The Environment And Public Policy 12 Jan 2009

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 

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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 userdefined maps.

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

Selected Web Resources : California: Environmental Policy and Planning 

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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

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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/)

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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.

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national environmental politics and inside-theBeltway issues) Policy File (best grey literature and researchin-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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