Alternative Environmental Concepts
Addresses distinctions that should be made in employing words commonly used in the environmental discussion.
Chesapeake Bay Blues: Science, Politics, and the S
Howard Ernst book addresses the Bay as a political problem and reveals how the political process has worked against the interests of science, the public, and environmental advocates all at once.
Critical Decision
an organization that encourages citizens to study and question the influences large corporations have obtained over democracy, technology, religion, families, society, population growth, and the environment.
Earthside
Environment, politics, opinion and quality of life issues for Arvada, Colorado, and the USA.
Environmentalism from the Right
conservative letter to the editor regarding environmental policy.
Friends of the Commons
group seeking to protect the commons as the sum of all we inherit together and must pass on, undiminished, to our heirs.
iGreens
Individualist environmental views, articles, reviews, discussion and polls. E-mail list available as well as obituaries, politician evaluations, reprints of papers and poetry.
League of Conservation Voters
Focus on U.S. Congress -- information on proposed legislation, how Senators and Representatives voted on environmental issues, and pre-election evaluations of candidates.
League of Conservation Voters Education Fund
mission is to strengthen the capacity of the environmental movement, to mobilize citizens as informed voters, and advocate for sound environmental policies.
Ontheissues.org: Environment
US presidential candidates' views on environmental issues.
Planetizen
A public-interest information exchange for the urban planning and development community. Urban planning and development news, job opportunities, commentary and events.
Rep America
Formed in 1995 to resurrect the GOP's conservation tradition and to restore natural resource conservation and sound environmental protection as fundamental elements of the Republican Party's vision for America.
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Polluta
Global treaty to protect human health and the environment from these chemicals. Includes background information, implementation plans for reducing production of the substances, and list of signatories.
The Tragedy of the Commons, by Garrett Hardin (196
An essay that forms the background for much of free-market environmental thinking, which asks how property rights can be extended into commonly held resources, to promote incentives to protect (rather than harm) the environment.
Toxic Wells, NJ - A Satire
This tongue-in-cheek Chamber of Commerce brochure puts a brave face (and positive spin) on the problems of a mythical environmentally challenged town.
Vote No on Question 2
Maine's Question 2, the forestry referendum, will promote sprawl and reduce the overall quality of Maine's forests. This site explains the issues surrounding Question 2.
Whittaker Bermite Remedial Site
Public Information web site regarding the cleanup of the Whittaker Bermite testing grounds for explosives and fireworks.