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Selected U.S. Government Environmental Webpages
This is a selection of websites about the environment produced by agencies of the U.S. Government. It does NOT include websites that are essentially individual documents (e.g. Effects of Acid Rain: Forests). It does list selected websites that contain agency homepages (e.g. Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory), libraries (collections of document pages, e.g. NEPAnet), databases (data that you can manipulate in some way, such as creating tables or maps, e.g. Master Environmental Library), news (as in news reports, e.g. EPA News, not "what's new on this website") and search engines.
This symbol # indicates a website that is often used at Western Libraries.
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agency |
website |
agency
home-
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library |
database |
news |
search
engine
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AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT |
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| Forest Service |
yes |
forests |
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agency websites |
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Global Climate Program Office |
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yes |
climate |
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yes |
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Natural Resources Conservation Service |
yes |
conservation |
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
yes |
climate |
climate |
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website |
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Environmental Research Laboratories
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yes |
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many agencies' websites |
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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yes |
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yes |
yes |
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National Oceanographic Data Center
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yes |
ocean |
ocean |
yes |
website |
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Pacific Fisheries Environmental Laboratory
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yes |
ocean, maps |
climate, ocean, |
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agency websites |
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Pacific Northwest Air Resource Program
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air quality, forests, maps |
air quality, forests, maps |
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yes |
ocean |
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agency |
website |
agency home-
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library |
database |
news |
search engine
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CONGRESS |
yes |
energy, environment, fisheries, forestry, parks, power, public lands, oceans, water, wildlife |
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websites |
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yes |
environment, fisheries, floods, noise, nuclear power, oceans, pollution, toxins, transportation, wildlife |
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agency websites |
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COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY |
yes |
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yes |
air quality, climate change, endangered species, forests, hazardous waste, land preservation, water |
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yes (from 2000) |
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environment, EIS |
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agency |
website |
agency
home-
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library |
database |
news |
search
engine
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DEFENSE DEPARTMENT |
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climate, environment, maps, oceans, weather, |
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Army Corps of Engineers |
yes |
hazardous waste, radioactive waste, toxic waste |
yes |
website |
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yes |
Everglades, Florida, wetlands |
yes |
website |
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ENERGY DEPARTMENT |
Central Internet Database (waste management)
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waste management |
waste management |
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website |
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Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network
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energy |
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yes |
website |
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defense, energy, environment, NASA |
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websites |
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yes |
nuclear waste, rivers, waste disposal |
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yes |
website |
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yes |
nuclear waste |
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website, agency websites |
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agency |
website |
agency home-
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library |
database |
news |
search engine
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY |
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air |
air, maps |
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agency websites, topics |
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yes |
air, environment, environmental justice, global warming, health, oil spills, ozone, pesticides, pollution, Superfund, toxins, water, wastes |
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yes |
agency websites |
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hazardous waste, maps, pollution, superfund, water |
hazardous waste, maps, pollution, superfund, water |
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environment, pollution |
environment, pollution |
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website |
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climate change |
climate change |
yes |
website |
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National Drinking Water Contaminant Occurrence Database
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drinking water, water pollution |
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# National Environmental Publications Information System
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environment |
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website |
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pollution, toxins |
pollution, toxins |
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agency's websites |
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water systems, violations |
Office of Water's Websites |
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| Window to My Environment | interactive maps | |||||
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hazardous waste, maps, pollution, ultraviolet, watersheds |
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agency |
website |
agency
home-
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library |
database |
news |
search
engine
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Chemical
Emergency Preparedness and
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yes |
chemical accidents, counter-terrorism, risk management, |
accidents, emergency response, risk management |
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website |
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Office of Air and Radiation |
yes |
acid rain, air pollution, climate change, ozone, radiation |
maps |
yes |
website |
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Office of Enforcement & Compliance Assurance |
yes |
governments, manufacturing, pharmaceuticala, small business, tribal governments |
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website |
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Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water |
yes |
ground water, drinking water, water pollution, watersheds |
drinking water, water pollution, watersheds |
yes |
website |
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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY |
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coastal barriers, laws, endangered species, environment |
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yes |
agency websites |
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| HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT | ||||||
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Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry |
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
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yes |
hazardous substances, hazardous wastes, pollution |
hazardous substances, maps |
yes |
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Environmental Health Information Service |
Environmental Health Information Service
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yes |
climate change, environmental health |
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website |
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National Library of Medicine |
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superfunds, toxics |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
yes |
health, lead poisoning, molds, pollution |
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yes |
agency websites |
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agency |
website |
agency home-
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library |
database |
news |
search engine
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HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT |
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brownfields, hazardous wastes, pollution, superfund, toxins |
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Office of Community Development |
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brownfields, energy, floods, laws, sustainable development, toxins, wetlands |
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agency websites |
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INTERIOR DEPARTMENT |
yes |
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yes |
agency websites |
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Bureau of Reclamation |
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yes |
dams, energy, environmental education, irrigation, water |
maps |
yes |
agency websites |
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agency |
website |
agency
home-
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library |
database |
news |
search
engine
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Fish and Wildlife Service |
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contaminants, endangered species, habitats, land management, maps, wetlands |
yes |
yes |
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yes |
conservation, endangered species, maps |
maps |
yes |
agency websites |
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Minerals Management Service |
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marine mammals, offshore minerals, oil spills |
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yes |
agency websites, internet |
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yes |
mines, mining, laws |
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yes |
agency websites |
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National Park Service |
yes |
air quality, fish, pests, plants, pollution, soils, water, wetlands, wildlife |
air quality |
yes |
agency websites, internet |
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agency |
website |
agency home-
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library |
database |
news |
search engine
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United States Geological Survey |
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biology, coasts, wetlands, wildlife, |
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agency websites |
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yes |
drought, earthquakes, fires, floods, hurricanes, landslides, volcanoes, wildlife |
drought, earthquakes, fires, floods, hurricanes, maps, volcanoes, wildlife |
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yes |
coal, energy, maps, natural gas, petroleum |
coal, energy, gas, maps |
yes |
website |
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acid rain, coal, energy, environment, mines, pollution, radon, water |
rivers |
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agency websites |
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yes |
biodiversity, invasive species, wildlife |
invasive species |
yes |
agency websites, library |
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yes |
habitat, wetlands, wildlife |
ducks, habitat, maps, wetlands, |
yes |
agency websites |
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water |
maps, water |
yes |
agency websites, website
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agency |
website |
agency
home-
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library |
database |
news |
search
engine
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS |
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conservation |
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agency websites, website
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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION |
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animals, climate change, forests, land use, oceans, vegetation, water, wetlands, wildlife
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website |
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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION |
yes |
climate change, coasts, forests, global change, invasive species, landscape ecology, watersheds |
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agency |
website |
agency home-
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library |
database |
news |
search engine
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| TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT | ||||||
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Center
for Climate Change & Environmental Forecasting |
yes |
air quality, fuel, greenhouse gases, pollution, transportation
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website |
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Federal Highway Administration |
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air quality, brownfields, climate change, coast, endangered species, environmental justice, noise, transportation, watersheds, wetlands, |
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yes |
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Office of Hazardous Materials Safety |
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hazardous materials, laws |
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website |
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U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT |
yes |
environmental education |
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yes |
agency websites
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U.S. GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH PROGRAM |
yes |
global change |
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yes |
agency websites |
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