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Environmental Trends:

• Online publication of the United Nations' Global Environment Outlook 3. You can download a synthesis of the work or the whole thing. You can also download in other languages and formats.

• The United Nations' Major Global Trends

• SPECIFIC REGIONS OF THE WORLD:
  • North America
  • West Asia
  • Latin America and the Carribean
  • Asia & the Pacific
  • Europe & Central Asia
  • Africa

Environment Search Engine:

• Earth Platform: Read about the Earth's main environmental threats

Endangered Species:

• Biodiversity: The UN's Focus Area on the subject
• EE Link's Homepage for Endangered Species, where you click on an organism's name and learn about it
• Endangered Animals of the World where students can research, collaborate and telecommunicate internationally about endangered animals
• IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Garbage & Recycling:

• The Environmental Defense Fund's Precycling: How to Shop for Future Generations

Global Warming:

• The USA's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Frequently Asked Questions
• The USA's Environmental Protection Agency's Global Warming Impacts
• The USA's Energy Information Administration's U.S. Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in Perspective
• An article in Scientific American, Is Global Warming Harmful to Health

Habitat Destruction:

• The Izaak Walton League's Web page Fish Kills & the Degradation of Our Nation's Water Resources

Human Overpopulation:

• The World Population Awareness News Digest featuring regularly updated news events relating to human overpopulation
• "Factoids" (snippets of information) relating to human population, presented by ZPG (Zero Population Growth)
• People & the Planet devoted to the inter-related issues of population, poverty, consumption, health, and the environment
• Population Education, an educational site for teachers and students
• PopPlanet focuses on the relationship among population, health, and environmental issues.

Miscellaneous Issues:

• Bush Administration misuse of scientific information to further its own policies is fully documented in the Union of Concerned Scientists' Scientific Integrity in Policymaking: An Investigation into the Bush Administration's Misuse of Science. On that page you can download the full report.
• Energy: The UN's Focus Area on the subject
• Human Alteration of the Global Nitrogen Cycle, an online essay from the Ecological Society of America (need PDF viewer)
• EnviroLink Network, a massive online resource for individuals, organizations and businesses working for social and environmental change -- lots of links
• Urban Areas: The UN"s site dealing with environmental and other issues for them.

Nuclear Waste:

• The Sierra Club's Nuclear Waste Page.

Pollution:

• The USA's Environmental Protection Agency's page on  NPS (Nonpoint Source) Pollution such as excess fertilizers, herbicides, bacteria from livestock lots, etc.
• Mercury contamination worldwide: The UN's Focus Area on the subject

Simple Living:

• Sustainable consumption: The UN's Focus Area on the Issue
• Vegetarian Resource Group's Vegetarianism in a Nutshell

Water Issues:

• Freshwater: The UN's online Focus Area on the subject
• Marine & Coastal Areas: The UN's online Focus Area on the subject
• The UN's The Nature Conservancy's Sustainable Water Program

Environmental Organizations:

• Audubon Online
• Environmental News Network
• Environmental Organization WebDirectory
• Greenpeace International
• National Wildlife Federation
• Sierra Club
• Izaac Walton League of America
• The Nature Conservancy
• Wildlife Conservation Society
• Worldwatch Institute
• World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

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