Encyclopedia of the Earth
A collaboratively authored electronic encyclopedia, with entries contributed by scholars, professionals, educators, practitioners and other experts who review each other's work.
Envirolink
A grassroots online community that unites organizations and volunteers around the world and is dedicated to providing comprehensive, up-to-date environmental information and news.
Environment & Energy Daily
E & E News is a news organization focusing on energy and the environment. Their daily publications/ video programs include: Energywire, Climatewire, E & E Daily, Greenwire, E & E News PM, and E & ETV. Coverage of national and regional environmental issues.
Environmental News Network
Environmental news site committed to balanced and in-depth reporting on environmental issues.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
International organization that focuses on global as well as regional environmental issues.
Science.gov
Searches over 60 databases and over 2,200 scientific websites to provide access to federal science information including research and development results.
United Nations Environment Programme
Global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system and serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment.
World Resources Institute
Global research organization that focuses on providing information about global environmental issues and problems.
350.org
A climate action organization focused on using online campaigns, grassroots organization, and mass public actions to build awareness and take actions to reduce impacts of climate change
C2ES Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
Successor to the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, a widely respected independent environmental think tank and nonpartisan nonprofit organization working toward practical solutions to climate change.
Climate Central
Science and news organization of scientists and journalists researching and reporting about climate change related issues and impacts.
GlobalChange.gov
U.S. global change research program.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
The international body for assessing the science related to climate change, set up in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to provide policymakers with regular assessments of the scientific basis of climate change, its impacts and future risks, and options for adaptation and mitigation.
NASA: Climate Change and Global Warming
Focuses on making NASA research on climate change accessible to the public.
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
U.N. initiatives, agreements, processes, conferences focusing on climate change.
Air and Waste Management Association
Institute of Professional Environmental Practice
International Society for Environmental Ethics
North American Association for Environmental Education
Society for Conservation Biology
Society of Environmental Journalists
** There are countless environmental organizations accessible on the Web. The above list is a sampling of professional environmental associations and is not meant to be comprehensive. If you are looking for a professional association not listed here or if you are looking for a specific environmental organization, try the search engine Google to locate it on the Web. **