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League of Conservation Voters
Focus on U.S. Congress -- information on proposed legislation, how Senators and Representatives voted on environmental issues, and pre-election evaluations of candidates.
http://www.lcv.org/
Earthside
Environment, politics, opinion and quality of life issues for Arvada, Colorado, and the USA.
http://www.earthside.com/
Planetizen
A public-interest information exchange for the urban planning and development community. Urban planning and development news, job opportunities, commentary and events.
http://www.planetizen.com/
Rep America
Formed in 1995 to resurrect the GOP's conservation tradition and to restore natural resource conservation and sound environmental protection as fundamental elements of the Republican Party's vision for America.
http://www.repamerica.org/
Vote No on Question 2
Maine's Question 2, the forestry referendum, will promote sprawl and reduce the overall quality of Maine's forests. This site explains the issues surrounding Question 2.
http://www.maineforest.com/
iGreens
Individualist environmental views, articles, reviews, discussion and polls. E-mail list available as well as obituaries, politician evaluations, reprints of papers and poetry.
http://www.igreens.org.uk/
The Tragedy of the Commons, by Garrett Hardin (1968)
An essay that forms the background for much of free-market environmental thinking, which asks how property rights can be extended into commonly held resources, to promote incentives to protect (rather than harm) the environment.
http://www.constitution.org/cmt/tragcomm.htm
Issues2000.org: Environment
Presidential candidates' views on environmental issues in the 2000 election.
http://www.issues2000.org/Environment.htm
Oikos
Italian environmental activist organization.
http://www.oikos.org/homeen.htm
Environmentalism from the Right
conservative letter to the editor regarding environmental policy.
http://www.greaterthings.com/Editorial/environmentalism.htm
Northwest Amazonia Ecology and Politics
Discussion of environmental management policy for an Amazonian reserve includes maps and pictures of Tukanoan territories.
http://www.kumoro.com
Critical Decision
an organization that encourages citizens to study and question the influences large corporations have obtained over democracy, technology, religion, families, society, population growth, and the environment.
http://www.acriticaldecision.org/
Chesapeake Bay Blues: Science, Politics, and the Struggle to Save The Bay
Howard Ernst book addresses the Bay as a political problem and reveals how the political process has worked against the interests of science, the public, and environmental advocates all at once.
http://www.chesapeakebayblues.com
League of Conservation Voters Education Fund
mission is to strengthen the capacity of the environmental movement, to mobilize citizens as informed voters, and advocate for sound environmental policies.
http://www.LCVeducation.org
Alternative Environmental Concepts
Addresses distinctions that should be made in employing words commonly used in the environmental discussion.
http://socialanalysis.siteideas.net/alt_environ.htm
Toxic Wells, NJ - A Satire
This tongue-in-cheek Chamber of Commerce brochure puts a brave face (and positive spin) on the problems of a mythical environmentally challenged town.
http://users.rcn.com/jonmarin/toxicwells.htm
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
Global treaty to protect human health and the environment from these chemicals. Includes background information, implementation plans for reducing production of the substances, and list of signatories.
http://www.pops.int/
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