This site explains the importance of mercury as a school and community issue and helps to identify where it is most likely to be found. There is information about online graduate courses for teachers on the environmental and health impacts of mercury; a Powerpoint presentation on mercury in schools; a mercury I.Q. test; and a mercury curriculum. The Taking Action section focuses on pollution prevention, ... Full description.

This lesson plan explores the controversial issues surrounding the energy debate in the United States. Students will research recent initiatives being taken in this area and analyze their implications. They will then assume the roles of pivotal stakeholders in this debate and testify to a mock congressional committee responsible for making decisions about public lands and energy resources. Full description.

The Geology and Public Policy website is a product of the member-based Geological Society of America (GSA). It offers information on how GSA research benefits public policy decision making through the actions of the Committee on Geology and Public Policy. The site includes links that allow geologists to communicate with their respective member of congress, applications for Congressional Scientist ... Full description.

The Climate Change Knowledge Network's Climate Compendium seeks to channel, condense and consolidate the latest and best information in all climate change fields - political, economic, scientific, and legal - into a frequently updated cyber-briefer. It provides background materials and extensive resource guides in order to provide a good starting point for people seeking to better understand the issues ... Full description.

The Natural Heritage Institute (NHI) is non-governmental, non-profit organization, public interest law firm that advocates as an engine for social change. This advocacy is centered on the restoration and protection of the natural functions that support water-dependent ecosystems and the services they provide to sustain and enrich human life. Full description.

This collection of book and chapter summaries, paper and article abstracts, links, and news releases on climate change is provided by the Worldwatch Institute. While some of the items are full text, those that are not offer links to order and purchase hard copies. Topics revolve around the climate change issue, including policy strategies for climate change, global warming, pollution, and energy use. ... Full description.

The United Nations office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) is responsible for promoting international cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space. The Office serves as the secretariat for the General Assembly's only committee dealing exclusively with international cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space: the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS). As part of its technical ... Full description.

This homepage of the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (GEPD) presents information on how GEPD helps provide citizens of Georgia with clean air, clean water, healthy lives and productive land by assuring compliance with environmental laws and by assisting others to do their part for a better environment. There are reports of environmental quality, rules and laws for environmental assurance, ... Full description.

This information updates a popular statistical summary about hurricanes that have affected the United States this century. That study, which included a tabulation of the largest US losses of life caused by those storms, had no counterpart for earlier tropical cyclones or for casualties incurred elsewhere. In this presentation that work is extended, providing a catalog of Atlantic tropical cyclones ... Full description.

This list of frequently asked questions helps the average citizen navigate the debate about climate change, which is a highly complex subject, spanning several technical disciplines - from meteorology to climate modelling, from economics to paleoclimatology. It is also highly politicized and contentious. Question topics range from the difference between weather and climate to our dependence on fossil ... Full description.