Losing the West

Science Search

Google Scholar, science search capability: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=google+scholar&btnG=Google+Search
Public Library of Science: http://www.plos.org/ NEW
Scientific Journals.com, Life Cycle Assessment links: http://www.scientificjournals.com/sj/lca/startseite
SCIRUS, comprehensive science search capability: http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/

Forests

The Bureau of Land Management: http://www.blm.gov/nhp/index.htm
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service: http://www.fs.fed.us

Agriculture

Beyond Pesticides: http://www.beyondpesticides.org
Environmental Working Group: http://www.ewg.org
National Agricultural Statistics Service: http://www.nass.usda.gov/index.asp
National Invasive Species Council: http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/council/main.shtml NEW
Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides: http://www.pesticide.org
Organic Center: http://www.organic-center.org
Organic Consumers Association: http://organicconsumers.org
Pesticide Action National Network North America: http://www.panna.org
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization: http://www.fao.org
USDA, Agricultural Research Services: http://www.ars.usda.gov
USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service: http://soils.usda.gov/
USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service, soil information: http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app/
U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Resource Inventory: http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/NRI
U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agriculture Statistics Service: http://www.nass.usda.gov/index.asp
U.S. EPA pesticides: http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/a-z/index.htm
USGS (U.S. Geological Survey) NAWQA Pesticide National Synthesis Project: http://ca.water.usgs.gov/pnsp
World Wildlife Fund: http://www.worldwildlife.org

Grazing

The Bureau of Land Management: http://www.blm.gov/nhp/index.htm
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service: http://www.fs.fed.us
USGS Western Ecological Research Center: http://www.werc.usgs.gov/research.html NEW

Mining

Earthworks, current mining issues: http://www.earthworksaction.org/resources.cfm NEW
Environmental Working Group, Foreign mine ownership in U.S.: http://www.ewg.org/mining/report/index.php
Great Basin Mine Watch: http://www.greatbasinminewatch.org/mambo
Mineral Policy Center: http://www.mineralpolicy.org
National Environmental Trust, Toxics Release Inventory issues: http://www.net.org/health/tri.vtml NEW
OMB Watch, Toxics Release Inventory news: http://www.ombwatch.org/tricenter/ NEW
U.S. EPA, Toxics Release Inventory: http://www.epa.gov/triexplorer
U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2007: http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/mcs/2007/mcs2007.pdf NEW

Roads & Other Linear Corridors

Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics: http://www.bts.gov/publications/national_transportation_statistics/2005/index.html
Office of Pipeline Safety: http://ops.dot.gov/stats.htm

Conventional Military

Federation of American Scientists, Chemical & Biological Arms Control Program, biowarfare on agriculture: http://www.fas.org/bwc/agr/main.htm NEW
Council for Responsible Genetics, biowarfare information: http://www.gene-watch.org/bubiodefense/ NEW
Environmental Working Group, perchlorate distribution: http://www.ewg.org/reports/rocketwater
Environmental Working Group, perchlorate health effects: http://www.ewg.org/reports/rocketwater/healtheffects.php
Natural Resources Defense Council, charges DOD manipulation of National Academies of Sciences perchlorate panel: http://www.nrdc.org/media/pressreleases/050110.asp
Sunshine Project, bioweapons and biolabs, U.S.: http://www.sunshine-project.org/ NEW

Nuclear Weapons Issues

IEER Institute for Energy and Environmental Research: http://www.ieer.org
National Academies of Sciences Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board: http://dels.nas.edu/nrsb/index.shtml
State of Nevada, Yucca Mountain: http://www.state.nv.us/nucwaste/whatsnew.htm
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission: http://www.nrc.gov

Urbanization

The Community Solution: http://www.communitysolution.org/housing.html NEW
U.S. Census Bureau: http://www.census.gov
U.S. Census Bureau, statistical abstract: http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab
U.S. Department of Energy, Buildings Energy Data Book: http://buildingsdatabook.eren.doe.gov/ NEW

Water

Drought Monitor: http://www.drought.unl.edu/dm
Lake Powell Water Data Base: http://lakepowell.water-data.com/WaterDB/LP_WaterDB.php
National Water and Climate Center, USDA: http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/
The O.W.L. Foundation (Open Space, Water, Land-Use) California, national, world water and other issues: http://www.owlfoundation.net
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Lake Powell, Lake Mead water levels: http://www.usbr.gov/lc/region/pao/rivops.html
USGS (U.S. Geological Survey) NAWQA Pesticide National Synthesis Project: http://ca.water.usgs.gov/pnsp
USGS Water Use in U.S.: http://water.usgs.gov/wateruse
USGS Water Use Trends in Southwestern U.S. 1950-1990: http://geochange.er.usgs.gov/sw/impacts/hydrology/water_use
10 Water Laws of the west By Hugh Holub: http://www.bandersnatch.com/water.htm
Worlwide Fund for Nature, river problems: http://www.panda.org/

Waste Disposal

Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry: http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/cercla
National Research Council, Board of Radioactive Waste Management: http://dels.nas.edu/sfs/task.html
U.S. EPA, Municipal Solid Waste: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/muncpl
U.S. EPA National Priorities List (Superfund): http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/npl.htm
U.S. EPA, waste incineration: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/combust.htm

Recreation

Wildlands CPR, Bibliographic data base, off-road vehicle recreation: http://www.wildlandscpr.org/Search/search.php

Energy

American Council on Renewable Energy: http://www.acore.org/
ASPO (Association for Study of Peak Oil): http://www.peakoil.net
ASPO-USA: http://www.aspo-usa.org
Biofuelwatch, Social and Environmental issues with biofuels: http://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/
Biomass Energy Data Book (ORNL): http://cta.ornl.gov/bedb/download.shtml
Community Solutions: http://www.communitysolution.org
Daily Kos, Energize America: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/3/14/171525/654
Earth Track, Energy Subsidies: http://earthtrack.net/earthtrack/index.asp?page_id=193&catid=66
EIA (Energy Information Administration): http://www.eia.gov
EIA Energy A-Z: http://www.eia.doe.gov/fueloverview.html#Top
EIA Energy Glossary: http://www.eia.doe.gov/glossary/glossary_a.htm NEW
EIA Energy statistics: http://www.eia.doe.gov
EIA Nuclear and uranium: http://www.eia.doe.gov/fuelnuclear.html
Energy Bulletin: http://www.energybulletin.net
Global Oil Watch: http://www.globaloilwatch.com/alternative.php
IEER Institute for Energy and Environmental Research: http://www.ieer.org
MuseLetter, Richard Heinberg: http://www.richardheinberg.com/museletter
National Energy Technology Laboratory: http://www.netl.doe.gov
National Park Service, Environmental Contaminants Encyclopedia: http://www.nature.nps.gov/hazardssafety/toxic
1957 Admiral Hyman G. Rickover speech, Energy Resources and our Future: http://www.energybulletin.net/newswire.php?id=23151
National Renewable Energy Laboratory: http://www.nrel.gov/
Oil and Gas Accountability Project: http://www.earthworksaction.org/oil_and_gas.cfm
The Oil Depletion Analysis Centre: http://www.odac-info.org
The Oil Drum: http://www.theoildrum.com
Post Carbon Institute: http://www.postcarbon.org
Rocky Mountains Institute: http://www.rmi.org
Sheffield Hallam Univeristy, Resources Research Unit, 2003 assessment of biodiesel: http://www.defra.gov.uk/farm/crops/industrial/research/reports/nf0422.pdf
U.C. Berkeley, biofuel emissions, land-use change factor: http://www.its.berkeley.edu/sustainabilitycenter/ NEW
U.S. Department of Energy, Transportation Data Book: http://cta.ornl.gov/data/index.shtml NEW
U.S. EPA, Alternative Fuels: http://www.epa.gov/otaq/consumer/fuels/altfuels/altfuels.htm
USGS (U.S. Geological Survey) Energy Resources Program: http://certmapper.cr.usgs.gov/rooms1.1/we/index.jsp
USGS (U.S. Geological Survey): National oil & gas assessment: http://energy.cr.usgs.gov/oilgas/noga
Wind Energy Resource Atlas of the United States: http://rredc.nrel.gov/wind/pubs/atlas
World Coal Institute: http://www.worldcoalinstitute.org
World Coal Institute, Coal, energy statistics: http://www.worldcoal.org/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=188

Processes

Climate

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: http://www.ipcc.ch
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Climate 2004: http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2004/ann/global.html
Nevada Desert FACE [Free-Air CO2 Enrichment] Facility. Experiments in effects of elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide on desert ecosystems:
https://www.unlv.edu/Climate_Change_Research/NDFF/NDFF_index.html
Publications: https://www.unlv.edu/Climate_Change_Research/Publications/pubs_index.htm
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency U.S. emissions data: http://www.eia.doe.gov/environment.html
U.S. Global Change Research Program: http://www.usgcrp.gov

General Environmental Issues

The Audubon Society: http://audubonmagazine.org
Center for Biological Diversity: http://www.sw-center.org/swcbd
Desert Research Institute: http://www.dri.edu/
Environmental Research Letters: http://www.iop.org/EJ/journal/1748-9326
Environmental Working Group: http://www.ewg.org
Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center—information on the grand experiment with Glen Canyon Dam water releases: http://www.gcmrc.gov
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources: http://www.iucnredlist.org
The League of Conservation Voters: http://www.lcv.org
National Park Service, Environmental Contaminants Encyclopedia: http://www.nature.nps.gov/hazardssafety/toxic
The National Academies of Sciences: http://www.nap.edu
The National Toxicology Program (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services): http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov
The National Toxicology Program (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) ToxFaqs: http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxfaq.html
Natural Resources Defense Council: http://www.nrdc.org
Nevada Desert Research Center, experimental effects of enhanced atmospheric CO2: https://www.unlv.edu/Climate_Change_Research/Publications/pubs_index.htm#inpress NEW
OMB-Watch, tapping regulation info: http://www.ombwatch.org/regresources NEW
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: http://www.peer.org
Public Interest Research Group: http://www.uspirg.org
Richard Heinberg, MuseLetter: http://www.richardheinberg.com/museletter
Silent Spring Institute: http://www.silentspring.org/
Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance: http://www.suwa.org
The State of the Nation’s Ecosystems: http://www.heinzctr.org/ecosystems/index.shtml
Transition Culture: http://transitionculture.org
Union of Concerned Scientists: http://www.ucsusa.org
U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2007: http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/mcs/2007/mcs2007.pdf NEW
U.S. Government Accountability Office: http://www.gao.gov/docsearch/repandtest.html
Wildlands Center for Prevention of Roads: http://www.wildlandscpr.org
World Directory of Environmental Organizations: http://www.interenvironment.org/wd/index.htm
World Resources Institute: http://www.wri.org

General Information

Code of Federal Regulations: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html
The Library of Congress, Thomas: http://thomas.loc.gov
National Academies of Sciences, Issues in Science & Technology: http://www.issues.org
Office of Technology Assessment: http://www.wws.princeton.edu/ota/ns20/pubs_f.html
Periodic Table: http://chemlab.pc.maricopa.edu/periodic/periodic.html
Supreme Court of the United States: http://www.supremecourtus.gov/index.html
U.S. Census Bureau: http://www.census.gov
U.S. Census Bureau, statistical abstract: http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab
Wikipedia: http://wikipedia.org

Solutions

Bill McKibben, a durable society: http://www.billmckibben.com/ NEW
Sustainable Obtainable Solutions: http://www.s-o-solutions.org/ NEW