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  1. Environmental Protection Directories (EELink)
      Provides dozens of sources of information for involving individuals in understanding and helping to restore the environment.

  2. -Pollution Scorecard (Environmental Defense Fund) star
      Provides information about pollution in your community. Reports who is polluting, how to contact them, how bad the pollution is, how your community rates compared to others in your area, identifies the toxins involved and provides other useful information to fight pollution. 9-05

  3. Salem Witchcraft Trials (United Nations Environmental Program)
      Includes information used to try individuals as witches from the trials themselves and The Crucible. 10-09

  4. Environmental Projects and Activities for Children (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)
      NIEH provides dozens of lessons and activities related to improving the environment.

  5. Environmental Issues (Living on Earth)
      Provides sounds messages related to environmental issues. Includes a search engine. 9-99

  6. Environmental Protection Search (EELink)
      Provides a search engine.

  7. Environmental Protection Projects and Lessons (EELink)
      Provides over a dozen sources of materials and projects.

  8. Water Contaminants - Pesticides (Environmental Advocates)
      Provides results from a study of pesticide pollution in the water of New York.

  9. Report Card on World Environmental Conditions (World Resources Institute)
      Provides reports on the various environmental conditions. 10-00

  10. Solar Cells Improve Efficiency Through CIS (CNN - Environmental News Network)
      Provides an article about greatly improved photovoltaic cells that convert energy from the sun into electricity. The cells use CIS (copper indium diselenide) technology. 10-00

  11. Environmental Protection - Projects for Kids (Environmental Protection Agency)
      Provides basic information about air pollution, water pollution, and recycling for children. Designed to help children to understand how to help build a healthy environment. 12-00

  12. Global Warming - Explanation for Kids (Environmental Protection Agency)
      Provides information on global warming for kids. 12-00

  13. Water Pollution - Explanation for Kids (Environmental Protection Agency)
      Provides information on water pollution for kids. 12-00

  14. Recycling - Explanation for Kids (Environmental Protection Agency)
      Provides information on recycling of trash, garbage, and other solid waste. 12-00

  15. Environmental Problems and Resources (EnviroLiteracy.org)
      Provides summaries of the problems in each of the major areas, such as water pollution, air pollution, waste, biodiversity, energy, forests, and climate. Also provides resources, lists of resources, and educational materials. 1-01

  16. Environmental Study (WorldWatcher - Looking at the Environment)
      Provides tools for an inquiry-based approach to scientific visualizations using software for students to study patterns in the environment. It engages them in investigations of realistic environmental problems, in which they must make recommendations for sustainable uses of resources." (Go to the WorldWatcher Home page to download the software or participate in field testing the curriculum.) 2-01

  17. Energy and Environmental Trade-offs - Grade 11 (British Columbia Ministry of Education)
      Provides a lesson plan for the 11th grade level. The materials are called an Integrated Resource Package. 2-01

  18. Environmental Advocacy (Sierra Club)
      Provides information about projects of the Sierra Club, an environmental advocacy group. 2-01

  19. Least Polluting Cars (CNN - Environmental Network News Staff)
      "According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, vehicle exhaust accounts for 70 percent of smog in the United States." The Toyota Prius and the Honda Insight are two of the least pollution cars available in the USA because they use hybrid gas and electric power. The Vehicle Stability Control (VSC) option is recommended for maximum control during adverse conditions. 4-01

  20. Autos - Fuel-Cell Power (CNN - Environmental News Network Staff)
      Reports on America's first street-ready car powered by a fuel-cell. Fuel-cells generate no pollution and can be refueled in minutes. 5-01

  21. Windows - Energy Star Windows (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
      Provides information on windows that are energy efficient. Includes selection and location of Energy Star windows. 5-01

  22. Appliances - Energy Star Appliances (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
      Provides information on energy efficient home appliances, electronics, homes, heating and cooling, and other devices for the home. Includes selection and location of Energy Star items. According to the EPA, "the energy generated to power American TVs and VCRs when they are switched off causes the air pollution equivalent to 2 million cars." 5-01

  23. Autos - Fuel Emissions (Environmental Protection Agency)
      Provides a comparison of cars by fuel emissions. 5-01

  24. Water Conservation Games and Activities (Environmental Protection Agency)
      Provides 11 games and activities to help children better understand how water is purified and used, as well as facts about water. 1-01

  25. 50 Things You Can Do to Reduce Air Pollution (California Environmental Protection Agency)
      Provides 50 tips for you to improve air quality. 8-01

  26. Air Quality Today - Where You Live (Environmental Protection Agency)
      Provides a forecast for the day on the EPA Air Quality Index for pollution levels where you live. 8-01

  27. Indoor Air Quality (Environmental Protection Agency)
      Discusses how to improve indoor air quality, especially related to second hand smoke, mold, radon, asthma, and radiation. 8-01

  28. Mold Control Indoors (Environmental Protection Agency)
      Discusses how to control mold in the home and schools. 8-01

  29. History of Municipal Waste (EnvironmentalChemistry.com - Barbalace)
      Provides brief and limited examples of disposal of waste in the past. 9-01

  30. Atoms - Structure (EnvironmentalChemistry.com - Barbalace)
      Provides a simplistic model of atoms that is not a true representation but is used to describe some of the basic concpets, such as atom number, atomic mass, charge of an atom, and energy levels. 9-01

  31. Molarity, Molality, and Normality (EnvironmentalChemistry.com - Barbalace)
      Defines and describes molarity, molalitiy, and normality. 9-01

  32. Glossary of Chemistry Terms (EnvironmentalChemistry.com - Barbalace)
      Provides an alphabetic dictionary of terms. 9-01

  33. Molar Mass Calculator (EnvironmentalChemistry.com - Barbalace)
      Defines and describes molar mass and provides a calculator. 9-01

  34. Periodic Table of Elements (EnvironmentalChemistry.com - Barbalace)
      Provides detailed information on each element, including uses. 9-01

  35. Houshold Chemicals Disposal (EnvironmentalChemistry.com - Barbalace)
      Provides guidelines and a chart (at the bottom) for disposing of common household chemicals. 9-01

  36. Wetlands (Environmental Protection Agency)
      Describes the characteristics of wetlands. "Wetlands are areas where water covers the soil, or is present either at or near the surface of the soil all year or for varying periods of time during the year, including during the growing season." 12-01

  37. Dumptown Game (Environmental Protection Administration)
      Provides a game that teaches the cost and benefits of some of different types of recycling programs. Requires the free Shockwave plug-in. 12-01

  38. Recycling, Climate Change, and Pollution (Environmental Defense)
      Provides articles by topic or by search engine. 7-02

  39. Waste - Curriculum Guide for Management of Solid Waste (North Carolina Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance)
      Provides a guide for grades K - 8, by grade. Uses PDF format. 1-02

  40. Environmental Advocacy News (GreenPeace.org)
      Provides news related to pollution, sustainability, global warming, and other key environmental issues. See key words at the bottom of the page for information by topic. 6-02

  41. Environmental News and Issues (envirolink.org)
      Provides headline news and information on environmental issues by subject.

  42. Faith-Based Environmentalism (EMagazine)
      "One factor in the resurgence of faith-based environmentalism is the 1993 founding of the National Religious Partnership for the Environment (NRPE) by a former radio talk show host and spokesperson for New York City’s Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine named Paul Gorman (see sidebar interview). NRPE quickly proved its effectiveness by joining together and helping educate such disparate and mainstream bodies as the U.S. Catholic Conference (the policy agency for all Catholic bishops, clergy and parishes), the National Council of Churches of Christ (a federation of Protestant, Eastern Orthodox and African-American denominations), the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life (COEJL, an alliance across all four Jewish movements) and the Evangelical Environmental Network (a coalition of evangelical Christian agencies and institutions)." 5-03

  43. Environmental Protection

  44. Issue - Environmental Protection Positions of Candidates (CNN News - Collins)
      Collins notes that "little has been said about which Democrat has the best chance of appealing to environmentalists. Green groups like the Sierra Club, the Natural Resources Defense Council and Greenpeace have voiced strong opposition to White House policies on the environment. And the League of Conservation Voters (LCV), Washington's green political machine, says eco-issues may not always be the most important subjects to voters, but they're still influential in crucial swing states." She gives a summary of the views (available on Web sites) of presidential candidates, including George W. Bush. 12-03

  45. Salem Witchcraft Trials - The Crucible by Arthur Miller (United Nations Environmental Program)
      Discusses the play and movie called "The Crucible" that provides a fictional version of the trials. 10-09

  46. Environmental Citizen's Award Goes to Moyers (CommonDreams.org)
      "On Wednesday, December 1, 2004, the Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School presented its fourth annual Global Environment Citizen Award to Bill Moyers. In presenting the award, Meryl Streep, a member of the Center board, said, 'Through resourceful, intrepid reportage and perceptive voices from the forward edge of the debate, Moyers has examined an environment under siege with the aim of engaging citizens.' " 3-05

  47. -09-08-05 Environmental Damage from Katrina Huge (Guardian Unlimited)
      "The extent of the environmental damage inflicted on the southern US states of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama began to emerge yesterday with reports of an entire group of islands disappearing, serious oil slicks and the potential ruin of the seafood industry." 9-05

  48. Precycling (EnvironmentalDefense.org)
      "To PRECYCLE is to make buying choices that support responsible products and packaging, make recycling easier and reduce the amount of garbage you throw away. Precycling is a good way to start squaring your personal behavior with your principles." 03-06

  49. California Seeks Lead in Environmental Issues (MSNBC News)
      "And now Schwarzenegger, a Republican, wants to use his star power to turn global warming into an issue in the 2008 presidential election. 'There is a whole new movement because of the change of people sent to Washington,' Schwarzenegger said in an interview this week, referring to the Democratic Party's impending takeover of Congress. 'We want to put the spotlight on this issue in America. It has to become a debate in the presidential election. It has to become an issue.' "

      "Schwarzenegger made no bones about his exasperation with the Bush administration's refusal to allow California to become the first state in the nation to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles." 12-06

  50. Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (U.S. Green Building Council)
      "The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System™ is the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction, and operation of high performance green buildings. LEED gives building owners and operators the tools they need to have an immediate and measurable impact on their buildings’ performance. LEED promotes a whole-building approach to sustainability by recognizing performance in five key areas of human and environmental health: sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection, and indoor environmental quality." 02-07

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