Organizations that preserve or monitor the environment in different ways. Environmental organizations can be global, regional, national or local; they can be government-run or private.
International organizations and bodies established under international organizations to protect the environment:
See also environmental agreements
The governments of all developed countries today have government departments or agencies devoted to monitoring and protecting the environment:
These organizations are involved in lobbying, advocacy, or conservation efforts:
See also: environmentalism, green party
(These should be sorted into categories above; those that aren't primarily organizations, but rather websites, should be moved to environment)
- Scorecard.org (http://www.scorecard.org) - lots of info about pollution in your area, just enter your zip code. Colored maps also show how bad certain types of pollution are in your area.
- Environmental Protection Agency (http://www.epa.gov)
- OEHHA (http://www.oehha.ca.gov/prop65/prop65_list/61501LSTB.htm)
- Environmental Defense Fund (http://www.edf.org)
- Rachel's Environment and Health News (http://www.rachel.org) - Weekly news about how the polluted environment affects people, and what corporations and governments are doing (or not doing) about it. Also in Spanish.
- Essential.org (http://www.essential.org) - Some organizations related to consumers and consumer protection, including pollution.
- CleanUp GE.org (http://www.cleanupge.org) - Info about GE's shady dumping practices on the Hudson River.
- Extoxnet newsletters (http://ace.orst.edu/info/extoxnet/newsletters/ghindex.html) - environmental pollution news. Last update 1998.
- Environmental News Network (http://www.enn.com/) - more news
- Environmental Working Group (http://www.ewg.org/)
- Sewage Sludge (http://www.ejnet.org/sludge/) - in the US it is perfectly legal to fertilize food crops with solids from the sewer, which include lots of heavy metals and toxins.