About the U.S.A.

Science

U.S. Government

• Policy in Focus-Environment - White House
  Environmental policies and news from the office of the U.S. president, George W. Bush
• EarthDay.gov
  The history of the United States’ annual observance and how individuals can help conserve the environment
• Endangered Species Program, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
  Alerts about endangered and threatened species and other tools, hosted by the USFWS
• Environmental Protection Agency
  Information from the lead U.S. federal agency for pollution prevention, mitigation and remediation
• NASA: Destination Earth
  Materials on how space exploration, satellites and other technologies are answering fundamental questions about the nature of life in the universe
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
  Information about highly sophisticated technologies used to monitor climatic activity, forecast weather, issue severe storm warnings; and assist in managing fisheries, restoring coastal zones and supporting marine commerce
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
  Updates on renewable energy and energy efficiency research, development and deployment
• Natural Resources Conservation Service
  Information on partnerships with America's private land owners and managers to conserve their soil, water and other natural resources
• State Department - Oceans, International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
  Updates on efforts to promote environmental stewardship, encourage economic growth and social development around the globe
• U.S. Geological Survey
  Information from a multidisciplinary U.S. government science organization on biology, geography, geology and water, with a focus on the study of natural resources and natural hazards
• U.S. Global Change Research Program
  Research on the interactions of natural and human-induced changes in the global environment and their implications for society
• White House Council on Environmental Quality
  Coordinates federal environmental efforts and works closely with agencies and other White House offices in the development of environmental policies and initiatives
  

Nongovernmental Organizations

• Center for International Environment Law
  A U.S. nonprofit organization uses international law and institutions to protect the environment, promote human health and ensure a just and sustainable society.
• Defenders of Wildlife
  This national, nonprofit membership organization is dedicated to the protection of all native animals and plants in their natural communities.
• Earth Island Institute
  A nonprofit, public interest, membership organization supports people who are creating solutions to protect the planet.
• National Parks and Conservation Association
  This independent, nonpartisan group works to address major threats facing the U.S. National Park System.
• National Wildlife Federation
  This nonprofit organization seeks to protect wildlife for the future through education, advocacy campaigns and citizen participation.
• Natural Resources Defense Council
  The environmental advocacy group promotes efforts to safeguard the Earth: its people, its plants and animals and the natural systems on which all life depends.
• The Nature Conservancy
  The group aims to preserve biodiversity in critical lands and waters through partnerships with governments, nongovernmental organizations and local communities by purchasing sites or using other means of conservation.
• Ocean Conservancy
  Through research, education and science-based advocacy, this group promotes healthy and diverse ocean ecosystems and opposes practices that threaten ocean life and human life.
• Resources for the Future
  This nonprofit and nonpartisan organization conducts independent research -- rooted primarily in economics and other social sciences -- on environmental, energy and natural resource issues.
• Rocky Mountain Institute
  The independent, entrepreneurial, nonprofit organization fosters the efficient and restorative use of resources to make the world secure, just, prosperous, and life-sustaining with a strong emphasis on market-based solutions.
• Sierra Club
  America's oldest and largest nonprofit grassroots environmental organization is dedicated to exploring and protecting wilderness through encouraging responsible use of the Earth's ecosystems and resources.
• The Wilderness Society
  The society employs scientific expertise, analysis and advocacy to save, protect and restore America's wilderness areas.
• Union of Concerned Scientists
  A leading science-based nonprofit organization working for a healthy environment and a safer world, combining independent scientific research and citizen action to develop innovative, practical solutions and to secure responsible changes in government policy, corporate practices and consumer choices.
• U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)
  A nonprofit group of community and business leaders working to make environmentally sound buildings available to everyone within a generation. The group offers Leadership in Energy Environmental Design (LEED) Certification.
• WildAid
  Works to end illegal wildlife trade by focus on raising awareness to reduce the demand for threatened and endangered species products and to increase public support for wildlife conservation. It is a nonprofit organization headquartered in San Francisco.
• Wildlife Conservation Society
  This nonprofit organization works to save wildlife and wild lands through careful science, international conservation, education and the management of the world’s largest system of urban wildlife parks. It is based at the Bronx Zoo, New York.
• World Wide Fund for Nature (also World Wildlife Fund)
  The fund is one of the largest international nonprofit organizations dedicated to stopping environmental degradation, preserving biological diversity, ensuring the sustainable use of natural resources and reducing pollution and waste.