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Climate Change

• 350.org -- "is an international campaign that's building a movement to unite the world around solutions to the climate crisis" This site is an example of action taken globally on this issue.

• Abrupt Climate Change Scenario and it's Implications for United States National Security -- a Pentagon study in .pdf format.

• Benchmarking Air Emissions -- a .pdf report by various groups of the 100 of the largest electric power producers in the U.S.

• Covering Climate Change Course --"Click on ENROLL to register (free, fast and easy), and you'll be in. The course features text, graphics, interactive activities, a video or two, and other features. It's intended for journalists, but anyone who wants to get up to speed on climate science and/or policy will get good info."

• Climate Change Projections -- from the Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research in the U.K.

• the Climate Research -- from NASA. Research at the Goddard Institute for Space Studies

• Common Questions about Climate Change -- United Nations Environment Programme - World Meteorological Organization. Basic.

• The Energy Challenge -- "Articles in this series will periodically examine the ways in which the world is, and is not, moving toward a more energy efficient, environmentally benign future."

• Energy Policy -- from the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Primary documents!

• See also resources on the Environmental Management page

• The Environment: Understanding the Issue -- The Understanding the Issue section lays out the facts and policy alternatives, while the Public Opinion section offers a detailed profile of public thinking about the issue.

• From Field to Fork -- a United Nations 36 page report on water resources. in .pdf

• Global Change Master Directory--from NASA, a comprehensive data source of satellite data and earth science data, to which scientists can link their own data sets.

• GREENfile -- an SAU database, GreenFILE indexes scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports. This resource offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the environment. Drawing on the connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology, GreenFILE serves as an informative resource for anyone concerned about the issues facing our planet. The database contains nearly 300,000 records, full text for selected titles and searchable cited references for more than 200 titles as well. 

• The EPA's Climate Change site: with information on climate systems, impacts, and actions on the state/local, national and global levels.

• Global Warming: Early Warning Signs -- produced by a coalition of environmental and scientific groups, identifying "global warming events."

• Global Warming Legislation. Full-text. Enter "global warming" in quotes into the search box to get full-text bills and resolutions from Congress. Try "climate change" too.

• Human Face of Climate Change -- from the Global Humanitarian Forum in Geneva. Lots of Primary sources.

• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change -- reports and technical papers full-text.

• Kyoto Protocol: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change -- Full-Text reports. Look at the left-hand menu bar.

• Obama-Biden Plan for Energy and the Environment

• Politics, Science and Global Warming -- .pdf

• Real Climate - "a commentary site on climate science by working climate scientists for the interested public and journalists. We aim to provide a quick response to developing stories and provide the context sometimes missing in mainstream commentary. The discussion here is restricted to scientific topics and will not get involved in any political or economic implications of the science."

• Science on Global Warming -- looks at how the data may be manipulated by political agendas. Very interesting and makes a good sidebar to your report.

• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change -- status reports on greenhouse gas emissions and more.

• United States Global Change Data Gateway -- provides entry to different agencies involved and their data sets.

• U.S. Climate Action Partnership -- "a group of businesses and leading environmental organizations that have come together to call on the federal government to quickly enact strong national legislation to require significant reductions of greenhouse gas emissions. USCAP has issued a landmark set of principles and recommendations to underscore the urgent need for a policy framework on climate change." An interesting site that indicates the business side from actual corporations.

• U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Center-- 442 mayors representing over 61 million Americans have signed onto this initiative to reduce their own cities' contributions to global warming. Find out here if your city is one of them, and read best practice documents. Their agreement is here.

• The Washington Post Special Report: Global Warming --Documents, transcripts, graphics and full-text articles.

• What is Global Warming? -- from "An Inconvenient Truth" by Al Gore.

• World Meteorological Organization -- weather, climate and water information from the UN. An excellent site!

• WorldWatch -- "an independent research organization recognized by opinion leaders around the world for its accessible, fact-based analysis of critical global issues. The Institute's three main program areas include Climate & Energy, Food & Agriculture, and the Green Economy."