Government - Federal

    Environmental Protection Agency - http://www.epa.gov/
        Air links - http://www.epa.gov/ebtpages/air.html
        Air and Radiation Office - http://www.epa.gov/air/
        Air Quality Planning & Standards links can be found, as well as links to various laws -
           http://www.epa.gov/oar/oaqps/.  Region 4 information can be found.
        Climate Change - http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/
        Compliance and Enforcement - http://www.epa.gov/compliance/
        Locate Your Watershed search by state - http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/locate/index.cfm
        Mercury Containing Light Bulb (Lamp) Recycling -
           http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/hazard/wastetypes/universal/lamps/index.htm
        Recycling - http://www.epa.gov/osw/conserve/rrr/recycle.htm
        Waste - http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/index.htm
        Water - http://www.epa.gov/watrhome/
        Water Pollution - http://www.epa.gov/ebtpages/water.html - includes legal aspects.
        Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds - http://www.epa.gov/OWOW/

    AirNow.gov - is a government program that gives quality of air data for cities - http://airnow.gov/

    House Committees: On Resources - http://resourcescommittee.house.gov/;
        On Science - http://science.house.gov/.

    Senate Committees: On Environment and Public Works - http://epw.senate.gov/text/index.cfm;
        On Energy and Natural Resources - http://energy.senate.gov/public/.

    The President's Council on Environmental Quality - http://www.whitehouse.gov/ceq/

    Department of Energy - http://www.energy.gov/
        Alternative Fuels Data Center - http://www.eere.energy.gov/afdc/
        Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy - http://www.eere.energy.gov/
        Energy Information Administration - http://www.eia.doe.gov/index.html
        Environmental Management - http://www.em.doe.gov/pages/emhome.aspx
        Information Bridge to reports - http://www.osti.gov/bridge/
        International Energy Outlook - http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/ieo/
        Monthly Energy Review - http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/mer/contents.html
        Solar Energy Technologies Program - http://www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/ 

    Department of the Interior - http://www.doi.gov/
        Bureau of Reclamation - http://www.usbr.gov/main/programs/index.html
        Endangered Species - http://www.fws.gov/endangered/
        Fish and Wildlife Service - http://www.fws.gov/
        Geological Survey - http://www.usgs.gov/
        Minerals Management Service - http://www.mms.gov/
        National Parks Service - http://www.nps.gov/
        National Wetlands Inventory - http://www.fws.gov/nwi/
       
    Hazardous Substances Data Bank Fact Sheet (National Institute of Health, National Library of
        Medicine) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/hsdbfs.html

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - http://www.noaa.gov/
        Air Quality - http://www.noaawatch.gov/themes/air_quality.php
        Climate - http://www.noaa.gov/climate.html
        Climate Prediction Center - http://www.cpc.noaa.gov/index.php
        Fisheries - http://www.noaa.gov/fisheries.html
        National Weather Service - http://weather.gov/
        Ocean Service - http://www.noaa.gov/ocean.html

    National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center - 
       http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/home/index.html

    Agriculture Department: Forest Service - http://www.fs.fed.us/

    Nuclear Regulatory Commission - http://www.nrc.gov/

    League of Conservation Voters tracks "congressional voting records on environmental issues" -
        http://www.lcv.org/.

    Energy and Environment: Issues and Groups has government sites from the Vanderbilt
        University Library - http://lib11.library.vanderbilt.edu/diglib/ginfo-pubpol.pl?
        searchtext=Environment&Type=LTR&Resource=DB&Website=GOVTINFO.

    Search for government information using Infomine - http://infomine.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/search?
         govpub.

    Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry - http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/.

    Office of Hazardous Materials Safety - http://hazmat.dot.gov/.

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Government - State and Local

    Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation - http://www.state.tn.us/environment/

    Air Quality Index Forecast from NOAA - http://www.srh.noaa.gov/data/MRX/AQIMRX

    Georgia Environmental Protection - http://www.gaepd.org/

Law: General

    Code of Federal Regulations Online freely available from the Government Printing Office -
        http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html. 
        The United States Code and other federal laws may be searched at GPO Access.

    Environment, Energy, and Agriculture has links from USA.gov, the U.S. Government's official
        web portal.
        http://www.usa.gov/Citizen/Topics/Environment_Agriculture.shtml

    Environmental Law at Washlaw has helpful links -
        http://www.washlaw.edu/subject/environmental.html.

    The Legal Information Institute, Cornell - http://www.law.cornell.edu/ - has information on
        energy law; environmental law; pollution; natural resources; land use.

    Environmental Law
        This site is from the National Federation of Paralegal Associations.
        http://nfpa.affiniscape.com/associations/2270/files/environ.html

    North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation Publications and Information Resources
        - has treaties.  Summary of environmental law in North American may be found here.
        http://www.cec.org/pubs_info_resources/law_treat_agree/index.cfm?varlan=english.     

    MegaLaw.com's Environmental Law Center has links for a variety of sites -  
        http://megalaw.com/top/environmental.php.

    Tennessee Code - http://www.michie.com

Law: Air

    Air Pollution Legal Aspects from EPA -
        http://www.epa.gov/ebtpages/airairpollutionlegalaspects.html. 
       
    Air & Radiation Regulations - http://www.epa.gov/air/oarregul.html

    Chattanooga-Hamilton County Air Pollution Control Bureau - http://www.apcb.org/

    Clean Air Act from EPA - http://www.epa.gov/lawsregs/laws/index.html#caa

Law: Water

    Water Pollution Legal Aspects from EPA -
        http://www.epa.gov/ebtpages/watewaterpollutionlegalaspects.html

    Water Laws and Regulations from EPA - http://www.epa.gov/water/laws.html.

    Water Legislation - http://www.epa.gov/owow/laws.html.  Includes Clean Water Act and
       Safe Drinking Water Act.

    Wetlands Laws from EPA - http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/laws/

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Organizations, Networks: General

    EnviroLink has links to environmental sites around the world - http://www.envirolink.org/.

    Friends of the Earth - an "international network of grassroots groups in 70 countries" -
        http://www.foe.org/

    Greenpeace - http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/ - exposes environmental problems worldwide and
        works for their solutions.

    Izaak Walton League of America - http://www.iwla.org/ - defenders of soil, air, water, woods, and
        wildlife.

    National Audubon Society - http://www.audubon.org/

    National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides - http://www.beyondpesticides.org/

    National Mining Association - http://www.nma.org/

    National Parks Conservation Association - http://www.npca.org/

    National Wildlife Federation - http://www.nwf.org/

    Natural Resources Defense Council keeps activists abreast of current environmental concerns -
        http://www.nrdc.org/.

    The Nature Conservancy - http://www.nature.org/

    Pesticide Action Network North America - http://www.panna.org/

    Scorecard: The Pollution Information Site - http://www.scorecard.org/ - Find pollution in your
        community

    Sierra Club - http://www.sierraclub.org/

    Union of Concerned Scientists: Citizens and Scientists for Environmental Solutions -
        http://www.ucsusa.org/

    United Nations Environment Programme - http://www.unep.org/

    The Wilderness Society - http://www.wilderness.org/

    Wilderness.net - a clearinghouse for wilderness information - http://www.wilderness.net/

    The World Wildlife Fund - http://www.worldwildlife.org/

    Worldwatch Institute - http://www.worldwatch.org/

Organizations: Air

    American Lung Association - http://www.lungusa.org/
        State of the Air is from this site.

    Clean Air World - http://www.cleanairworld.org/ - has air pollution topics worldwide.

 Organizations: Water

    Clean Water Fund - http://www.cleanwaterfund.org/

    Freshwater Society Publications - http://www.freshwater.org/publications.html.

    Water Facts from Water.org - http://water.org/facts


For links to helpful sites on toxic substances, see the Consumer Protection Topic - http://library.chattanoogastate.edu/east/topics/consumerprotection.htm#toxic