Federal

Legislation / Regulation

General Sources can be found on our Legislation / Regulation page.  

EPA's Laws and Regulations page includes links to past and current laws, regulations, legislation, and non-binding guidance documents for regions, states, and other regulated entities, relating to the environment. http://www.epa.gov/epahome/lawregs.htm

FEDLAW -- Environmental Legislation and Regulation:  This site lists environmental legislation, including many excerpts from the US Code and CFR.    http://www.thecre.com/fedlaw/legal14.htm

RTK Net provides a searchable interface to DOCKET, which compiles civil cases filed by the Department of Justice for the EPA.  http://d1.rtknet.org/doc/

Agencies

FEDLAW -- Environmental Legislation and Regulation:  In addition to its regulatory and legislative information, this page is also host to a comprehensive listing of Federal agencies related to environmental issues.  http://www.thecre.com/fedlaw/legal14.htm

You can also find a comprehensive listing of sites by using our Agency information page.

Environmental Protection Agency:  Browse environmental news, programs, and policy.  A topical listing of site information is also available.   http://www.epa.gov

United States Geological Survey:  Search biological and geological publications and technical data here.  Includes a topical browsing and a search feature.   http://www.usgs.gov

Statistics, Facts, and Publications

Statistics

FEDSTATS -- Agencies with Environmental Statistics:  FedStats has compiled a list of major information-dispersing environmental agencies.  http://www.fedstats.gov/programs/environ.html

FedStats also provides A - Z topical links to information from a variety of federal web sites.  http://www.fedstats.gov/cgi-bin/A2Z.cgi

LexisNexis Statistical
Provides comprehensive access to statistical information from
Congressional Information Service, Inc. Includes searchable abstracts and
indexes to U.S., state, international and intergovernmental statistical
sources compiled in American Statistics Index, Statistical Reference Index
and Index to International Statistics (ASI, SRI & IIS). http://www.library.uiuc.edu/orr/results.php?instid=258185

Statistical Abstract of the United States:  "As the National Data Book it contains a collection of statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States. Selected international data are also included."   http://www.census.gov/statab/www/

Online Sources of Global Environment Statistics: provides links to data sources that contributed to the 1997 Environmental Quality Report, including the US Department of Energy and NASA. http://ceq.eh.doe.gov/nepa/reports/statistics/00global.html

Facts

National Technical Information Service:  A listing of this comprehensive site's holdings of environmental resources.  http://www.ntis.gov/products/environment.htm

EPA Environmental Quality homepage: Provides links to relevant statistics and publications.  http://www.epa.gov/eq/

For a listing of environmentally-related agencies and resources, see FirstGov's Citizen Gateway to Agriculture and the Environment.   http://firstgov.gov/Citizen/Topics/Environment_Agriculture.shtml

Envirofacts homepage from the EPA:  A combination of several EPA databases, Envirofacts provides a single point of entry for select EPA information.  http://www.epa.gov/enviro/index_java.html

Another source for EPA information is the National Environmental Publications Internet Site (NEPIS):  http://www.epa.gov/clariton/clhtml/pubindex.html

Also from the EPA, a Superfund database (http://www.epa.gov/superfund/) and the Toxic Release Inventory Program - TRI - (http://www.epa.gov/tri/), searchable by zip code.

Recreation.gov:  Searchable page regarding recreational opportunities on Federal land.  http://www.recreation.gov/

Virtual Library of the State of the Environment:  Provides information in database format on published studies and reports relating to a variety environmental concerns.  http://www.sdi.gov/diglib.htm

Natural Resources Conservation Service:  Subject index to NRCS Maps, Facts,  and Figures pertaining to the State of the Land.  http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/land/

Natural Resources Conservation Service: Technical data sources for soil, climate, and plants.  http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/TechRes.html

RTK Net provides searchable databases for several bodies of environmental data, including the TRI, accidental spillage facts, and other industry-specific information.  http://www.rtk.net/rtkdata.html

Publications

GPO Access -- Publications of the Committee on Environment and Public Works:  Have access to hearings, prints, publications, and reports relating to committee activity.  Included is a link to the committee's web site and member information.  http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/senate/senate09.html 

Find consumer publications relating to the environment at the Consumer Information Center.  http://pueblo.gsa.gov

National Security and the Environment:  The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory provides a listing of literature relating to national security and the environment.  http://www.pnl.gov/main/sectors/environment.html

Action Guides

EPA's Concerned Citizens:  Learn about the range of ways citizens can get involved in political change and environmental protection in their own community.  The home page includes many links to other informational resources and environmental action guides.  http://www.epa.gov/epahome/citizen.htm

Contact your Congressperson or learn more about her/him at http://www.congressmerge.com/onlinedb/index.htm

Project Vote Smart:  Find out the voting record of Congress members.  http://www.vote-smart.org/index.phtml

Alternative Transportation:  Learn how to enhance bicycle use and safety with the US Department of Transportation's guide to accommodating cyclists into your city's transportation scheme.  http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/bikeped/Design.htm

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State

Legislation / Regulation

In addition to our State Legislative Information section, environmental laws can be found here:

LexisNexis State Capital:  Search for information on bills, regulations, policies, and statutes.  Also included in this site is a helpful list of links to state information.   http://web.lexis-nexis.com/stcapuniv Click on the State Capital on the left hand column.

Legislative Information on the MTBE elimination act from Senator Fitzgerald.  http://www.senate.gov/~fitzgerald/legislation/mtbe/mtbemain.htm

The Department of Agriculture's compiled list of environmental laws pertaining to their activities. http://www.agr.state.il.us/Laws/index.html

The 19th Circuit Court has created a link page of Illinois Acts, Codes, Rules, and Regulations, some of them relevant to environmental issues. http://www.19thcircuitcourt.state.il.us/links/l_code.htm#State of Illinois Acts, Codes, Rules and Regulations 

The Pollution Control Board -- governing rules and regulations of the Pollution Control Board   http://www.ipcb.state.il.us/SLR/StatutesLegislationandRegulations.asp

Agencies

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.state.il.us/

For a listing of environmentally oriented agencies, see:
http://www.epa.state.il.us/

Division of Environmental Health --includes A-Z topics, publications, fact sheets, statistics
http://www.idph.state.il.us/envhealth/ehhome.htm

Statistics,  Facts, and Publications

Statistics

Search general statistical databases from our statistics page.  Searching SRI from LexisNexis Statistical may be the most useful.

The Environmental Protection Agency's Statistical Atlas This EPA publication includes useful watershed and water quality resources for Illinois.
http://www.epa.gov/ceisweb1/ceishome/atlas/stateatlas/illinois.html 

Facts

Department of Agriculture
The Illinois Department of Agriculture's Agriculture and the Environment program.
http://www.agr.state.il.us/programs/index.html

Environmental Information by Zip Code:  Databases include map creation and data searching capabilities on a variety of topics.  http://library.csun.edu/mfinley/zipstats.html#environment

Publications

Pollution Control Board -- Newsletter
Stay current on Illinois pollution issues.
http://www.ipcb.state.il.us/Archive/dscgi/ds.py/View/Collection-11

US Department of Energy.   A detailed guide to biofuels for individual states.
http://www.afdc.doe.gov/pdfs/Bio_Econ_Env.pdf 

Action Guides

Guide to the Pollution Control Board
http://www.ipcb.state.il.us/AboutTheBoard/CitizensGuidetotheBoard.asp

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International

Legislation / Regulation

The Green Yearbook links to, among other multi-national law resources, international treaty databases, convention outcomes, and national laws.
http://www.greenyearbook.org/sources/law.htm

For more international treaties and documents relating to the environment, see:
http://www.spfo.unibo.it/spolfo/ENVLAW.htm

Access UN and UNDP are two resources for locating UN and other international publications.   Access UN serves as the only comprehensive index of UN documents, publications, and periodical articles for 1950 to the
present. It provides external links to many full-text documents.  Access UNDP indexes project reports of the United Nations Development Programme issued between 1972 and 1998. Reports for 1989 onward may be found in the Government Documents Library on microfiche.  Access these two resources here:  AccessUN UIUC

United Nations Treaty Collection
Provides the full text of more than 40,000 multilateral and bilateral treaties, as well as information on the status of 520 major multilateral instruments in Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Secretary-General. Texts of Recently Deposited Multilateral Treaties are also available.  http://www.library.uiuc.edu/doc/inter/un/main.htm

Agencies

The Union of International Organizations has a site with comprehensive IGO (Inter-Governmental Organization) links to issues relating to the environment: 
http://www.uia.org/indices/subject/home.php

The United Nations Environment Programme includes a listing of programs, treaties and conventions, relevant environmental links, and an annual report surveying the environmental status of each country in the world.
http://www.unep.org/   

Center for International Forestry Research
Created with the plight of forest loss in the tropics in mind, this organization puts out numerous publications relating to habitat loss and the social, environmental, and economic responses to that loss.
http://www.fao.org/

UN Development Programme
Their mission statement: to fight poverty. Global poverty and environmental degradation are often entwined issues. Information on environmental and social issues is included. http://www.undp.org

World Conservation Union:  An international, inter-governmental conservation and biodiversity advocate group.  Assorted publications and current news articles are included.
http://www.iucn.org/

World Health Organization
The WHO site includes substantial information resources on the topic of environmental health.
http://www.who.ch

Statistics,  Facts, and Publications

Statistics

International Environmental Statistics Society
Includes links to other environmental statistics sites and provides information on their own activities as well.
http://www.nrcse.washington.edu/ties/ 

The UN organization for education, science, and culture, UNESCO is one of the best places to find detailed information and extensive links on land, air, and especially water issues.
http://unescostat.unesco.org 

LexisNexis Statistical
Provides comprehensive access to statistical information from
Congressional Information Service, Inc. Includes searchable abstracts and
indexes to U.S., state, international and intergovernmental statistical
sources compiled in American Statistics Index, Statistical Reference Index
and Index to International Statistics (ASI, SRI & IIS). http://web.lexic-nexis.com/statuniv

Facts

The World Resources Institute provides Earth Trends: the Environmental Information Portal.  Includes searchable databases, tables, maps, and country profiles for ten broad environmental subjects.  http://earthtrends.wri.org/

For our guide to international resources, please see our International / United Nations page:  http://www.library.uiuc.edu/doc/inter/index.htm

Librarian David Griffiths has also put together a topical page for International Environmental resources, accessible here:  http://www.library.uiuc.edu/doc/inter/topic/environ.htm

Publications

Global Environmental Outlook, a state of the environment report for 1997, published by the UNEP. The executive summary is available online, with the full report available in the nearest depository library or by individual order.  At UIUC: 333.7 G516
http://www.grida.no/geo/

CIA World Factbook.  The World Factbook gives a brief overview of the environmental condition of each county in the world, in addition to other core country statistics.  http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/

Action Guides

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