Society Issues Environment Politics

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• Alternative Environmental Concepts - Addresses distinctions that should be made in employing words commonly used in the environmental discussion.
• 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.
• Earthside - Environment, politics, opinion and quality of life issues for Arvada, Colorado, and the USA.
• Environment, Resources and Development - a consulting firm working all over the world. It is also a think-tank elaborating themes of Environment, Human Rights and Culture.
• Environmentalism from the Right - conservative letter to the editor regarding environmental policy.
• Green Republicans - support Republicans and Conservatives who recognize the dangers of global warming. The site also discusses other issues such as pollution, health, and education.
• iGreens - Individualist environmental views, articles, reviews, discussion and polls. E-mail list available as well as obituaries, politician evaluations, reprints of papers and poetry.
• 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.
• 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.
• Ocean Champions - is a national political organization focused solely on the oceans whose goal is to develop bipartisan political support in the U.S. Congress.
• Oikos - Italian environmental activist organization.
• OMB Watch: Regulatory Policy - nonpartisan research/advocacy center addresses cross-cutting regulatory policy issues, which can affect environmental policies.
• Ontheissues.org: Environment - US presidential candidates' views on environmental issues.
• Planetizen - A public-interest information exchange for the urban planning and development community. Urban planning and development news, job opportunities, commentary and events.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

• The Go Green Debate - RSS feed service providing information, facts and answers about the on going debate over the environment. [RSS]