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Clean Water Act Manual
The River Network Organization provides a manual to the Clean Water Act covering aspects of the CWA such as:
Objectives, Goals, Applications of the Act
Problems and Strategies for Action
Clean Water Act Programs
Coordination with other Federal and State Laws
The Conversation - Environment and Energy
"The Conversation is a nonprofit, independent news organization dedicated to unlocking the knowledge of experts for the public good. We publish trustworthy and informative articles written by academic experts for the general public and edited by our team of journalists."
EJSCREEN - Environmental Justice at the EPA
"In order to better meet the Agency’s responsibilities related to the protection of public health and the environment, EPA has developed a new environmental justice (EJ) mapping and screening tool called EJSCREEN. It is based on nationally consistent data and an approach that combines environmental and demographic indicators in maps and reports."
The Environmental Council of the States - ECOS
"The Environmental Council of the States (ECOS) works to improve the capability of state environmental agencies and their leaders to protect and improve human health and the environment of the United States of America."
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Provides: topics, laws and regualtions, research...
Institue for Policy Integrity
New York University School of Law. "The Institute for Policy Integrity is a non-partisan think tank dedicated to improving the quality of governmental decisionmaking. We produce original scholarly research in the fields of economics, law, and regulatory policy. We also advocate for reform before courts, legislatures, and executive agencies. Our primary area of focus is climate and energy policy."
National Conference of State Legislatures - Environment and Natural Resources State Bill Tracking
"NCSL tracks environment and natural resources legislation to bring you up-to-date, real-time information on bills that have been introduced in the 50 states and the District of Columbia."
The Regulatory Review - Environment
"Affiliated with the Penn Program on Regulation and housed at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, The Regulatory Review is the online source of regulatory news, analysis, and opinion. Every weekday throughout the entire year, The Regulatory Review publishes incisive, timely, and original content running the complete gamut of regulatory issues."
USC Schwarzenegger Institute Digital Environmental Legislative Handbook
"The USC Schwarzenegger Institute and the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators have partnered with one another to create this online resource that will help state legislators throughout America learn from their colleagues in other states. We hope to assist legislators who are interested in advancing smart environmental policies by sharing best practices and actual legislation that is working successfully in a number of states already."

CQ Researcher
Full-text database that provides comprehensive analysis of each topic, including history and background information, relevant pro & con arguments, current status, bibliographies, contact information, and outlooks on upcoming "hot topics" in current events. Covers news topics in a wide range of subject fields, from social issues to the environment, health, education, politics, and science and technology. Online access to issues dating back to 1923
Opposing Viewpoints in Context
Fulltext database covering social issues with topic overviews and pro/con viewpoints. Sources include news, journal articles, magazines, media, maps, websites and statistics.

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Encyclopedia of Earth
The Encyclopedia of Earth (EoE) is an electronic reference about the Earth, its natural environments, and their interaction with society. The EoE is a free, expert-reviewed collection of content contributed by scholars, professionals, educators, practitioners and other experts who collaborate and review each other's work. The content is presented in a style intended to be useful to students, educators, scholars, professionals, as well as to the general public.

Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Governance and Politics by Philipp H. Pattberg (Editor); Fariborz Zelli (Editor)
Call Number: eBook
Publication Date: 2017
The Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Governance and Politics surveys the broad range of environmental and sustainability challenges in the emerging Anthropocene and scrutinizes available concepts, methodological tools, theories and approaches, as well as overlaps with adjunct fields of study. This comprehensive reference work, written by some of the most eminent academics in the field, contains 68 entries on numerous aspects across 7 thematic areas, including concepts and definitions; theories and methods; actors; institutions; issue-areas; cross-cutting questions; and overlaps with non-environmental fields. With this broad approach, the volume seeks to provide a pluralistic knowledge base of the research and practice of global environmental governance and politics in times of increased complexity and contestation. Providing its readers with a unique point of reference, as well as stimulus for further research, this Encyclopedia is an indispensable tool for anyone interested in the politics of the environment, particularly students, teachers and researchers.
A Primer on Earth Pollution: Pollution Types and Disposal by J. Senthil Kumar (Editor); P. Ponmurugan (Editor); A. Vinoth Kanna (Editor)
Call Number: eBook
Publication Date: 2020
A Primer on Earth Pollution: Pollution Types and Disposal, is an encyclopedia of important research articles and short essays on pollution. Chapters in the initial half provide information about a wide variety of pollutants (dyes and microplastics) and contributing factors (thermal pollution and the impact of GM plants, for instance).
Environmental Health in the 21st Century: from Air Pollution to Zoonotic Diseases [2 Volumes] by Richard V. Crume (Editor)
Call Number: eBook
Publication Date: 2018
. Environmental Health in the 21st Century: From Air Pollution to Zoonotic Diseases presents hundreds of encyclopedic entries written by expert researchers and practitioners, a history of environmental health, and interviews with subject experts that broadly survey the field of environmental health. The set covers myriad subjects in environmental health, including all types of environmental pollution; the spread of communicable diseases and other issues in the health sciences; waste management practices; the effects of climate change on human health; children's environmental health concerns; environmental health problems unique to the urban environment; and emerging threats such as the Zika virus and hospital-acquired infections.