Environmental databases include information on a variety of issues, such as safe drinking water and hazardous waste data. Users can create their own reports from the databases and their own maps with the site's mapping tools. Users can also read about legislation pertaining to environmental protection. The site provides information on the organization's research needs as well as links to government conservation efforts, such as the National Biological Information Infrastructure, which provides press releases on endangered species. An encyclopedic set of links on the environment sorted into categories such as atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere.
Users can search the site or view a list of all the links.
Encyclopedia of Energy, Technology, and the Environment. Provides lengthy articles on the technologies used to produce energy and their effects on the environment. Encyclopedia of the Environment. Houghton Mifflin, 1994. Offers concise articles on environmental problems, the impact of business and social institutions on the natural environment, government involvement, legislation, and other topics.