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CALIFORNIA'S ENERGY CRISIS 

California Energy Commission

California Independent System Operator

Electricity Deregulation -- from Public Citizen

Enron Information Center -- from Public Citizen

Federal Energy Regulation Commission
    

CLIMATE -- SEE Earth Sciences: Climate & Weather
    
ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH

Environmental Working Group

Health Effects Institute Publications Database
Full text reports since 2000.

Horizon Communications
Environmental degredation & health problems

National Center for Environmental Health
Look at Data Resources

National Center for Health Statistics

National Institute of Environmental Health Science
Full text access to: Environmental Health Perspectives including Supplements, Special Issues 11th Report on Carcinogens

National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals

Superfund: 20 Years of Protecting Human Health & the Environment

ToxNet (National Library of Medicine)
Databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases

USGS Human Health
    

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

California Environmental Protection Agency

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network (EREN)

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Great Lakes Information Network

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
    

OCEANOGRAPHY

El Nino Watch

Global Hydrology and Climate Center

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

OCEANIC

WINDandSEA: The Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences Internet Guide

WWW Virtual Library - Oceanography
    

ORGANIZATIONS

Environmental Movements

Environmental Organization Webdirectory

Friends of Baxter Creek (El Cerrito & Richmond)

GREEN  (Global Rivers Environmental Education Network)

Greenpeace

Inchem   (International Programme on Chemical Safety)
includes information about chemicals that may occur as contaminants in environment and food

National Library for the Environment

National Resource Defense Council Online

National Wildlife Federation

Project Scorecard (Environmental Defense Fund)

Rainforest Action Network

World Wildlife Fund
    

POPULATION

American FactFinder

California Demographics

Data Online for Population, Health & Nutrition (DOLPHN)

Demographic and Health Surveys (MEASURE DHS+)

Global Statistics

POPNET: The Directory for Global Population Information

Population and Reproductive Health

Population Profile of the United States, 2000  (US Census Bureau)

Population Reference Bureau

United Nations Population Division

USAID: Health
    
    

RESOURCES, HABITAT & SPECIES

Bureau of Land Management Environmental Education

Earth Trends: The Environment Information Portal  (World Resources Institute)

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Nature Serve: An Online Encyclopedia of Life

NOVA Online: Fire Wars

San Francisco Estuary Institute

Transgenic Crops: An Introduction and Resource Guide

World Resources Institute: EarthTrends - Environmental Information
    
    

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