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Silver Star Mountain (again) from the Washington Pass overlook.

Silver Star Mountain, this time seen from the Washington Pass overlook, North Cascades Highway, Washington.

A few of these links are for Washington State, with a couple only for Seattle. Most, however, are more widely applicable.

The links to the news stories may go stale, depending on how they've been archived. All the others are fresh as of December 2006.

global warming
Other links on this page may also deal with climate change. For example, see data. There's also a separate list of weather links.
  1. ipcc.ch: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change of the
    World Meteorological Organization, at wmo.ch
  2. and the "Summary for Policymakers" from its February 2007 report: ipcc-wg1.ucar.edu/wg1/docs/WG1AR4_SPM_PlenaryApproved.pdf
  3. giss.nasa.gov: NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) at Columbia University "emphasizes a broad study of global climate change."
  4. climatescience.gov: US Climate Change Science Program
  5. noaa.gov/climate.html: NOAA Climate Home Page
  6. pewclimate.org: The Pew Center on Global Climate Change
  7. ucsusa.org: The Union of Concerned Scientists "combines independent scientific research and citizen action..."
  8. globalwarmingart.com: charts
  9. nrdc.org/globalWarming/fcons.asp: a short overview, including current warning signs from the NRDC
  10. christiansandclimate.org: Evangelical Climate Initiative
  11. realclimate.org: Real Climate
  12. climatesciencewatch.org: ClimateScienceWatch, "Promoting integrity in the use of climate science in government"
    glaciers:
  13. geo.unizh.ch/wgms/: World Glacier Monitoring Service
  14. nsidc.org/data/glacier_inventory: the more technical World Glacier Inventory from NSIDC, The National Snow and Ice Data Center
  15. map.ngdc.noaa.gov/website/nsidc/glacier/viewer.htm: a world-wide, clickable glacier viewer map of photos and data, provided by:
  16. nesdis.noaa.gov: NESDIS, National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
    news:
  17. nasa.gov/vision/earth: NASA, 10/19/06: "Greenland Ice Sheet on a Downward Slide"
  18. livescience.com: 3/24/06--"Glaciers Disappear in Before and After Photos"
  19. npr.org...: NPR, 9/18/06: "Climate Change Cited in Siberian Landscape Shift"
    the "skeptics":
  20. climatesciencewatch.org...: America's Investigative Reports (AIR) on PBS -- program on science reporter Paul Thacker's exposé of "an entire industry built around spinning science for the purpose of confusing the public while benefiting Big Business...." and
    pauldthacker.com: Paul D. Thacker is "a freelance science writer who has published in numerous newspapers, magazines, and journals."
  21. sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Climate_change_sceptics: Source Watch
  22. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming_skeptics: Wikipedia
food
  1. fao.org: The Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN
  2. iatp.org: IATP, the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy's main issues are family farms, globalization, sustainability, food, and ecosystems
  3. cspinet.org: The Center for Science in the Public Interest
  4. grain.org/articles/?id=6: "Iraq's new patent law," from the excellent grain.org
  5. bilaterals.org: bilateral trade agreements and how they affect food
  6. wipo.int: the World Intellectual Property Organization, and seed patents
    ge/gm foods:
  7. cspinet.org/biotech: "The CSPI Biotechnology Project addresses scientific concerns, government policies, and corporate practices concerning genetically engineered (GE) plants, animals, and other organisms that are released into the environment or that may end up in our foods."
  8. centerforfoodsafety.org: "...for the purpose of challenging harmful food production technologies and promoting sustainable alternatives."
  9. gefoodalert.org: "a resource from the IATP"
    Monsanto:
  10. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsanto: Wikipedia: Monsanto Corporation
  11. monsantowatch.org: Monsanto Watch
  12. centerforfoodsafety.org/Monsantovsusfarmersreport.cfm: "Monsanto vs. U.S. Farmers Report," from the Center for Food Safety
  13. pubpat.org/monsantovfarmers.htm: Monsanto's anti-farmer patents, from Public Patent
other issues
    no tree left behind:
  1. thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin...: Thomas search results: H.R.4200, "Forest Emergency Recovery and Research Act," sponsored by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR)
  2. sierraclub.org...: the Sierra Club on H.R. 4200
    nuclear waste:
  3. npr.org: NPR, 11/24/06: "EPA Expected to Issue Million-Year-Long Regulation"
    chemicals:
  4. pbs.org/tradesecrets/resources.html: chemicals in the environment
  5. scorecard.org: Environmental Defense Fund's chemical watch
  6. pubs.acs.org/wls/journals/query/query.html?... American Chemical Society: Essential Resources for the Chemical Sciences
    EPA libraries:
  7. On my partisan politics page, there's a list of links that deals with the EPA's shutting down of its own libraries.
news sources
And see my media page.
  1. gristmagazine.com: "Environmental News and Commentary"
  2. enn.com: Environmental News Network
  3. nifc.gov/fireinfo/nfn.html: National Fire News
  4. earthsystems.org/Environment.shtml: Enviro links
  5. sciencemag.org: Science Magazine. You need to be a subscriber for most info, but see the excellent exception sciencemag.org/sciext/katrina: Hurricane Katrina: Science Online Special Collection
governmental agencies
    federal:
  1. epa.gov: the US Environmental Protection Agency
  2. fda.gov: the US Food and Drug Administration
  3. earthobservatory.nasa.gov: the extraordinary NASA Earth Observatory
  4. nifc.gov/fireinfo/nfn.html: National Fire News
  5. noaa.gov: the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration homepage, and
    nesdis.noaa.gov, the National Environmental Satellite, Data & Information Service
    Washington State:
  6. pscleanair.org: Puget Sound Clean Air Agency
  7. wa.gov/ecology: Washington Dept of Ecology
  8. wdfw.wa.gov/wildwatch: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife's WildWatchCams
  9. washington.edu/community/cmp.html: UW Campus Master Plan
organizations
  1. nrdc.org: Natural Resources Defense Council
  2. cspinet.org: Center for Science in the Public Interest
  3. biologicaldiversity.org: The Center for Biological Diversity
  4. greenpeace.org: Greenpeace USA
  5. wetlands.org: wetlands
  6. batcon.org: bats
  7. seattleaudubon.org: Seattle Audubon Society
  8. home.earthlink.net/~ravennacreek: Ravenna Creek Project
  9. wta.org: Washington Trails Association
  10. naturesongs.com
data
  1. cdc.noaa.gov/PublicData/data_faq.html, "Locating climate and weather data and information," from NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory concentrates on climate
  2. ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/icecore/antarctica/vostok/vostok_co2.html: NOAA Paleoclimatology World Data Centers--Vostok Ice Core CO2 Data
  3. serc.carleton.edu/research_education/katrina/hurricanes.html: Hurricanes and Hurricane History
  4. edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/earthshots/slow/tableofcontents: "satellite images of environmental change" from the USGS
  5. osei.noaa.gov: Operational Significant Event Imagery
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