The Environment and Public

Policy: A Guide to American

and International Resources

Anthony M. Angiletta
Morrison Curator for the Social Sciences
Updated January 12, 2009
Such is the audacity of man, that he hath
learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is
so bold as to challenge her in her work.
Pliny the Elder, The NaturalHistory,1st
Cent. A.D
 Environmental Policy Studies
at Stanford

 Stanford Environmental Portal

 The Woods Institute for the Environment
 Other Centers, Institutes and Groups
Affective? Yes; Effective?
Depends
Environmental Policy Studies:
Additional Views and Opinions
 Chronicle of Higher Education: Forging a Pla
 Chronicle of Higher Education: Collaborative
Stanford Libraries Resources
 Research Quick Start Guides: Environmenta
Selected Web Resources
 National Council for Science and the Environ
 NCSE National Library for the Environment (
 NLE Congressional Research Service reports
 NCSE State of the Environment Reports links
 Environmental Libraries on the Web
Selected Web Resources
 About environmental organizations & progra
 World Directory of Environmental Organizat

 Glossary of Environmental Terms (NRDC)

Selected Web Resources
(cont’d)

 The WWW Virtual Library Global Environmen

Search Engines, Directories, Portals, and
Bibliographic Articles
 American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AA
 Environmental Sustainability Index
 Environmental Performance Index (pilot)
 World Resources Institute. Earth Trends
Selected Web Resources
(cont’d)
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Publi
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. EPA L
 U.S. Geological Survey. Environmental Affair
.
 International Environmental Politics (IEP).
Data, Statistics, Legal and Regulatory
Documents, Economics and Politics, etc.
(Prof. Ronald Mitchell IEP site)
Selected Web Resources
(cont’d)
 United Nations Environmental Programme (U
 National Academies (NAS, NAE, NRC) on Env
 Environmental Treaties and Resource Indica
 Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
 Environmental Defense (formerly
Environmental Defense Fund)
Selected Web Resources : California:

Environmental Policy and Planning

 Acterra
"Action for a sustainable earth." Formerly Bay Area Action & Peninsula Conservation Center
Foundation.
 American Planning Association. California Chapter
 Association of California Water Agencies
 Bay Institute of San Francisco
Mission is to "protect and restore the ecosystems" of San Francisco Bay and the delta region.
 CALFED Bay-Delta Program
 California Center for Regional Leadership
"A statewide nonprofit organization established to support, facilitate, and promote innovative
regional solutions for our major economic, environmental, and societal challenges, to help
achieve a more sustainable California."
 California Council for Environmental and Economic Balance
"A coalition of California business, labor and public policy leaders who work together to
advance collaborative strategies for a sound economy and a healthy environment."
 California Digital Conservation Atlas (California Legacy Project)
Includes land use and other data from all California counties and many cities. The data is
integrated into a single statewide geographic information system and is displayed in user-
defined maps.

Source: UC Berkeley Institute for Governmental Studies (http://www.igs.berkeley.edu/library/)

 Selected Web Resources : California:
Environmental Policy and Planning

 California Environmental Dialogue

"A collaborative effort of leaders from California corporations, environmental organizations
and governments" addressing "today's challenging environmental issues�solutions supported
by a broad spectrum of interests."
 California Foundation on the Environment and the Economy
"Dedicated to educating public and private sector decision makers on, and developing
creative solutions to California's complex economic, environmental and social issues."
 California Land Use Planning Network (LUPIN) (California Resources Agency)
An information service to support and address California land use and planning.
 California League of Conservation Voters EcoVote Online
 California Planners' Book of Lists (1996 onward) (Governor's Office of Planning and Research)
Annual directory of California local planning agencies with lists of latest versions of city and
county plans.
 CERES (California Environmental Resources Evaluation System)

Source: UC Berkeley Institute for Governmental Studies (http://www.igs.berkeley.edu/library/)

Selected Web Resources : California:

Environmental Policy and Planning

 Environmental Working Group - California
"Dedicated to protecting the citizens of California, particularly California's children, from the
effects of pesticides and other toxic chemicals."
 Great Valley Center
Mission is to "support activities and organizations that promote the economic, social, and
environmental well-being of California's Great Central Valley."
 Greenbelt Alliance
"Our mission is to make the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area a better place to live by
protecting the region's Greenbelt and improving the livability of its cities and towns."
 Planning and Conservation League
 San Francisco Beautiful
 San Francisco Tomorrow
"An urban environment organization."
 Save San Francisco Bay Association
 San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR)
 Save-the-Redwoods League
 Transportation and Land Use Coalition
"Working together for a sustainable and socially just Bay Area."
 Water Education Foundation
"Your resource for information about water resource issues"
 Source: UC Berkeley Institute for Governmental Studies (http://www.igs.berkeley.edu/library/)

 See also: California Institute of Public Affairs

 Selected Web Resources :
Conservation and Biodiversity
 Land Use History of North America
(USGS)
 World Conservation Union (IUCN)
 World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
 TRAFFIC (wildlife trade monitoring
network)
 Forests Conservation Portal
 Sierra Club
 Selected Web Resources :
Conservation and Biodiversity
 The Nature Conservancy
 Friends of the Earth and
Friends of the Earth International
 Environmental conservation organizations: A
 Selected Web Resources :
Environmental Social Movements,
Activism and Radical
Environmentalism
 Environmental Movement Timeline
 Environmental Movement (Wikipedia
entry)
 Radical Environmentalism Bibliography
 Some Icons: Greenpeace
 Some Icons: Earth Liberation Front
 Some Icons: Animal Liberation Front
 Some Icons: Earth First
Selected Web Resources :
Environmental Social Movements,
Activism and Radical
Environmentalism (cont’d)
 Networks: Envirolink
 Action – Reaction:
Anti-Environmentalism Resources & Links
 Environmental Justice and Environmental Ra
(through 2002)
 Environmental Justice and Environmental Ra
(update yourself by going to EBSCOHost
and search in Environment Index and
GreenFILE)
 Selected Web Resources :
Humanities and Ecocriticism
 Some Primordial Texts: ASLE Library of Envi
 Some Recent Ecocriticism landmarks
 Association for the Study of Literature and E
 ASLE Introduction to Ecocriticism
 ASLE Bibliographies
Stanford Library Resources
 Branner Earth Sciences Library.
Earth Systems/The Environment guide.
 Terman Engineering Library.
Civil and Environmental Engineering guide.
 Environment Network, UNEP.NET from the
United Nations Environment Programme
 Environmental Engineering Abstracts (1990+)
 Environmental Fate Database
 Environmental Issues and Policy Index
 Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management
Stanford Library Resources
(cont’d)
 The National Journal (excellent for U.S.
national environmental politics and inside-the-
Beltway issues)
 Policy File (best grey literature and research-
in-progress site)
 World Political Science Abstracts (WPSA)
 EconLit (all fields of economics, including
environmental economics)
 Illumina cluster of 16 scientific and technical,
but policy-relevant, abstracts databases on
environmental topics
 E&E Publishing: Environment & Energy Daily,
Greenwire, E&E News, Climate Wire, Land
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