) Foods

IRRADIATED FOOD

Irradiated Foods Food Irradiation FAQ and links FDA Food Irradiation page with links CDC Food Irradiation page with links UW Food Irradiation Fact Sheet (pro group) What's Wrong with Food Irradiation? (con group)

WILDLIFE CONSERVATION, BIODIVERSITY (Ch. 10)GENERAL BIODIVERSITY

Tree of Life Web Project Biodiversity Project NatureServe: Connecting Science with Conservation Biodiversity Hotspots Biodiversity Conservation Information System - PowerPoint Biodiversity World Map Biodiversity and Human Culture BCNet: Biodiversity Conservation Network BCA: Biodiversity Conservation Alliance Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund How Many Species Are There?

INVASIVE SPECIES

National Invasive Species Information Center Invasive and Exotic Species of North America Invasive Plants National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) Invasive Species

Information Node (ISIN)

PLANTS

About Forest Diversity Vegetable cultivar descriptions for North America International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants Ethnobotany Green Medicine Medical Botany Library Medicinal Plants

WATER, AQUACULTURE

Managing biodiversity in aquaculture EPA: Aquatic biodiversity

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

Modeling Sustainable Animal Husbandry Animal Diversity Web

ENDANGERED AND THREATENED SPECIES

Endangered Species Act and amendments Endangered Species Lists Endangered Species Program Endangered Species, with links and ringtones! 2006 International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural

Resources (IUCN) "Red List" of Threatened Species

LEGISLATION

Lacey Act Overview Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973 full text of the ESA of 1973 CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species

of Wild Fauna and Flora) Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) of 1972 analysis of the MMPA of 1972

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND RELATED INFO

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service - protected resources program U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

U.N.

U.N. 2002 World Summit on Biodiversity The Convention on Biodiversity GBIF: Global Biodiversity Information Facility

ECOSYSTEM CAPITAL: USE, RESOURCES (Ch. 11)BIOMES

GENERAL

The World's Biomes Intro to Biomes Biomes World Map Biome Lecture Notes

FORESTS - CONIFEROUS AND DECIDUOUS

Global Forestry Resources Assessment Silviculture Clear Cutting Coppice Methods of Regeneration Shelterwood Method Seed-tree Method of Regeneration Institute for Sustainable Forestry Sustainable Forestry Initiative Forest Stewardship Council

RAINFORESTS

Tropical Forests as Ecosystems Tropical Forest Deforestation SIVAM: System for the Vigilance of the Amazon

FISHERIES AND RELATED LEGISLATION

American Fisheries Society National Marine Fisheries Service FAO Fisheries Department Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act

Sustainable Fisheries Act

WHALING

International Whaling Commission Whale Watching Info

CORAL REEFS

NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program Hawaii Coral Reef Network Coral Reef Rehabilitation and Management Program (COREMAP)

MANGROVES

Florida's Mangroves Mangrove Action Project

ECOSYSTEM CAPITAL

The Value of Nature and the Nature of Value Tragedy of the Commons Essay Conservation vs. Preservation

RESTORATION

Restoration Ecology Links page Center for Urban Restoration Society for Ecological Restoration Global Restoraiton Network Indigenous People's Restoration Network CERP: Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan EPA: Wetlend Bioassessments in the Florida Everglades

NATIONAL PARKS, WILDLIFE REFUGES, AND FORESTS

National Park Service America's National Wildlife Refuge System Wilderness Information Network National Forest Foundation Wilderness Society: Roadless Forests Roadless Area Conservation and national forest maps by state

WILDFIRES

Wildfire News USGS Wildfire Page

FOSSIL FUELS (Ch. 12)GENERAL

Encyclopedia of Energy - Energy Timeline Institute for Energy Research U.S. Department of Energy Fossil Fuels Page

COAL

GeoHive - Proved Global Coal Reserves GeoHive - Global Coal Production GeoHive - Global Coal Consumption Coal Utilization Research Council U.S. Department of Energy Coal Page

PETROLEUM OIL

GeoHive - Proved Global Oil Reserves GeoHive - Global Oil Production GeoHive - Global Oil Consumption Crude Oil Prices - Graphs and Analysis U.S. DOE Oil Page OPEC Home Page Oil shale Oil sands Trans Alaska Pipeline System

NATURAL GAS

GeoHive - Proved Global Natural Gas Reserves GeoHive - Global Natural Gas Production GeoHive - Global Natural Gas Consumption What is Natural Gas? U.S. DOE Natural Gas Page

Gas Hydrates - links

ELECTRICAL POWER

EIA Electricity overview U.S. Power Grid Map CCPP: Combined Cycle Power Plants U.S. DOE - Electric Power

CHP - COMBINED HEAT AND POWER (COGENERATION)

Cogeneration (CHP - Combined heat and power) American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy - CHP

HUBBERT'S CURVE

Hubbert's Peak of Oil Production M. King Hubbert

NUCLEAR ENERGY (Ch. 13)GENERAL

U.S. DOE Nuclear Energy Page Basic Types of Radiation EPA Radiation Protection Radiation Health Effects Radiation Risk - units and dosage Radioactivity Nuclear Power Plants in the World - types of reactors FL Nuclear Power Plant data Properties of Deuterium Basic Info about Deuterium Tritium Information

FISSION

Nuclear Chemistry: Uranium Enrichment Nuclear Fission animation U-235 Fission

10-page Fission Overview

FUSION

U.S. DOE Fusion Page Fusion and d-t Fusion Hot Fusion Directory FusEd Web Site Cold Fusion? ITER: International Thermonuclear Explosion (fusion) Reactor

YUCCA MOUNTAIN

Yucca Mountain Project Yucca Mountain Information Office online

CHERNOBYL

Chernobyl in pictures (BBC) Chernobyl nuclear accident

THREE MILE ISLAND

Three Mile Island Virtual Museum and Resource Center Three Mile Island Map Three Mile Island facts Three Mile Island Alert - 25 years after...  

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES (Ch. 14)GENERAL

AGORES: A Global Overview of Renewable Energy Sources A page of many more alternative energy links Energy Star Program Green Lights Program U.S. Global Change Research Program Bureau of Reclamation Malcolm Wells, innovator of underground building design CREST: Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology

CARS

PNGV (Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles) FreedomCAR and Vehicle Technologies Home Page

HYDROGEN-POWERED

U.S. DOE Hydrogen and Fuel Cell page with links Hydrogen-Powered Cars Ford Model U Prototype Where to fill up your hydrogen-powered car: H 2 stations U.S. DOE Hydrogen Energy Page How Fuel Cells Work What are Fuel Cells?

NATURAL GAS-POWERED

Honda Natural gas car

VEGETABLE OIL-POWERED

Greasecar Vegetable Fuel Systems

SOLAR ENERGY

U.S. DOE Solar Energy Page Passive Solar Design ASES: American Solar Energy Society NREL: National Renewable Energy Laboratory SEPA: Solar Electric Power Assocation Phovoltaic cells - basics PV cells - staying safe (manufacturing hazards) MSRI: Million Solar Roofs Initiative Solar Design Associates: Impact 2000 House and more Solar Technologies - hybrid lighting Solar Dish Engine Solar Two Power Tower Project Solar PACES

WIND ENERGY

U.S. DOE Wind Energy Page U.S. DOE Wind and Hydropower Technologies

Energy Information Administration - Wind Stats Wind Resource Potential - U.S. Map State Wind Activities AWEA: Americen Wind Energy Association WinTec Wind Energy Oglala Lakota Nation – sustainable lifestyle Spearville Wind Farm pictures

BIOMASS ENERGY (BIOENERGY)

GENERAL

U.S. DOE BIomass Energy Page Biomass Energy BERA: Biomass Energy Research Association Biomass for Renewable Energy and Fuels

BIOGAS

Biogas / Methane Intro to Biogas Biogas Digesters Biogas Systems

ETHANOL

NEVC: National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition Gasohol What is E85?

BIODIESEL

Biodiesel Biodiesel Now National Biodiesel Board with links

WOOD

U.N. FTPP: Forest, Trees, and People Program EPA Burn Wise

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY

U.S. DOE Geothermal Energy Page

GEO – Geothermal Education Office Geothermal Power Geothermal Home Guide with links

TIDAL ENERGY

U.S. DOE Hydropower Page Tidal Power with animation Tidal Electric, Inc. Pros and Cons of Hydropower OTEC – Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion

ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS AND HUMAN HEALTH (Ch. 15)GENERAL, CDC

Score Card: The Pollution Information Site, with searches CDC: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Homepage CDC: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Environmental Chemistry

GLOBAL

General Global Public Health Issues Global Public Health Intelligence Network (GPHIN) WHO: World Health Organization WHO World Health Report 2006 Past WHO World Health reports UNFCCC Least Developed Countries Fund UNFCCC Special Climate Change Fund

INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Virtual Library CDC: Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases WHO: Tropical Diseases, with links

ASBESTOS ISSUES

EPA Asbestos Info with links OSHA Asbestos Fact Sheet Mesothelioma Symptoms - cancer facts

LIFE EXPECTANCY

Life Expectancy Maps Life Expectancy FastStats Disability adjusted life years (DALY)

HAZARDS

CDC NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards (NPG) Chemical Hazards: Scorecard.org list of known carcinogens Chemical Hazards: Scorecard.org list of suspected carcinogens

RISK ASSESSMENT AND RISK MANAGEMENT

EPA's Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Risk Assessment and Management - basic info

CIGARETTE SMOKING

Effects of smoking on young people Harmful Chemicals in Cigarette Smoke MedicinePlus links CDC: smoking and tobacco use links

LEGISLATION

Florida Clean Indoor Air Act EPA’s IAQ – Indoor Air Quality

PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE - see Ch. 20

PESTS AND PEST CONTROL (Ch. 16)GENERAL

Gallery of Household Pests, Insects, Birds, Animals, Rodents

Pest Control Portal Pest Control - with links to all types Pest Control Tactics Forest Pests Garden Pests EPA Pesticides Pesticide Human Health Effects National Pest Management Association Classes of Herbicides Classes of Insecticides Classes of Fungicides Bioaccumulation and Biomagnification USDA PDP: Pesticide Data Program

BIOTECHNOLOGY

ANBP: Association of Natural Biocontrol Producers EPA Regulation of Biotechnology Transgenic Crops Bioengineered Foods Genetically modified foods Insect Hormones

ORGANIC FOODS

National Organic Program MOFGA: Maine Organic Farmers and Growers Association NOSB: National Organic Standards Board

IPM

EPA: IPM & Food Production FAO Integrated Pest Management IPM: substances used Plants That Repel Pests Companion Planting

RACHEL CARSON - SILENT SPRING

Rachel Carson's Life and Legacy Rachel Carson Institute Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge

The Story of SIlent Spring

LEGISLATION AND RELATED TOPICS

FIFRA: Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act FQPA – Food Quality Protection Act Rotterdam Convention - PIC

DDT

DDT: a banned insecticide Chemical Profile for DDT History of DDT

FLORIDA

EPPC: Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council Invasive Insects in Florida Florida Pest Management Association Florida Mosquito Control Association

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE: DISPOSAL AND RECOVERY (Ch. 18)MSW

MSW Learning Tool – notes and PowerPoint presentations EPA's MSW Facts EPA’s Wastes EPA’s Pay-As-You-Throw page Paper Source Reduction tips Non-Paper Source Reduction tips EPA’s Extended Product Responsibility site ReDO: Reuse Development Organization

LANDFILLS

GENERAL INFO & ISSUES

Florida Center for Solid and Hazardous Waste Management

Wisconsin ’s Landfill Siting Process - a model Landfill Design, Leachate Treatment and Disposal Landfills: Lessons and PowerPoints Waste Disposal EPA Compliance and Enforcement site map

METHANE EMISSIONS

EPA's Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP) Florida Bioreactor Demonstration Project Decreasing methane emission from landfills: progress reports and photo

gallery

WTE

WTE: Waste-To-Energy Waste To Energy Expo

RECYCLING

GENERAL

Recycling codes NRC - National Recycling Coalition CRI: Container Recycling Institute Pinellas County Utilities - recycling Pinellas County Recycling Directory

PLASTICS

EPA plastic recycling info Biodegradable plastics info Recycled Plastics Product Directory Plastics Recycling in Four Simple Steps

PAPER

EPA paper and paperboard recycling info Conservatree: the environmentally-friendly paper experts

GLASS

EPA glass recycling info GPI – Glass Packaging Institute – recycling

Bottle Bill Resource Guide

RUBBER

Rubber Recycling Western Rubber Group

METAL

EPA steel recycling info EPA aluminum recycling info The Aluminum Association

COMPOSTING

EPA Composting Info. U.S. Dept. Of Agriculture Composting Info. U.S. Composting Council

INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT

Waste Wise Center for Integrated Waste Management

LEGISLATION

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) of 1976 Superfund Act (CERCLA: Comprehensive Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980) overview Solid Waste Disposal general legislation overview

HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS: POLLUTION AND PREVENTION (Ch. 19)GENERAL

Score Card: The Pollution Information Site, with searches Glossary of Toxic Substance terms NTP: National Toxicology Program SETAC: The Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Classification of Hazardous Materials, with Placards

What is TRI? Superfund Glossary of Terms Groundwater Remediation Technologies Analysis Center Brownfields - Cleanup and Redevelopment CERCLIS Database - search anywhere for sites EPA: Environmental Justice Basel Convention

IRIS: INTEGRATED RISK INFORMATION SYSTEM

EPA IRIS Page TOXNET: Toxicology Data Network  

MISC. CHEMICALS

Dioxin Definitions of Toxics Release Inventory Reporting Categories TRI (Toxics Release Inventory) Title III Chemical Lists OSHA Home Page OSHA Carcinogens Toxic Metals MSDS HyperGlossary

POPs: PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS

EPA POPs Page UN POPs Page

DISPOSAL

Deep-Well Injection EPA Classes of Injection Wells Orphan Site Info Bioremediation Phytoremediation EPA Office of Underground Storage Tanks

LEGISLATION

Clean Air Act (CAA) of 1970 Clean Water Act (CWA) of 1972

Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) of 1974 Superfund Act (CERCLA: Comprehensive Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980) Superfund Info Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) of 1976 Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 SARA Title III Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) of 1976 Pollution Prevention Act of 1990

PREVENTION

P2: Pollution Prevention Responsible Care Program

GREEN PRODUCTS

What makes a product "green"? Green Products Alliance Green People Green Product Guide Greener Choices Treehugger Green Vehicle Guide

THE ATMOSPHERE: CLIMATE, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND OZONE DEPLETION (Ch. 20)GREENHOUSE GASES / GREENHOUSE EFFECT

NCDC (National Climatic Data Center) Greenhouse Gas Page World Data Centre for Greenhouse Gases Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) CFC's: Chlorofluorocarbons and alternatives Greenhouse Gas (EPA): carbon dioxide EPA - Greenhouse gas: methane Greenhouse Gas (EPA): nitrous oxide Greenhouse Gas: carbon tetrachloride

Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy Use in Transportation

EPA's High Global Warming Potential (GWMP) Gases Chemical Kinetics in the Atmosphere Air Pollution, Greenhouse Gases and Climate Forcings

OZONE

Ozone Formation Relationship of Ozone Depletion to the Greenhouse Effect CFCs and HFCs Hydrofluorocarbons

WEATHER, CLIMATE, EARTH'S CLIMATE HISTORY

The Air in Earth's Atmosphere Layers of the Atmosphere Jet Stream Maps PALEOMAP – climates throughout Earth history Ice Ages Monsoons Global Climate Modeling MIT Center for Global Change Science Climate Article U.S National Assesment of Climate Change U.S. Global Change Research Program

CLIMATE CHANGE / GLOBAL WARMING

EPA - Climate Change homepage, with links EPA - Climate Change: Greenhouse Gas Emissions EPA - Climate Change: Health and Environmental Effects U.S. Global Change Research Program Kyoto Protocol Climate Challenge Game A Guide to Global Warming with links

MERCURY DEPOSITION

Mercury Deposition EPA's Environmental Effects of Mercury

LEGISLATION ETC.

U.S. Global Change Research Act of 1990 Montreal Protocol Clean Air Act, as amended in 1990

OCEANOGRAPHY

How the oceans influence climate National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) Oceans and Ocean-Atmosphere Coupling

PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE

SEHN: Science and Environmental Health Network Rio Declaration on Environment and Development United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC)

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION (Ch. 21)AIR POLLUTION

Score Card: The Pollution Information Site, with searches Criteria Air Pollutants 188 Hazardous Air Pollutants Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) MACT Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) IETA: International Emissions Trading Association Smog Photochemistry

ACID DEPOSITION

EPA: Acid Rain General Info EPA: Effects of Acid Rain on Forests

LEGISLATION

Clean Air Act 1990 - Acid Deposition Control

EPA's "Plain English" Guide to the Clean Air Act

DEEPWATER HORIZON (DWH) OIL SPILL and other environmental disastersDEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILL

Deepwater Horizon oil spill info links Oil Spill Weather Support Page

ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS

EnviroLink: Environmental Disasters Seven Biggest Environmental Disasters – Where are they now? Top 10 Environmental Disasters (as of 2006)

BIOLOGY REVIEWCELLS

DNA and RNA Review Mitosis vs. Meiosis Mitosis Animation Meoisis Animation

GENETICS

Mendelian Genetics Types of Mutations #1 Types of Mutations #2

EARTH SCIENCE / GEOLOGY REVIEW Plate Tectonics Animation #1 Plate Tectonics Animation #2 Geologic Time Scale

EARTH DAY International Earth Day (different day from U.S. celebration) EPA's Earth Day page Earth Day Information Center Earth Day in Your Neighborhood - for kids of all ages Earth Day with the Nature Conservancy Celebrate Earth Day with the Lorax from Dr. Seuss

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