The Environment And Public Policy 12 Jan 2009

The Environment and Public Policy: A Guide to American and International Resources

Anthony M. AngilettaMorrison Curator for the Social Sciences

Updated January 12, 2009

Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work. Pliny the Elder, The NaturalHistory,1st

Cent. A.D

Environmental Policy Studies at Stanford

Stanford Environmental Portal The Woods Institute for the Environment Other Centers, Institutes and Groups

Affective? Yes; Effective? Depends

Environmental Policy Studies: Additional Views and Opinions

Chronicle of Higher Education: Forging a Place for Environmental Studies

Chronicle of Higher Education: Collaborative Efforts: Promoting Interdisciplinary Scholars

Stanford Libraries Resources

Research Quick Start Guides: Environmental Issues

Selected Web Resources

National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE)

NCSE National Library for the Environment (NLE)

NLE Congressional Research Service reports

NCSE State of the Environment Reports links

Environmental Libraries on the Web

Selected Web Resources

About environmental organizations & programs

World Directory of Environmental Organizations Online

Glossary of Environmental Terms (NRDC)

Selected Web Resources (cont’d)

The WWW Virtual Library Global Environment: Search Engines, Directories, Portals, and Bibliographic Articles

American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) Atlas of Population and Environment

Environmental Sustainability Index Environmental Performance Index (pilot)

World Resources Institute. Earth Trends

Selected Web Resources (cont’d) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. P

ublic Policy-related topics. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. E

PA Libraries. U.S. Geological Survey. Environmental A

ffairs Program.

International Environmental Politics (IEP). Data, Statistics, Legal and Regulatory Documents, Economics and Politics, etc. (Prof. Ronald Mitchell IEP site)

Selected Web Resources (cont’d) United Nations Environmental Program

me (UNEP) National Academies (NAS, NAE, NRC) on

Environmental Issues Environmental Treaties and Resource I

ndicators (ENTRI) Natural Resources Defense Council (NR

DC) Environmental Defense (formerly

Environmental Defense Fund)

Selected Web Resources : California:

Environmental Policy and Planning Acterra

"Action for a sustainable earth." Formerly Bay Area Action & Peninsula Conservation Center Foundation.

American Planning Association. California Chapter Association of California Water Agencies Bay Institute of San Francisco

Mission is to "protect and restore the ecosystems" of San Francisco Bay and the delta region. CALFED Bay-Delta Program California Center for Regional Leadership

"A statewide nonprofit organization established to support, facilitate, and promote innovative regional solutions for our major economic, environmental, and societal challenges, to help achieve a more sustainable California."

California Council for Environmental and Economic Balance "A coalition of California business, labor and public policy leaders who work together to advance collaborative strategies for a sound economy and a healthy environment."

California Digital Conservation Atlas (California Legacy Project)Includes land use and other data from all California counties and many cities. The data is integrated into a single statewide geographic information system and is displayed in user-defined maps.

Source: UC Berkeley Institute for Governmental Studies (http://www.igs.berkeley.edu/library/)

Selected Web Resources : California: Environmental Policy and Planning

California Environmental Dialogue "A collaborative effort of leaders from California corporations, environmental organizations and governments" addressing "today's challenging environmental issues�solutions supported by a broad spectrum of interests."

California Foundation on the Environment and the Economy "Dedicated to educating public and private sector decision makers on, and developing creative solutions to California's complex economic, environmental and social issues."

California Land Use Planning Network (LUPIN) (California Resources Agency)An information service to support and address California land use and planning.

California League of Conservation Voters EcoVote Online California Planners' Book of Lists (1996 onward) (Governor's Office of Planning and Research)

Annual directory of California local planning agencies with lists of latest versions of city and county plans.

CERES (California Environmental Resources Evaluation System)

Source: UC Berkeley Institute for Governmental Studies (http://www.igs.berkeley.edu/library/)

Selected Web Resources : California:

Environmental Policy and Planning Environmental Working Group - California

"Dedicated to protecting the citizens of California, particularly California's children, from the effects of pesticides and other toxic chemicals."

Great Valley Center Mission is to "support activities and organizations that promote the economic, social, and environmental well-being of California's Great Central Valley."

Greenbelt Alliance "Our mission is to make the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area a better place to live by protecting the region's Greenbelt and improving the livability of its cities and towns."

Planning and Conservation League San Francisco Beautiful San Francisco Tomorrow

"An urban environment organization." Save San Francisco Bay Association San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR) Save-the-Redwoods League Transportation and Land Use Coalition

"Working together for a sustainable and socially just Bay Area." Water Education Foundation

"Your resource for information about water resource issues" Source: UC Berkeley Institute for Governmental Studies (http://www.igs.berkeley.edu/library/)

See also: California Institute of Public Affairs

Selected Web Resources : Conservation and Biodiversity

Land Use History of North America (USGS)

World Conservation Union (IUCN) World Wildlife Fund (WWF) TRAFFIC (wildlife trade monitoring

network) Forests Conservation Portal Sierra Club

Selected Web Resources : Conservation and Biodiversity

The Nature Conservancy Friends of the Earth and

Friends of the Earth International Environmental conservation organizatio

ns: A Directory

Selected Web Resources : Environmental Social Movements,

Activism and Radical Environmentalism

Environmental Movement Timeline Environmental Movement (Wikipedia

entry) Radical Environmentalism Bibliography Some Icons: Greenpeace Some Icons: Earth Liberation Front Some Icons: Animal Liberation Front Some Icons: Earth First

Selected Web Resources : Environmental Social Movements, Activism and Radical Environmentalism (cont’d)

Networks: Envirolink Action – Reaction:

Anti-Environmentalism Resources & Links

Environmental Justice and Environmental Racism: Bibliography (through 2002)

Environmental Justice and Environmental Racism: Bibliography (update yourself by going to EBSCOHost and search in Environment Index and GreenFILE)

Selected Web Resources : Humanities and Ecocriticism

Some Primordial Texts: ASLE Library of Environmental Writing

Some Recent Ecocriticism landmarks Association for the Study of Literature a

nd Environment (ASLE) ASLE Introduction to Ecocriticism ASLE Bibliographies

Stanford Library Resources

Branner Earth Sciences Library. Earth Systems/The Environment guide.

Terman Engineering Library. Civil and Environmental Engineering guide.

Environment Network, UNEP.NET from the United Nations Environment Programme

Environmental Engineering Abstracts (1990+) Environmental Fate Database Environmental Issues and Policy Index Environmental Sciences and Pollution

Management Databases

Stanford Library Resources (cont’d) The National Journal (excellent for U.S. national

environmental politics and inside-the-Beltway issues) Policy File (best grey literature and research-in-

progress site) World Political Science Abstracts (WPSA) EconLit (all fields of economics, including

environmental economics) Illumina cluster of 16 scientific and technical, but

policy-relevant, abstracts databases on environmental topics

E&E Publishing: Environment & Energy Daily, Greenwire, E&E News, Climate Wire, Land Letter, etc.

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