Topics: Issues : Environment
Any issue which concerns the ecological and human environment - this covers everything from local transport pollution to the destruction of the ozone layer.
Activism
Environmental activism covers a wide range of actions, from writing letters to politicians and corporations, through publicity stunts and banner-waving protests, to direct action like chaining yourself to a tree to prevent a new road.
Direct Action,
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Climate Change
Sites in this category cover global warming and cooling, sea level and ice pack changes, desertification, and all general discussion on shifts in the earth's climatic zones, particularly as theorized to result from human emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, and other "greenhouse gases."
Activism,
News and Media,
Technological Solutions,
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Conservation and Endangered Species
This category is for political and social issues concerning the protection or conservation of endangered species and other animals.
Activism,
Ecosystems and Habitats,
Education,
Organizations,
Regional,
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Consumerism
This category is for sites dealing with issues of consumerism and its impact on the environment.
Activism,
Green,
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Directories
This category is for Web sites that are, or include, directories of organizations and Web sites concerned with protection and management of the environment and natural resources.
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Energy
Activism,
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Environmental Justice
Environmental justice has to do with social equity in environmental matters.
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Food and Drink
Issue under broad category of society about Food and Drink. Although under environmental category, this category is about more than the environmental consequences of organic or not organic growing.
Organic Food,
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Growth and Sprawl
Articles and Commentaries,
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Health
Sites concerning the issues of environmental health.
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Light Pollution
Light Pollution (also called obtrusive lighting, photopollution and luminous pollution) is not the opposite of heavy pollution, but is pollution caused by the increasing use of urban, and now rural, outdoor lighting which has deemed many countries practically unsuitable for observations using astronomical telescopes.
Chats and Forums,
News and Media,
Opposing Views,
Regulation,
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Mining
Mountaintop removal mining is a form of strip mining that completely removes up to 800 feet of bedrock from a mountain top.
Organizations,
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News and Media
News articles about environmental issues.
Land,
Mining and Drilling,
Politics,
Water,
Wildfire,
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Noise Pollution
This category contains websites related to all forms of noise considered pollution.
Aviation Related,
Mailing Lists,
Noise Law,
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Nuclear
Issues surrounding all aspects of the nuclear industry and materials in the environment. These include nuclear fallout from nuclear facilities or weapons tests, issues around nuclear power, uranium mining, recycling and waste disposal.
Activism,
Energy,
News,
Nuclear Fallout,
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Opposing Views
Criticisms of environmentalism and environmentalist groups; also exposes of "Greenwash", which is corporations trying to present themselves as more environment-friendly ("green") than they actually are.
Climate Change Skeptics,
Deforestation,
Junk Science,
Regulation,
Wind Energy,
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Organizations
Organizations listed here are involved in issues and activism on environmental topics. These would be organizations working internationally or on multiple environment issues.
Earth First,
Friends of the Earth,
Greenpeace,
Green Cross,
National Audubon Society,
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Pollution
Activism,
Organizations,
Transboundary,
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Population
Society: Issues: Environment: Population topics focus on the negative or positive impact of population increase or decrease within an ecosystem, governmental region, or on a global scale.
Anti-Population Control,
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Pro-Population Control,
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Research
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Sustainable Development
The World Commission on Environment and Development (the Brundtland Commission), defined "sustainable development" as follows in the report Our Common Future (Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1987): "Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
Activism,
Anti-Development,
Conferences,
Debates,
Monitoring,
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Videos
This category is for videos related to our environment. Note: "Videos" has been expanded to include flash and other rich media presentations.
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Waste and Recycling
Includes links to sites dealing with the issues surrounding waste, waste disposal, and recycling.
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