Environmental organization

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.

Table of contents 1 Intergovernmental Organizations 2 Government Organizations 3 Private Organizations (Environmental NGOs) 4 Links

Intergovernmental Organizations

International organizations and bodies established under international organizations to protect the environment:

• European Environment Agency (EEA)
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
• UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme))

See also environmental agreements

Government Organizations

The governments of all developed countries today have government departments or agencies devoted to monitoring and protecting the environment:

• English Heritage
• English Nature
• The Environment Agency[?] (of the UK)
• US EPA[?]

Private Organizations (Environmental NGOs)

These organizations are involved in lobbying, advocacy, or conservation efforts:

• The Civic Trust[?]
• Defenders of Wildlife[?]
• Earth First!
• Earth Liberation Front
• Friends of the Earth
• Forest Stewardship Council[?]
• Greenpeace
• Groundwork[?]
• Sierra Club
• The Town and Country Planning Association[?]
• Worldwatch Institute
• World Wildlife Fund

See also: environmentalism, green party

Links

(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) - 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.