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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.

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Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/cosepup/index.htm

The Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (COSEPUP) is a joint unit of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. Chartered to ...

Principles, Structure, & Implementation of International Environmental Law part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://web.archive.org/web/20171231023942/https://www.uc...

This module introduces the fundamental norms and institutions that comprise international environmental law and then focuses on six specific topics: air pollution and protection of the atmosphere, ...

US Global Change Research Program part of SERC Web Resource Collection

https://www.globalchange.gov/

This site contains a variety of information related to global change research and specifically the research efforts of the US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP). Some of the sections on this ...

The Use of a Piece of Land (title provided or enhanced by cataloger) part of SERC Web Resource Collection

https://www.maine.gov/dacf/mgs/education/lessons/act02.pdf

This activity is designed to engage students in a practical exercise in land use planning; to make the students aware of the positive and negative aspects of land use laws and local zoning ordinances ...

Invasive Species: The Nation's Invasive Species Information System part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.invasivespecies.gov/index.shtml

The United States Government's Invasive Species website is the gateway to Federal efforts concerning invasive species. On this site users can learn about the impacts of invasive species and the ...

Environmental Frontlines Issue Summary: mining on public lands part of SERC Web Resource Collection

https://www.revealnews.org/article/frontline-exposed-how...

This case study provided by the Environmental Frontline organization is a summary of the 1872 general mining law reform. It includes background information, facts and figures, 'quotable ...

Toward Environmental Justice: Research, Education, and Health Policy Needs part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://books.nap.edu/catalog/6034.html

This online book uses five case studies to investigate whether environmental degradation is worse in poor and minority communities, and if these communities suffer more adverse health effects as a ...

Rebuilding the Unity of Health and the Environment part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://books.nap.edu/catalog/10044.html

This online book summarizes the results of a workshop that examined the connection between human health and the natural, built, and social environments. The book makes the assertion that a new vision ...

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Online part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.epa.gov/rcraonline/

This EPA site is an electronic database of documents regarding the management of non-hazardous, hazardous, and medical waste regulated by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. Topical, full ...

Mixed Waste part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.mixed-waste.com/

This site provides general information about mixed waste, what it is, and regulations and management considerations regarding its disposal. It also includes links to more detailed information sources.

Lessons from Woburn part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.law.seattleu.edu/x1873.xml

This site presents a three-part videotape series produced to enhance classroom discussions of the book A Civil Action. The site gives outlines of material covered by each tape and allows users to ...

Love Canal Collection part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/lovecanal/

Between 1947 and 1952, Hooker Chemicals and Plastic Corporation buried thousands of tons of chemical waste in the Love Canal area of Niagara Falls, New York. By 1978, President Jimmy Carter had ...

Contaminated Sediment in Water part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/cs/index.html

This EPA site provides information about how sediments get contaminated, where the pollutants come from, how contaminated sediments become concentrated in lakes, rivers and oceans, their effects on ...

EnviroHealthAction part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.envirohealthaction.org/index.cfm

This site provides an online community for health professionals and others interested in environmental health and gives users the opportunity to access important resources about public health. Topics ...

Water-Borne Illnesses part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/water/africa/lessons/HShea...

In this curricular unit, students learn how water becomes contaminated with specific water-borne diseases, read personal accounts of unsafe water, and work together to brainstorm solutions to the ...