LibGuides: Primary Sources: Energy: Environment

Online Sources: Environment

Environmental Defense Fund
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A non-profit organization created to protect the environmental rights of all people, based in the U.S. it pays "special attention to U.S. environmental problems and to America’s role in causing and solving global problems..." The site provides links to environmental news, information on endangered species, pollution, global warming, and oceans.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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An agency of the U.S. Government, the EPA's mission "is to protect human health and the environment." The EPA webpage provides access to news, laws, regulations and other resources about the environment.
Kennedy Administration: Natural Resources Message
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Legislation: Clean Air Act of 1990
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National Environmental Policy Act
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Critical Government Documents on the Environment by Don Philpott
Call Number: GE180 .P45 2015
ISBN: 1598887475
"Areas covered include global warming and greenhouse gases, water, air and marine pollution, and renewable energy. "
Environmental Issues: Essential Primary Sources by Brenda Wilmoth Lerner and K. Lee Lerner
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Call Number: Online - GVRL
ISBN: 9781414406251
Environmental Issues in American History by Chris J. Magoc
Call Number: GE150 .M338 2006
ISBN: 0313322082
A Reference Guide with Primary Documents
Natural Resources and Sustainable Development by Kathy Wilson Peacock
Call Number: HC85 .P43 2008
ISBN: 0816072159
“... draws together significant U.S. and international primary source documents—including excerpts from newspaper articles, speeches, relevant treaties and other legal documents, and scientific reports.”
U.S. Environmental Policy and Politics: A Documentary History by Kevin Hillstrom
Call Number: GE180 .U185 2010
ISBN: 1604264756
U.S. Land and National Resource Policy by Gary Bryner (General Editor)
Call Number: HD216 .G76 2012
ISBN: 1592376843
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