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There are 14 resources
Citizens' Guide to Clean Water
(Separate Website)
PDF document (may load slowly).
By: SC Department of Health and Environmental Control
Clean Energy Basics
(Separate Website)
These web pages answer basic questions about clean and renewable energy resources: (1) What is renewable energy? (2) Why is renewable energy important? (3) Why is energy efficiency important? (4) What does clean energy have to do with me?
By: National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Earth 911
(Separate Website)
It is the mission of Earth 911 to empower the public with community-specific resources to improve their quality of life. While sustainable prevention programs are by far the best way to protect our nation?s environment, the costs associated with many of these programs can be astronomical. That is why the use of this Public and Private Sector Partnership is so important in effectuating prevention ideals. Through the Partnership, economies of scale and scope are achieved, promoting this public service across the nation and centralizing environmental resources into one user-friendly network.
By: Earth 911
Enviromapper - Locating Environmental Problems, Solutions and Environmental Justice Issues
(Separate Website)
On-line mapping tool from the Environmental Protection Agency, maps EPA-regulated facilities, brownfields tax-incentive zones, surface water, watershed environmental information, superfund clean up sites, and environmental justice information according to zip code.
By: United States Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental Health
(Separate Website)
Environmental Health is charged with protecting the health of South Carolina?s families, our visitors, and our environment through the application of scientific principles and sound management practices in the areas of Food Protection, Onsite Wastewater Management, and General Sanitation.
By: SC Department of Health and Environmental Control
Environmental Protection Agency E-Docket
(Separate Website)
The EDocket is an electronic docket, or list of the EPA's proposed rule-making actions. You can use the EDocket to find out what new rules or rule-changes the EPA is planning to take action on in the near future. You may also send your comments about the rules to the EPA electronically.
Federal agencies like EPA use the rule-making process to issue regulations unless this is not allowed under the statutes passed by Congress and signed into law by the President. The rulemaking process generally follows a simple procedure called 'notice and comment.' The agency provides notice of a pending regulation by publishing a proposed rule in the Federal Register. Any person or organization may review this notice and submit comments on it in writing. In some cases public hearings are held where interested parties may speak and provide comments. The period during which comments are accepted may vary for individual actions, but it usually is 30, 60, or 90 days.
By: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental Quality Control
(Separate Website)
The Office of Environmental Quality Control (EQC) is the environmental regulatory arm of the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control. EQC is responsible for the enforcement of federal and state environmental laws and regulations, and for the issuing of permits, licenses and certifications for activities which may affect the environment.
By: SC Department of Health and Environmental Control
Genetically Modified Foods and Organisms
(Separate Website)
This site answers common questions about genetically modified foods,
By: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Biological and Environmental Research
Global Greengrants Fund Web Site
(Separate Website)
Global Greengrants Fund supports grassroots groups supporting environmental justice and sustainability around the world. Our grants fund grassroots action in some of the world’s most despoiled and impoverished places. Grassroots groups are key to solving intractable problems and halting cycles of poverty, powerlessness and environmental destruction. Our grants offer hope and tap the energy of communities where other sources of support are unavailable. There is no better investment than supporting passionate people with great ideas.
By: Global Greengrants Fund
Global Recycling Network (GRN)
(Separate Website)
Global Recycling Network (GRN) is a free-access public site dedicated to recycling-related information.
By: Global Recycling Network (GRN)
What is renewable energy?
(Separate Website)
The United States currently relies heavily on coal, oil, and natural gas for its energy. Fossil fuels are nonrenewable, that is, they draw on finite resources that will eventually dwindle, becoming too expensive or too environmentally damaging to retrieve. In contrast, renewable energy resources?such as wind and solar energy?are constantly replenished and will never run out.
By: National Laboratory for Renewable Energy
What to Do When You Find an Environmental Problem or Crime
(Separate Website)
What do you do when you find someone violating an environmental law? Unlike seeing someone rob a store, seeing someone violate an environmental law is not remedied by just calling 911. If you truly want to do something about an illegal dump or other environmental crime, you must make a lot of noise in a great number of places. These web pages tell you where to go and what to do.
By: Wild Law
Wild Law Web Site: Environmental Legal Resources
(Separate Website)
Environmental Legal Resources including information and handbooks about (1) the Basics of Environmental Law, (2) How to Look Up Laws and Cases, (3) Blowing the Whistle and Defending Yourself, (4) Understanding the Administrative Procedure Act, (5) Citizens' Guides on Using the Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Acts (to get info from the federal government), and much more.
By: WildLaw: A Non-Profit Environmental Law Firm Defending the Wild!
Zoomer - Zoom In On Your Environment
(Separate Website)
Use Zoomer to zoom in on useful tips and news about the environment in your neighborhood. Find out where to take old paint cans. Check out the day's pollen count. Learn about local wildlife. Get the scoop here ? it's free!
By: Sierra Club
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