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<ul class="bl"><li><a href="http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/8e_triag/"><b>8(e) TRIAGE Chemical Studies Database</b></a> Access to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) TRIAGE Chemical Studies Database.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.epa.gov/ecoplaces/"><b>A Phase I Inventory of Current EPA Efforts to Protect Ecosystems</b></a> Data on projects that involve EPA and its partners in place-based management and ecosystem protection.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB?contentidonly=true&contentid=agfactbook.xml"><b>Agriculture Fact Book</b></a> Facts about U.S. agriculture, including the U.S. farm sector and the structure of U.S.agriculture from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.census.gov/econ/www/agprogms.html"><b>Agriculture Statistics</b></a> Agricultural operations, production, operators and land use from the U.S. Census Bureau.</li>
<li><a href="http://animalconcerns.netforchange.com/"><b>AnimaLife</b></a>  A forum for discussion, information, and education about animal rights and liberation issues.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.epa.gov/ORD/dbases/bfss.html"><b>Bioremediation in the Field Search System</b></a> Provides access to a database on waste sites in the United States and Canada.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.ciesin.org/"><b>Center for International Earth Science Information Network</b></a> From Columbia University.  Data on global environmental issues.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.clui.org/"><b>Center for Land Use Interpretation</b></a> Land Use database, exhibitions and newsletter.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.chemicalindustryarchives.org/"><b>Chemical Industry Archives</b></a> From the Environmental Working Group.  Features database of chemical company documents.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.scorecard.org/"><b>Chemical Scorecard</b></a> Maps, statistics, and reports about air, water, and land pollution issues.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/CORR/"><b>Chemicals on Reporting Rules</b></a> Database about chemicals which are regulated under the Toxic Substances Control Act.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.envirolink.org/resource.html?itemid=200301211133280.840188&catid=5"><b>Cleanup Level Database</b></a> Database and mapping system for cleanup levels (residual contamination) at Superfund sites.</li>
<li><a href="http://ecos.fws.gov/cap/viewPublicSummaries.do"><b>Contaminant Information Management and Analysis System</b></a> Retrieves and displays textual and spatial contaminant-related data for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service trust lands and species.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.eia.doe.gov/environment.html"><b>EIA's Environmental Publications and Data</b></a> Data and publications on climate change, greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental topics.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/mecs/contents.html"><b>Energy Consumption</b></a> Data on energy consumption in homes, vehicles, businesses and other organizations to provide services and produce goods.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.eia.doe.gov/index.html"><b>Energy Information Administration</b></a> Data on petroleum, natural gas, coal, nuclear, electricity, renewable and alternative energy sources.</li>
<li><a href="http://es.epa.gov/index.html"><b>Enviro$en$e</b></a> U.S. Environmental Protection Agency repository for pollution prevention, compliance assurance and enforcement data.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.epa.gov/enviro/index_java.html"><b>Envirofacts Warehouse</b></a> Searchable database of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency environmental data.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.epa.gov/edr/"><b>Environmental Data Registry</b></a> Reference information on the definition, origin, source and location of environmental data in EPA's Envirofacts database.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.fema.gov/"><b>Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)</b></a> Information on disaster response.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.st.nmfs.gov/st1/index.html"><b>Fisheries Statistics &amp; Economics Division</b></a> Articles, news and statistics about fisheries.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.st.nmfs.gov/st1/market_news/index.html"><b>Fishery Market News</b></a> Joint Federal/industry program that reports on conditions affecting the trade in fish and fishery products.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.fs.fed.us/database/"><b>Forest Service Data and Information Systems</b></a> Complete listing of databases related to the U.S. Forest Service.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.eia.doe.gov/fueloverview.html"><b>Fuel Overview</b></a> U.S. Energy Information Administration programs and services.</li>
<li><a href="http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/"><b>Global Change Master Directory</b></a> Earth science data; including atmosphere, hydrosphere, solid earth, and biosphere dimensions of global change.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.epa.gov/highgwp/"><b>Global Warming</b></a> Data, publications and presentations on climate change.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/hazdat.html"><b>HazDat</b></a> Data on the release of hazardous substances from SuperFund sites and emergency events.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/weather/historical/historical.htm"><b>Historical Weather Database</b></a> Temperature and precipitation data for cities worldwide from the Washington Post.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.epa.gov/iwi/"><b>Index of Watershed Indicators</b></a> EPA's national picture of watershed health. Organizes and presents aquatic resource information on a watershed basis.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.epa.gov/compliance/data/systems/multimedia/idea/"><b>Integrated Data for Enforcement Analysis</b></a> Database of environmental performance information on regulated facilities within EPA.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.epa.gov/iris/"><b>Integrated Risk Information System</b></a> Database of human health effects that may result from exposure to various substances.</li>
<li><a href="http://minerals.er.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/country/"><b>International Minerals Yearbook</b></a> Statistical data on mineral commodities in various countries.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.insc.anl.gov/"><b>International Nuclear Safety Center</b></a> Database for safety analysis and risk evaluation of nuclear power plants and facilities.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.iucn.org/themes/ssc/redlist.htm"><b>IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants</b></a> A database from the World Conservation Union.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.fs.fed.us/land/staff/lar/"><b>Land Areas of the National Forest System</b></a> Data by regions, states and specially designated areas.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.mms.gov/"><b>Minerals Management Service</b></a> Data on off-shore and Federal and American Indian oil, gas, and minerals.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/"><b>National Aeronautics and Space Administration</b></a> Information about the department, its programs and services.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.nass.usda.gov/index.asp"><b>National Agriculture Statistics Service</b></a> Statistical publications, graphics, historical data, state information, research and agricultural census information.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html"><b>National Climatic Data Center</b></a> Links to free and subscription weather and climate data.</li>
<li><a href="http://energy.er.usgs.gov/products/databases/CoalQual/index.htm"><b>National Coal Resources Data System</b></a> Data on coal occurrence and chemistry, as well as location and stratigraphic data.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.epa.gov/safewater/data/ncod/index.html"><b>National Drinking Water Contaminant Occurrence Database</b></a> Search specific contaminants in a geographic region or a specific public water system.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.epa.gov/air/data/net.html"><b>National Emission Trends Database</b></a> Estimates of the annual emissions of air pollutants from point, area, and mobile sources.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.ncseonline.org/nle/"><b>National Library for the Environment - Congressional Research Service (CRS)</b></a> Index of reports and policy briefs by subject, which includes natural resources and environmental quality, produced by CRS.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.esdim.noaa.gov/NOAAServer/"><b>National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Server</b></a> Many environmental databases at NOAA.</li>
<li><a href="http://plants.usda.gov/"><b>National Plants Database</b></a> Facts on plants in the U.S. from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/NRI/"><b>National Resources Inventory</b></a> Statistically based sample of land use and natural resource conditions and trends on U.S. nonfederal lands.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.nwi.fws.gov/"><b>National Wetlands Inventory Project</b></a> Provides wetland data, reports and maps.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.fws.gov/refuges/index.html"><b>National Wildlife Refuge System</b></a> Links to legislative mandates and policies.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.eh.doe.gov/rems"><b>Occupational Radiation Exposure</b></a> Annual report, orders and standards, related sites on reporting radiation exposure.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.epa.gov/air/"><b>Office of Air and Radiation</b></a> News, events, tools, technical information and resources on air quality and radiation.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.epa.gov/OGWDW/"><b>Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water</b></a> Drinking water standards, publications, regulations and data on drinking water.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.panna.org/pestis.html"><b>Pesticide Information Service (PESTIS) Database</b></a> Database of documents about pesticides.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.panna.org/resources/pestis.html"><b>Pesticide Information Service Document Database</b></a> Online document collection containing pesticide-related material.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.fjc.gov/public/home.nsf/pages/16"><b>Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence</b></a> Full text reference manual.  PDF file.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.frtr.gov/matrix2/section1/toc.html"><b>Remediation Technologies Screening Matrix</b></a> Information on commercially available alternative treatment technologies.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/water/w_data.html"><b>Snow Surveys</b></a> From the National Water and Climate Center.</li>
<li><a href="http://minerals.er.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/state/"><b>State Minerals Yearbook</b></a> Annual reviews that give statistical data for mineral commodities on a state-by-state basis.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.usda.gov/nass/pubs/stathigh/content.htm"><b>Statistical Highlights of U.S. Agriculture</b></a> Statistics for the most recent years from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.</li>
<li><a href="http://sedac.ciesin.org/ozone/"><b>Stratospheric Ozone and Human Health Project</b></a> NASA data and resources in the areas of ultraviolet (UV) radiation, ozone, and human health impacts of UV exposure</li>
<li><a href="http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/index.htm"><b>Superfund Site Information</b></a> View or download information about the nation's hazardous waste sites from the EPA.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/mppsearch.html"><b>Temperature, Precipitation &amp; Drought Data</b></a> Average Temperatures (Deg.F. to 10ths), Precipitation (Inches to 100ths), and Palmer Drought Indices (PDSI, PHDI, PMDI, and ZNDX).</li>
<li><a href="http://www.ers.usda.gov/"><b>The Economic Research Service</b></a> From the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Economic analysis and information on agriculture, food, natural resources, and rural America.</li>
<li><a href="http://minerals.er.usgs.gov/fact-sheets/MRDS_Broch.html"><b>The Mineral Resources Data System</b></a> International data base of mineral sites records with related geologic, commodity and deposit information from the U.S. Geological Survey.</li>
<li><a href="http://gcmd.nasa.gov/records/GCMD_USGS_GEOCHEM.html"><b>The National Geochemical Data Base</b></a> Data records for samples of stream sediment, soil, rock, water, panned concentrate, drill core, and vegetation.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/"><b>The National Geophysical Data Center</b></a> Links to satellite data and imagery, geological and geophysical data and climate model information.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.nrcse.washington.edu/"><b>The National Research Center for Statistics and the Environment</b></a> From University of Washington.  Platform for multi-disciplinary interaction with respect to statistical analysis of environmental concerns.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.epa.gov/sfipmtn1/"><b>The Sector Facility Indexing Project</b></a> Compliance and enforcement summaries, TRI pollutant release information and other data elements for various industries.</li>
<li><a href="http://www2.wcmc.org.uk/species/animals/animal_redlist.html"><b>Threatened Animals of the World</b></a> The WCMC Animals Database holds information on threatened species and others of conservation concern.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.epa.gov/tri/"><b>Toxic Release Inventory Program</b></a> Provides information on types of chemicals held within communities and data on their release.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.hq.usace.army.mil/cepa/pubs/CWstats.htm"><b>U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers Civil Works Program Statistics</b></a> Statistical data on waterborne commerce and vessel operations on waterways, ports, and harbors of the United States and its territories.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.doe.gov/"><b>U.S. Department of Energy</b></a> </li>
<ul class="bl_indent"><li><a href="http://www.energy.gov/engine/content.do?BT_CODE=PR_CONGRESSTEST"> Congressional Question and Answer/Testimony Database</a>  Full-text of the Department's testimonies before Congressional Committees and/or Subcommittees and pre- or post-Hearing questions and answers.</li></ul>
<ul class="bl_indent"><li><a href="http://www.osti.gov/opennet/"> OpenNet Database</a> Declassified documents from the Department of Energy and it predecessor organizations.</li></ul>
<li><a href="http://www.osti.gov/bridge/"><b>U.S. Department of Energy; Information Bridge</b></a> Full-text DOE research and development reports in physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental sciences and other topics.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/"><b>U.S. National Oceanographic Data Center</b></a> Data on ocean chlorophyll, nutrients, currents, oxygen, plankton, salinity, sea level, temperature, waves and international activity.</li>
<li><a href="http://nwis.waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis"><b>U.S. Water Discharge Data - NWISWeb Data for the Nation</b></a> Data searchable by state from the U.S. Geological Survey.</li>
<li><a href="http://jan.mannlib.cornell.edu/data-sets/"><b>USDA Economics and Statistics System&#58; Data Sets</b></a> Statistics on U.S. Agriculture from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.nps.gov/parks.html"><b>Visit Your National Parks</b></a> A searchable directory of national parks from the National Park Service.</li>
<li><a href="http://water.usgs.gov/maps.html"><b>Water Resources Maps and GIS Information</b></a> From the U.S. Geological Survey.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/water/w_qnty.html"><b>Water Supply Forecasts</b></a> From the National Water and Climate Center.</li>
<li><a href="http://water.usgs.gov/watuse/"><b>Water Use in the United States</b></a> From the U.S. Geological Survey.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.unep-wcmc.org/"><b>World Conservation Monitoring Centre</b></a> Collection of databases concerning nature conservation.</li>
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