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Social Issues - Global Warming

Great Web Sites

  • EPA Global Warming Site
    This site contains information about the affects of global climate change. You'll find a variety of reports, statistics, information and commentary, as well as a history of the issue.
    (http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/index.html)
  • Global Warming Information Site
    This site, from the Center for Public Policy Research, provides an outline of the conservative perspective with regard to global warming. This organization disputes the idea that global warming is actually occurring; they offer you an overview of the problem and links to other sites and documents.
    (http://www.nationalcenter.org/Kyoto.html)
  • Global Warming Information Page
    This site, from the Cooler Heads Coalition, a group opposing environmental action, provides information and analysis of a variety of aspects of the global warming issue. You'll also find a link to a student research center.
    (http://www.globalwarming.org/)
  • Global Warming Impact
    This site from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency gives an overview of greenhouse gas emissions by each state, and information about actions being taken to reduce them. You'll also find climate change impact studies, reports on emissions from electrical utilities and carbon dioxide emissions, and more.
    (http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/ImpactsStateImpacts.html)
  • Union of Concerned Scientists Environmental Information Page
    Here you'll find briefings, updates, analysis, a FAQ, fact sheets, a guide for personal action, and links from an organization that supports environmental action on the global warming issue.
    (http://www.ucsusa.org/global_environment/index.cfm)
  • 98-2: Global Climate Change Treaty: The Kyoto Protocol
    The Congressional Research Service's report for Congress, provided by the National Library for the Environment.
    (http://cnie.org/NLE/CRSreports/Climate/clim-3.cfm)
  • The Clean Air Act
    Text of this Act as it appears in the U.S. Code.
    (http://straylight.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode42/usc_sup_01_42_10_85.html)

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