Subject: Environmental Links
EPA Resources for Non-Profit Organizations
http://www.epa.gov/epahome/nonprof.html105:S.1146:.html
The United States Environmental Protection Agency has introduced
a web site for members of the non-profit community to find EPA
resources specifically of interest to their organizations. This
site is part of a larger effort coordinated by the White House
Public Liaison and announced by Vice President Gore in a press
conference Tuesday, September 16. The EPA site features
information to assist non-profits in getting informed and
involved in environmental issues; accessing data and
information about environmental conditions; and finding Agency
programs and contacts for their activities.
Pfiesteria, Fish Kills & The Chesapeake Bay
http://www.chesapeakebay.net/bayprogram/new/innews/1997/pfiester.
htm
In response to recent fish kills and other diseased fish catches
in Maryland, North Carolina and Delaware, the Chesapeake Bay
Program has created this page for the latest information about
Pfiesteria piscicida, implicated in the recent fish kills.
Pfiesteria piscicida is a one-celled microorganism referred to by
scientists as a toxic dinoflagellate. The site includes fact
sheets, daily updates, health facts and information from current
press articles.
Pfiesteria piscicida
http://www.nal.usda.gov/wqic/pfiest.htmlnew/innews/1997/pfiester.
The Water Quality Information Center at the National Agricultural
Library, U. S. Department of Agriculture, has developed a page of
linkages to material covering Pfiesteria piscicida as well.
Linkages are made to information from the Maryland Department of
Natural Resources, North Carolina Department of Environment and
Natural Resources, and other organizations dealing with
the recent concerns of this microorganisms' affect on aquatic
life.
NGO Directory for Central and Eastern Europe
http://www.rec.org/REC/Databases/NGODirectory/NGOFind.htmliester.
This Non Governmental Organizations (NGO) Directory, developed by
the Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe,
offers listing from thirteen countries in that region and is
accessible through an initial search screen. The search option
offers a selection of country and keyword with the option to add
English and native language names. The directory has over 1,700
entries of local chapters and national/central offices and each
record offers contact information, number of members, objectives,
and activities.
ABC's of Pollution Prevention for Small Businesses
http://www.edf.org/Want2help/ABCs.htmlrectory/NGOFind.htmliester.
The Environmental Defense Fund has created this colorful and
informative alphabet of pollution prevention ideas for small
businesses in honor of Pollution Prevention Week, September
15-19. Because cleaning up pollution is difficult and expensive,
P2 Week focuses on ways to avoid creating it in the first place.