Environmental organization

Organizations that preserve or monitor the environment in different ways. Environmental organizations can be global, regional, national or local; they can be government-run or private.

Table of contents

1 Intergovernmental Organizations 2 Government Organizations 3 Private Organizations (Environmental NGOs) 4 Links

Intergovernmental Organizations

International organizations and bodies established under international organizations to protect the environment:

• European Environment Agency (EEA)
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
• UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme))

See also environmental agreements

Government Organizations

The governments of all developed countries today have government departments or agencies devoted to monitoring and protecting the environment:

• English Heritage
• English Nature
• The Environment Agency (of the UK)
• US EPA

Private Organizations (Environmental NGOs)

These organizations are involved in lobbying, advocacy, or conservation efforts:

• The Civic Trust
• Defenders of Wildlife
• Earth First!
• Earth Liberation Front
• Friends of the Earth
• Forest Stewardship Council
• Greenpeace
• Groundwork
• Sierra Club
• The Town and Country Planning Association
• Worldwatch Institute
• World Wildlife Fund

See also: environmentalism, green party, activism industry

Links

(These should be sorted into categories above; those that aren't primarily organizations, but rather websites, should be moved to environment)

• Scorecard.org - lots of info about pollution in your area, just enter your zip code. Colored maps also show how bad certain types of pollution are in your area.
• Environmental Protection Agency
• OEHHA
• Environmental Defense Fund
• Rachel's Environment and Health News - Weekly news about how the polluted environment affects people, and what corporations and governments are doing (or not doing) about it. Also in Spanish.
• Essential.org - Some organizations related to consumers and consumer protection, including pollution.
• CleanUp GE.org - Info about GE's shady dumping practices on the Hudson River.
• Extoxnet newsletters - environmental pollution news. Last update 1998.
• Environmental News Network - more news
• Environmental Working Group
• Sewage Sludge - in the US it is perfectly legal to fertilize food crops with solids from the sewer, which include lots of heavy metals and toxins.