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
- 10 matches General/Other
- Air Quality 24 matches
- Ecosystems 42 matches
- Energy 40 matches sources, supply, reserves, uses
- Forest Resources 11 matches
- Water Quality and Quantity 55 matches including water resource management, water quality and water treatment
- Global Change and Climate 29 matches
- Waste 45 matches
- Mineral Resources 19 matches includes precious metals, base metals, industrial minerals, aggregate
- Soils and Agriculture 15 matches
- Oceans and Coastal Resources 14 matches
- Land Use and Planning 24 matches planning, zoning, sprawl issues, urban heat island
- Human Population 10 matches
- Sustainability 26 matches
- Natural Hazards 6 matches
- Policy 183 matches
Subject: Environmental Science
- 10 matches General/Other
- Air Quality 24 matches
- Ecosystems 42 matches
- Energy 40 matches sources, supply, reserves, uses
- Forest Resources 11 matches
- Water Quality and Quantity 55 matches including water resource management, water quality and water treatment
- Global Change and Climate 29 matches
- Waste 45 matches
- Mineral Resources 19 matches includes precious metals, base metals, industrial minerals, aggregate
- Soils and Agriculture 15 matches
- Oceans and Coastal Resources 14 matches
- Land Use and Planning 24 matches planning, zoning, sprawl issues, urban heat island
- Human Population 10 matches
- Sustainability 26 matches
- Natural Hazards 6 matches
- Policy 183 matches
Results 81 - 100 of 184 matches
Environmental Quality Statistics part of SERC Web Resource Collection
Hosted by the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), this site contains updated monthly tables with statistics about United States environmental quality. The major topics covered in these tables are ...
Spatial Land Use Change and Ecological Effects at the Rural-Urban Interface: Project SLUCE 2 part of SERC Web Resource Collection
Project SLUCE 2 seeks to understand the individual decision-making that drives land use decisions and to formulate and test alternative policies and interventions that could reduce environmental ...
Your Planetary Protection Officer part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This is a brief article about John Rummel, NASA's Planetary Protection Officer. It explains the purpose of planetary protection (to prevent contamination of Earth by alien life forms and of ...
Science Policy part of SERC Print Resource Collection
Science policy involves consideration of two fundamental human activities: science and policy. People make decisions of valued outcomes, so thinking about science policy necessarily implicates ...
Water Policy and Legislation part of SERC Web Resource Collection
Visitors to this site can review Canadian water policy and legislation for both provinces and federal government. Topics include the nature of water, water policy and legislation, water management, ...
Water Policy and Legislation part of SERC Web Resource Collection
Visitors to this site can review Canadian water policy and legislation for both provinces and federal government. Topics include the nature of water, water policy and legislation, water management, ...
USGS National Landslide Information Center part of SERC Web Resource Collection
United States Geological Survey (USGS) scientists are working to reduce long-term losses and casualties from landslide hazards through better understanding of the causes and mechanisms of ground ...
USGS National Landslide Information Center part of SERC Web Resource Collection
United States Geological Survey (USGS) scientists are working to reduce long-term losses and casualties from landslide hazards through better understanding of the causes and mechanisms of ground ...
Ecological Footprint Calculators part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This website contains interactive calculators for determining various environmental impacts. The site includes more than 15 different calculators to determine greenhouse gas emissions, ecological ...
NRCS Irrigation and Water Management part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site provides a jump off point to many different areas of information concerning Idaho's irrigation and water management conservation planning. The site provides links to irrigation ...
Idaho Department of Water Resources Website part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site provides links to investigate the water resources of Idaho including information on water management, forms/rules/statutes, on-line data, water information, geographic information, water ...
Compensation of Navajo Uranium Miners part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site addresses policy issues of the compensation of Navajo uranium miners. The site provides an annotated index of current issues, legislation, papers and presentations, books, and links that ...
Putting a Price on Pollution: Financial Assurance for Mine Reclamation and Closure part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This 56-page PDF provides information about financial assurance for mine reclamation and closure. The topics covered include mine reclamation and liability; closure and financial assurance; and a ...
Carbon footprint calculator part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site is produced by British Petroleum and provides a simple, interactive guide to estimate your annual household carbon emissions. The calculator asks questions about the features of your ...
When a Fish Is More Than a Fish part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This is a magazine article describing the relationship between the Nez Perce People and endangered salmon. This article provides first hand insight to the importance of salmon from a Nez Perce ...
Idaho Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy part of SERC Web Resource Collection
The purpose of this web page is to make the Idaho Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy (CWCS) available to all interested parties. The site provides links to multiple pdf's containing ...
Idaho Wolf Management part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site provides information concerning wolves in Idaho and how they are being managed. Also provided are links to further reports about wolf habitats in Idaho.
EurActiv: EU News and Policy Positions part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site is an independent media portal fully dedicated to European Union (EU) affairs. This extensive site is an online platform for EU policies, complementing existing EU media and institutional ...
United Nations Environment Programme part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This program seeks to provide leadership and encourages partnership in caring for the environment by informing and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising ...
National Environmental Trust part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site informs citizens about environmental problems and how they affect our health and quality of life. The National Environmental Trust is an environmental organization that works in states to ...