Environmental Issues

Many federal and state agencies are involved in a wide variety of environmental issues: air and water quality, energy resources, pollution, recycling, conservation, and so on. The following sites provide information on their efforts to address issues of environment concern. (Please note that these are government sites and thus subject to administrative approval. We offer them as a view of current government policy and thought, not as a matter of personal opinion.)

Agencies

• Department of Energy
• Endangered Species Program
(U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
• Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
• Energy Information Administration
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Natural Resources Conservation Service
• U. S. Department of the Interior
• United States Geological Survey

Congressional Committees

• House Committee on Energy and Commerce
• House Committee on Resources
• House Committee on Science
• Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
• Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation
• Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
• Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works

State of Ohio Agencies

• Lake Erie Commission
• Ohio Air Quality Development Authority
• Ohio Department of Agriculture
• Ohio Department of Natural Resources
• Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
• Office of Energy Efficiency
• Public Utilities Commission of Ohio

Environmental Legislation and Regulations

• Clean Air Act
• Clean Water Act
• Code of Federal Regulations
• Compliance and Enforcement (EPA)
• Environmental Justice (guide from Univ. of Michigan)
• Federal Register
• Laws, Regulations, and Dockets
• Ohio EPA Rules Index
• Where You Live (environmental info on communities and regions)

Energy Use and Efficiency

• Consumer’s Guide to Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
• Energy Emissions Data and Environmental Analysis
• Environmentally Responsible Energy Production in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
• Increasing Renewable and Traditional Energy for American Families
• National Energy Policy (White House)
• Partnerships for Home Energy Efficiency
• Recycling

Publications

• Congressional Research Service Reports
from the Committee for the National Institute for the Environment
• Environmental Health Information Service accessible only at The College of Wooster Libraries
• Environmental Health Perspectives also in paper, Documents HE 20.3559:
• National Climatic Data Center Online Document Library on campus use only