Internet Collection
This is a collection of useful web sites for teaching public policy in the earth sciences. If you know of web sites, journal articles or other references that are useful for teaching and learning about public policy issues, let us know about them.
Subject: Environmental Science
- 8 matches General/Other
- Water Quality and Quantity 50 matches including water resource management, water quality and water treatment
- Air Quality 17 matches
- Energy 33 matches sources, supply, reserves, uses
- Waste 39 matches
- Mineral Resources 19 matches includes precious metals, base metals, industrial minerals, aggregate
- Forest Resources 7 matches
- Soils and Agriculture 17 matches
- Oceans and Coastal Resources 10 matches
- Land Use and Planning 19 matches planning, zoning, sprawl issues, urban heat island
- Human Population 6 matches
- Sustainability 24 matches
- Natural Hazards 9 matches
- Global Change and Climate 31 matches
- Ecosystems 33 matches
- Policy 160 matches
Environmental Policy
- Global Policy 21 matches
- US National Policy 47 matches
- State Policy 18 matches
- Local Policy 17 matches
- Environmental Decision-Making 60 matches including risk assessment
- Environmental Economics 34 matches market forces, consumerism, cost/benefit analysis, distribution of wealth, privatization, incentives, taxes, fines, etc
- Environmental Ethics/Values 16 matches
Results 21 - 40 of 161 matches
Rangeland Policy Issues part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site provides a balanced venue for the public to explore the key issues surrounding the use and management of rangelands. The goals of the website are to help citizens to clarify issues, to ...
Pilot 2006 Environmental Performance Index part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This website provides environmental data and summaries that compare 133 countries along 16 environmental policy criteria. Categories include air quality, water resources, environmental health, ...
Agriculture Policy & Farm Bill Briefing Book part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This website summarizes various aspects of the Farm Bill. Background information on rural development, conservation and the environment, and biotechnology are provided, as well as relevant statistics ...
Washington State Department of Ecology part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This website contains information, reports, data and policies about environmental issues in the state of Washington. Topics include soil contamination, hazardous and solid waste management, the ...
Global Climate Change Policy Book part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This website summarizes the current administration's approach to global climate change, including the President's Program of Domestic and International Initiatives. These include a national goal to ...
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This website focuses on the regulatory programs used to preserve and protect North Carolina's natural resources. This program administers regulatory programs designed to protect air quality, water ...
US State Agencies, Legislatures, Courts part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This website contains links to home pages, elected officials, environmental agencies, legislatures, and courts from all fifty states.
State Environmental Resource Center part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This website provides information on Wisconsin environmental policies and assembles information and tools to help legislators make decisions on environmental issues. The State Environmental Resource ...
California Energy Commission part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This website features information on policy, energy use, research, and special initiatives from California. Topics linked from the site include the Bioenergy Action Plan, the California Solar ...
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Environmental Justice part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This website features information relating to the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental policies. ...
Decision Making Curricula for the Great Lakes part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This website features a collection of secondary level science activities for teaching about the Great Lakes using a structured decision making approach as a way to help narrow the disparity between ...
Woods Hole Research Center: The Program on Science in Public Affairs part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This website describes the role that science plays in public and international affairs as human activities create increasingly complex global environmental problems. The Wood's Hole Research Center ...
Global Warming Facts and Our Future part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This virtual museum website provides easily understood scientific information that helps both policy makers and the public answer important questions about the changing global climate in order to ...
Energy and the Environment part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This website examines the issues related to balancing America's energy needs with concerns about safety and the environment. This site features articles and teaching materials from the New York Times ...
Pribilof Islands Contamination part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This website provides an overview of the contamination and resulting environmental impacts on the Pribilof Islands. The site details both human health and environmental concerns, and the current ...
Environmental Justice part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site gives a brief of overview of the concept of environmental justice, and the fact that minority populations are often disproportionately affected by environmental pollution. There are also ...
Ecological Footprint Quiz part of SERC Web Resource Collection
Ever wondered how much "nature" your lifestyle requires? Global Footprint Network's quiz will tell you. The user answers questions about their lifestyle in order to ...
Campus Center for Appropriate Technology part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This website from Humboldt State University showcases environmental technologies that contribute to a healthy environment. The purpose of this program is to demonstrate appropriate technology in a ...
Global Warming and Lewis and Clark College part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This website describes the actions undertaken by students at Lewis and Clark College to comply with the greenhouse gas emissions targets called for in the Kyoto Protocol. The effort was ...
Campus Ecology: Assessment Projects part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This website from the National Wildlife Federation features environmental assessment projects that have been conducted at over 20 college campuses. These environmental assessments help identify ...
