National and International News about the Environment

Capitol Reports, Environmental “News Link,” provides frequently updated news articles on current environmental issues.

CNN Interactive is a daily news service which includes a section focusing on the “Earth” .

Context Institute’s Sustainable Culture Information Service explores and clarifies just what is involved in a humane sustainable culture – and how we can get there. Includes: The Global Context, a guide to global trends, challenges, and opportunities, and In Context magazine.

EnviroLink describes itself as “the largest online environmental information resource on the planet, reaching well over 5.2 million people in over 130 countries every month.”

Department of Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration describes and predicts changes in the Earth’s environment. Its site has spectacular pictures of the earth from space, focusing on current global environmental issues.

The Earth Times is the leading independent international nonpartisan newspaperon the environment and sustainable development, and includes such interrelated concerns as the international system as population, conflict-resolution, governance, human-rights, trade, and women’s and children’s rights.

EarthWatch Communications provides 3-D weather visualization for the broadcast, film and post-production industries and now the Internet. Weather on demand! EnviroLink, a grassroots online community dedicated to providing the most comprehensive, up-to-date environmental resources available, unites organizations and volunteers around the world with people in over 130 countries.

Environment On-line is the Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology’s “Experimental Internet Global Environment Education Center” which covers topics such as climate change, energy, forests and biodiversity, ozone depletion, resource use, and water.

The National Environmental Trust (EIC) is a national organization committed to informing Americans about the need for public policy that protects their health, safety, and environmental quality of life. The NET functions as the resource for several major public education campaigns about environmental issues.

E, the Environmental Magazine is an independent, newstand-quality publication on environmental issues–a magazine that educates, inspires and empowers Americans to make a difference for the environment. Topics include: key environmental issues and trends, environmental news, industry and consumer product updates, and food and environmental health issues.

Environmental News Network covers the hottest environmental news stories from around the world in several formats including daily news, magazine and radio.

Global Change, a magazine published by the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security, seeks to familiarize the public with the issues associated with climate change and ozone depletion.

EcoNet of the Institute for Global Communications (IGC) provides environmental headlines, action alerts, articles and references on many environmental topics.

IPS (Inter Press Service) provides news features, analyses and expert commentaries on the events and global processes affecting the economic, social and political development of peoples and nations, especially in the South. Backed by a network of journalists in more than 100 countries,IPS stories offer in-depth views of the major issues of the day, explaining how and why events occur. Many articles cover environmental issues.

Linkages (from the International Institute for Sustainable Development) is a multimedia resource for environment and development policy makers. This Web site includes areas on the Commission on Sustainable Development, Framework Convention on Climate Change, Convention on Biological Diversity, Convention to Combat Desertification, Chemical Management, Forest Policy, Genetic Resources, Sustainable Consumption.

The World Scientists’ Warning To Humanity, presented by the Union of Concerned Scientists, is a document concerning the state of our Earth and what we must do about it signed by over 1,500 members of national, regional, and international science academies and sixty-nine nations.

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