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Alternative Environmental Concepts - Addresses distinctions that should be made in employing words commonly used in the environmental discussion.

Critical Decision - an organization that encourages citizens to study and question the influences large corporations have obtained over democracy, technology, religion, families, society, population growth, and the environment.

Earthside - Environment, politics, opinion and quality of life issues for Arvada, Colorado, and the USA.

Environment, Resources and Development - a consulting firm working all over the world. It is also a think-tank elaborating themes of Environment, Human Rights and Culture.

Environmentalism from the Right - conservative letter to the editor regarding environmental policy.

Green Republicans - support Republicans and Conservatives who recognize the dangers of global warming. The site also discusses other issues such as pollution, health, and education.

iGreens - Individualist environmental views, articles, reviews, discussion and polls. E-mail list available as well as obituaries, politician evaluations, reprints of papers and poetry.

League of Conservation Voters - Focus on U.S. Congress -- information on proposed legislation, how Senators and Representatives voted on environmental issues, and pre-election evaluations of candidates.

League of Conservation Voters Education Fund - mission is to strengthen the capacity of the environmental movement, to mobilize citizens as informed voters, and advocate for sound environmental policies.

Ocean Champions - is a national political organization focused solely on the oceans whose goal is to develop bipartisan political support in the U.S. Congress.

Oikos - Italian environmental activist organization.

OMB Watch: Regulatory Policy - nonpartisan research/advocacy center addresses cross-cutting regulatory policy issues, which can affect environmental policies.

Ontheissues.org: Environment - US presidential candidates' views on environmental issues.

Planetizen - A public-interest information exchange for the urban planning and development community. Urban planning and development news, job opportunities, commentary and events.

Rep America - Formed in 1995 to resurrect the GOP's conservation tradition and to restore natural resource conservation and sound environmental protection as fundamental elements of the Republican Party's vision for America.

Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) - Global treaty to protect human health and the environment from these chemicals. Includes background information, implementation plans for reducing production of the substances, and list of signatories.

Toxic Wells, NJ - A Satire - This tongue-in-cheek Chamber of Commerce brochure puts a brave face (and positive spin) on the problems of a mythical environmentally challenged town.

The Tragedy of the Commons, by Garrett Hardin (1968) - An essay that forms the background for much of free-market environmental thinking, which asks how property rights can be extended into commonly held resources, to promote incentives to protect (rather than harm) the environment.

Vote No on Question 2 - Maine's Question 2, the forestry referendum, will promote sprawl and reduce the overall quality of Maine's forests. This site explains the issues surrounding Question 2.

The Go Green Debate - RSS feed service providing information, facts and answers about the on going debate over the environment. [RSS]