Environmental organizations

Organizations that preserve or monitor the environment in different ways. Environmental organizations can be global, regional, national or local; they can be government-run or private.

Intergovernmental Organizations

International organizations and bodies established under international organizations to protect the environment:

• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
• UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme))
• European Environment Agency (EEA)

See also environmental agreements

Government Organizations

The governments of all developed countries today have government departments or agencies devoted to monitoring and protecting the environment:

• US Environment Protection Agency

Private Organizations (Environmental NGOs)

These organizations are involved in both lobbying, and conservation efforts:

• World Wildlife Fund
• Greenpeace
• FSC (Forest Stewardship Council)
• Worldwatch Institute
• Defenders of Wildlife

Links

(These should be sorted into categories above; those that aren't primarily organizations, but rather websites, should be moved to environment)

• Scorecard.org - lots of info about pollution in your area, just enter your zip code. Colored maps also show how bad certain types of pollution are in your area.
• Environmental Protection Agency
• OEHHA
• Environmental Defense Fund
• Rachel's Environment and Health News - Weekly news about how the polluted environment affects people, and what corporations and governments are doing (or not doing) about it. Also in Spanish.
• Essential.org - Some organizations related to consumers and consumer protection, including pollution.
• CleanUp GE.org - Info about GE's shady dumping practices on the Hudson River.
• Extoxnet newsletters - environmental pollution news. Last update 1998.
• Environmental News Network - more news
• Environmental Working Group
• Sewage Sludge - in the US it is perfectly legal to fertilize food crops with solids from the sewer, which include lots of heavy metals and toxins.

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