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Argonne National Laboratory Environmental Science Division (EVS) - Conducts applied research, assessment, and technology development programs and projects [Department of Energy (DOE), Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)]
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BNL Environmental Research and Technology - Conducts basic and applied research including the effects of elevated carbon dioxide and other pollutants, fate and transport of contaminants in air, soil, and water, environmental restoration, and waste treatment [Department of Energy (DOE), Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)]
Backyard Conservation - Bringing conservation from the countryside to your backyard. [Department of Agriculture (USDA), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)]
Bibliographies & Research Guides Listed by Subject - Bibliographies, guides, finding aids, produced by the Science Reference Section of the Library of Congress, and arranged by subject. [Library of Congress]
Biological Resources of the USGS - Homepage for the Biological Resources Discipline of the USGS providing links to scientific programs, organization, and special features [Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)]
Biological and Environmental Research Abstracts Database - Allows you to identify the specific research that is being funded [Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER)]
Biotechnology - Conducts research in geomicrobiology, molecular and biocatalysis, and industrial microbiology to support advances in environmental biotechnology, energy sciences, and national security [Department of Energy (DOE), Idaho National Laboratory (INL)]
Browse EPA Topics - An easy-to-use site to locate information about popular topics [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)]
Building America - A private/public partnership that conducts research to find energy-efficient solutions for new and existing housing that can be implemented on a production basis [Department of Energy (DOE), Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)]
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Center for Coastal & Watershed Studies - St. Petersburg, Florida - Homepage for the Center for Coastal & Regional Marine Studies with links to newsletter, projects, products, location, and contacts [Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)]
Center for Environmental Biotechnology (CEB) - Performs research in real-time direct environmental assessment and biological treatment, bioremediation, and natural attenuation. [Department of Energy (DOE), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)]
Characterization and Monitoring. - Characterization and Monitoring Branch (CMB) develops, evaluates, applies, and validates technologies and approaches for cost-effective monitoring and assessment of surface and subsurface environments. [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL)]
Climate Change Prediction Program (CCPP) - Research advances climate change science and projections using state-of-the-art science and climate models on scales from regional to global [Department of Energy (DOE)]
Computational Science Center - Provides access to Data Intensive Computing Publications [Department of Energy (DOE), Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)]
Conservation and Environmental Policy Briefing Room (ERS) - This briefing room includes information and economic research on the efficiency, effectiveness and equity of policies and programs directed toward improving the environmental performance of the agricultural sector. [Department of Agriculture (USDA), Economic Research Service (ERS)]
Cumulative Risk Assessment - Planning and Scoping - Cumulative Planning & Scoping [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Science Policy Council]
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DOE National Institute for Climate Change Research (NICCR) - Goal is to mobilize university researchers, from all four regions of the country, in support of the climatic change research objectives of the Department of Energy [Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science]
DOE Office of Legacy Management - Maintains control and custody for legacy land, structures and facilities and ensures legacy records and program documentation are accessible to the public. [Department of Energy (DOE)]
DOE Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance - Provides National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documents, guidance, status, schedules and related links including the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) NEPAnet [Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Environment, Safety, and Health (EH)]
DOE Patents Database - A Department of Energy searchable database of patent information resulting from DOE-sponsored research and development (R&D). [Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science (SC)]
DOE R&D Accomplishments - Provides a searchable database about the outcomes of past DOE research and development which have had significant economic impact, have improved people's lives, or have been widely recognized as remarkable advances in science [Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)]
DOE R&D Highlights - Provides non-technical summary information about selected research conducted or sponsored by DOE and its National Laboratory infrastructure [Department of Energy (DOE)]
DOE R&D Project Summaries - Access summaries of ongoing or recently completed science and technology projects funded by the Department of Energy [Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)]
Digital Image Library (NBII) - Diverse range of images related to nature and the environment. [Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII)]
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E-PRINT Network: Research Communication for Scientists and Engineers - A searchable gateway to over 19,650 Web sites and databases worldwide, containing e-prints in basic and applied sciences, primarily in physics and subjects of interest to DOE [Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)]
Earth Day Portal - Portal for U.S. Government Events and Information related to preserving the earth and reducing energy use [Multiple agencies involved]
Ecological Exposure Research Activities by Region. - Describes the Ecological Exposure Research Activities by EPA region. There are many ongoing research projects across the country. [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL)]
Energy Citations Database - Search bibliographic records for energy and energy-related scientific and technical information from the Department of Energy (DOE) and its predecessor agencies from 1948 forward [Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)]
Energy Efficiency Technologies - Research involves all non-nuclear energy technologies including industrial materials, fossil and renewable energy, energy conservation and efficiency and advanced vehicle testing [Department of Energy (DOE), Idaho National Laboratory (INL)]
Energy Technology Data Exchange World Energy Base (ETDEWEB) - Provides the largest collection of energy research and technology literature in the world contributed by Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDE) member countries and international partners [Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)]
Energy and Environmental Policy Analysis - Provides analysis of energy and environmental issues of local, regional, national, and global importance [Department of Energy (DOE), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)]
Energy-Related Laboratory Equipment (ERLE) - Grants equipment to institutions of higher education for energy-related research [Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science (SC)]
EnergyFiles: The Virtual Library of Energy Science and Technology - Provides over 500 databases and Web sites containing information and resources pertaining to science and technology of interest to the Department of Energy (DOE), with an emphasis on the physical sciences [Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)]
Envirofacts data warehouse - Direct access to the wealth of information contained in EPA databases [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)]
Environmental Education Center - Offers a collection of fact sheets, brochures, and web pages that can be used to explain environmental issues [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)]
Environmental Emergencies - Reporting emergencies [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)]
Environmental Energy Technologies Division (EETD) - Develops technology that uses, converts and stores energy more efficiently and with less environmental impact, and studies the link between energy use and the environment [Department of Energy (DOE), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)]
Environmental Issues: International Cooperation - International [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)]
Environmental Protection - Provides information about environmental protection publications available for sale from the U.S. Government Bookstore [Government Printing Office]
Environmental Remediation Sciences Program (ERSP) - Supports research needed to address challenging environmental problems that impede the remediation of contaminated environmental sites [Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Biological and Environmental Research]
Environmental Science Network (ESN) - Search environmental and waste management information related to cleaning up the nation's nuclear complex [Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Basic and Applied Research (OBAR)]
Environmental Sciences. - Environmental Sciences Division, of the National Exposure Research Laboratory develops methods for characterizing chemical and physical stressors, develops landscape and regional assessment capabilities through the use of remote sensing and advanced spati [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL)]
Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators (ENTRI) - A fast, convenient, comprehensive online search service for finding information about environmental treaties and national resource indicators [National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)]
Explorers' Club for Kids - Includes games, pictures, and stories about the environment [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)]
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Federal R&D Project Summaries - Locate current research projects from a number of federal agencies [Department of Energy (DOE)]
For the Chemical Industry: - NIST Standards are Elementary [Department of Commerce (DOC), National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST)]
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Green Chemistry Expert System and Literature Database - Allows users to build a green chemical process, design a green chemical, or survey the field of green chemistry (For both new and existing chemicals and their synthetic processes) [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)]
Green Landscaping with Native Plants - Provides information on landscaping with native plants with a focus on the Great Lakes basin ecosystem [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Great Lakes National Program Office]
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Habitats - Resources related to Earth is host to desert, forest, marine, montane, prairie, tundra and wetland habitats, each of which supports its own specialized plant, animal, and microbial species assemblages. [Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), National Biological Information Infrastructure]
Human Exposure Database System. - Human Exposure Database System (HEDS). HEDS is a web-enabled data repository for human exposure studies. HEDS provides only data and accompanying documentation from research studies; it does not provide interpretations. It allows a user to download doc [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL)]
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Information Bridge - Search full-text of Department of Energy sponsored research and development reports [Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)]
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Laboratories for the 21st Century (Labs21) - Offers help in improving laboratory energy and water efficiency, encouraging the use of renewable energy sources, and promoting environmental stewardship [Multiple agencies involved]
Landscape Ecology. - Landscape ecology is an interdisciplinary science framework that studies the relationship between spatial patterns of landscape characteristics and conditions of and risks to ecological resources, including forests, rangelands, wetlands, rivers, streams, [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL)]
Los Alamos Laboratory e-Research Library - Provides links to news, journals, information by subject, multiple data collections, and a multi-database search tool [Department of Energy (DOE), Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)]
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Mid Atlantic Information Node - The Mid-Atlantic Information Node (MAIN) is a regional node of the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) encompassing Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia. [Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), National Biological Information Infrastructure]
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NBII Partners - Links to NBII partners GAP, LUHNA, and VegMapping, an NBII Information Node. [Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), National Biological Information Infrastructure]
NEWTON BBS - Ask a scientist a question about math, science or computers or search through more than 15,000 previously answered questions [Department of Energy (DOE), Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)]
National Activities of the USGS Biological Resources Discipline - Links to national programs, including biomonitoring, bird banding, gap analysis, integrated taxonomy, breeding birds, nonindigenous species, and vegetation mapping. [Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)]
National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) - Links you to diverse biological databases, information products, and analytical tools maintained by government agencies, academic institutions, and non-government organizations [Multiple agencies involved]
National Environmental Data Index (NEDI) - Facilitate access to agency environmental data holdings [Multiple agencies involved]
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) - Studies how human disease results from three interactive elements: environmental factors, individual susceptibility, and age [Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), National Inst. of Health (NIH)]
National Integrated Drought Information System - The NIDIS Public Community provides comprehensive information on emerging and ongoing droughts, and enhances the nation's drought preparedness. [Multiple agencies involved]
NationalAtlas.gov - Delivers authoritative views of scientific, societal, and historical information; Map format that can be customized with different datasets [Ad Hoc Organizations, Smithsonian Institution]
Natural Resources Monitoring Partnership - Cooperative Monitoring Protocols Library and Monitoring Locator System, hosted by the NBII. [Multiple agencies involved, National Biological Information Infrastructure]
Natural Resources and Environment - Information on sustainable soil and water conservation and management practices, whole farm environmentally-friendly farming, and providing a gateway to information on invasive plants, animals, and microbes. [Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agriculture Research Service (ARS), National Agricultural Library]
Nevada Site Office Library - A central location for fact sheets, current and historical films, a news release archive, historical photos, environmental publications and reports, and historical publications. [Department of Energy (DOE), National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)]
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ORNL Environmental Sciences - Conducts research on earth sciences, ecological management, environmental data science and systems, microbial systems biology, social sciences, and terrestrial ecology [Department of Energy (DOE), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)]
Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs - Portfolio of issues of interest to the Department of State related to science, the environment, and the world's oceans [Ad Hoc Organizations, Department of State, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs]
Office of Environmental Education - Link to environmental education efforts throughout the agency [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)]
OpenNet - Provides easy, timely access to Department of Energy documents declassified and made publicly available after October 1, 1994, including information declassified in response to Freedom of Information Act requests. [Department of Energy (DOE)]
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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Publications - Provides access to citations and references of publicly-announced Pacific Northwest National Laboratory publications since 1999 with links to the documents [Department of Energy (DOE), Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)]
Paleoclimatology Program - NOAA - Paleoclimatic data, research, and information [Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Climatic Data Center]
Passenger Rail - Environmental issues impacting the Federal Railroad Administration [Department of Transportation (DOT), Federal Railroad Administration]
Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) as Environmental Pollutants - Pollution from Personal Actions, Activities, and Behaviors. [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Exposure Research Laboratory, Environmental Sciences]
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Regional Vulnerability Assessment (ReVA) Program - ReVA is being developed to identify those ecosysems most vulnerable to being lost or permanently harmed in the next 5 to 25 years and to determine which stressors are likely to cause the greatest risk. [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)]
Reports Catalog - Contains citations of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory-authored scientific and technical documents published since July 1989 [Department of Energy (DOE), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)]
Researchers and Scientists - Site provides links to many of the databases and modeling efforts of the EPA. [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)]
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Science Accelerator - A portal to the Department of Energy's important collections of scientific and technical information searchable with just one query. [Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science (SC)]
Science Information System (SIS) - Database of USGS Biological Resources' research projects [Department of Agriculture (USDA), Biological Resources Division (BRD)]
Science Reference Service - Web site for Science Reference at the Library of Congress [Library of Congress]
Science Tracer Bullets - research guides that help you locate information on science and technology subjects. With brief introductions to the topics, lists of resources and strategies for finding more, they help you to stay on target. [Library of Congress]
Science and Technology at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - Provides links to information about research in advanced defense technologies, energy, environment, biosciences, and basic sciences [Department of Energy (DOE), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)]
Selected Internet Resources: African Americans in Science and Technology - Selected Internet Resources on African Americans in Science and Technology - Science Reference Services - Library of Congress [Library of Congress]
Smithsonian Environmental Resource Center - Research on linkages of land and water ecosystems in the coastal zone and provides society with knowledge to meet critical environmental challenges in the 21st century. [Ad Hoc Organizations, Smithsonian Institution]
Solid Waste Generation - Solid Waste Generation [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)]
Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) - Approximately 1300 SRMs are currently available [Department of Commerce (DOC), National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST)]
Student Center - Provides background information on a wide variety of environmental issues for middle and high school students [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)]
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Technology Transfer - Facilitates the transfer of new technologies [Department of Energy (DOE), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)]
Terms of the Environment - Defines in non-technical language EPA's more commonly used environmental terms [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)]
Tox Town - Introduces toxic chemicals and environmental health risks in everyday life and in everyday places [Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), National Inst. of Health (NIH), National Library of Medicine (NLM)]
ToxMystery - An interactive game developed for K-6 children about potential chemical hazards around the home [Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), National Inst. of Health (NIH), National Library of Medicine (NLM)]
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U.S. Department of Energy's Decades of Discovery - Provides links to the most important advances at the forefront of scientific discovery supported by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science, with links grouped by discipline [Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science (SC)]
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Department of the Interior - Homepage, serving as portal to all USGS information with search options, USGS in the news, most frequently requested topics, and access to major categories of USGS information [Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)]
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Visible Earth - A searchable directory of images, visualizations, and animations to the Earth [National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)]
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