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The Curtis and Edith Munson Foundation
From the Web site: "The Curtis and Edith Munson Foundation began making grants in 1987-88. Over the past 15 years, we have emphasized partnerships, collaborations, and seed funding for new projects and organizations within the framework of our programs as defined by our guidelines."

Ocean Biogeographic Information System

Washington Post Climate Agenda Page

White House Lists 2009 Clean Energy Work
Thegovemonitor.com published a piece by Heather Zichal, Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change, that describes six areas in which the Obama administration has worked on clean energy.

Republican Party Platform on Energy Issues
A description, by the GOP, of its energy bill. A related bill is in the House that would prohibit the EPA from regulating carbon dioxide and certain other substances as air pollutants.

Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center of US DOE
From the Web site: " Tower, Gainesville (Austin Cary), Florida, USA (29.738067, -82.218767) The Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) is the primary climate-change data and information analysis center of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). CDIAC is located at DOE's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and includes the World Data Center for Atmospheric Trace Gases."

Map Showing Extreme Climate Change Effects
This clickable map notates the effect of a 4 degree C change in global temperature on crops, water supply, marine life and forest fires.

Average Earth Temperature Spreadsheets
Accompanying an essay by the Earth Policy Institute, this page provides links to spreadsheets of temperature data between 1880 and 2007.

Global Temperature Database
Readings from 500 stations around the world, some dating to 1720.

NASA Global Temperature Data
Provides PDFs and graphs of temperature variables.

The Copenhagen Diagnosis
A report that gives science updates since the publication of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report. It notes that sea-ice melt in 2007-2009 was 40% more than had been predicted and that the loss of land ice-sheets is accelerating.

Environmental Defense Fund Copenhagen Analysis
Papers and resources on climate change issues.

ClimateDepot.org
Site of global warming skeptic viewpoint.

UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
The 1994 agreement on how to approach climate change negotiations.

Copenhagen Climate Change Conference Site
The official site.

Chemical Nitrogen Is Exceeding the Earth's Carrying Capacity, Essay Says
The application of chemical nitrogen fertilizer is boosting the growth of invasive species in the water and on land. Of the 80 million tons of chemical fertilizer used, only 17 million is actually absorbed to the benefit of crops; the rest erodes to nourish pest plants on land or algae in the water. Both of these invasive types starve off native plants and reduce biodiversity.

General Electric Plans to Commercialize a Net-Zero Energy Home by 2015

Zero-Energy Homes Detailed
The page looks at different approaches in different parts of the country, including the DOE's first zero-energy home, which is a 3,000 square foot home in Livermore, Calif.

Vulnerability and Climate Change in the Southeast United States
From the Web site: "Maps are based on research conducted by The Hazards and Vulnerability Research Institute, Department of Geography, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC."

End to Fossil Fuel Subsidies Would Cut Emissions by 10%, Coalition Asserts
The Green Energy Coalition says that the countries of the world give hundreds of billions of dollars of subsidies to fossil fuel and that ending these subsidies would help cut emissions.

Open Letter by Top Climate Scientists Calling for a 40% Reduction of Emissions Below 1990 Levels
This letter, signed by dozens of scientists, also points out that 120 nations agree that temperature rise should stay below 2 degrees C. The September 2009 letter called upon countries meeting in Copenhagen to adopt strong targets.

Citizens Who Work for EPA Publish an Unofficial Report on Cap-and-Trade versus Fee-and-Rebate
The authors dispute the efficacy of cap-and-trade and argue, instead, for charging a fee on fossil fuels at the point of extraction or importation and then redistributing the monies to individuals so that there is no net expense to society. In 2006 86% of the 99.960 quadrillion BTUs burned by the US economy were derived from carbon-based fossil fuels.

CDC Page of Links about Air Quality
A link list to Web pages describing indoor and outdoor air quality and pollution.

EPA's List of Hydraulic Fracturing Chemicals, as transmitted by EarthWorks Action
Among the chemicals on the list are benzene (both by itself and as a constituent of diesel), hydrochloric acic, copper compounds, boric acid and napthalene.

EPA Economic Analysis Page for Climate Change Proposals

Commentary by Dr. James Hansen on his Climate Change Research
These blogs, in PDF, provide commentary on the scientific papers of the NASA scientist who advises that humanity reduce atmospheric carbon dixoide to 350 parts per million from its present 385 ppm. If this high level of carbon in the atmosphere persists, the feedback effects will accelerate the man-made warming already underway, Hansen argues. Before the industrial revolution, the atmosphere had 285 parts per million of carbon dioxide.

Eco-footprint of textiles
Describes the environmental inputs for cotton, rayon, hemp and other types of natural and synthetic fibers. Also discusses the recycling and the decay of clothing.

IKEA to Donate a Solar Lamp for Each One Sold

The Case for Water Quality Markets in the Chesapeake Bay

Ecosystem Marketplace

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Greenpeace

Natural Resources Defense Council

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