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20/20 Vision for Peace and the Environment

Peace and environmental activism from global warming to disarmament. Provide information, resources and actions to empower citizens to lobby Congress on the environment, arms control, pollution, human rights, and conservation.
http://www.2020vision.org

Center for Environmental Education and Information

CEEI provides a report of all the polluted streams in the United states including all the Clean Water Act 303(d) lists and documentation.
http://www.wcei.org

Network of Waste Activists Stopping Trash Exports

NO WASTE are Michigan environmentalists who advocate and educate people about the problems with solid waste imports and exports. Provide news and information to promote sensible waste management and recycling in the US.
http://members.tripod.com/nowaste

Earth Share

Manages workplace giving campaigns for its national environmental charities, just as the United Way raises funds for its health and human service charities. Provide news, resources and campaign information.
http://www.earthshare.org/

Friends of the Earth US

FOE is a national environmental organization dedicated to preserving the health and diversity of the planet for future generations. Provide information on campaigns and issues.
http://www.foe.org/

Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League (BREDL)

Information on campaigns to raise public awareness against environmentally damaging projects and proposals throughout the southeast including landfill expansion, corporate hog farms, four-lane highways, and clearcut logging in national forests.
http://www.bredl.org/

Global Impact Environmental

Provide information on many projects planned on local and global issues.
http://www.globalimpact.org/

Environmental Investigation Agency

Branch of the EIA, an independent, international organization committed to investigating and exposing environmental crimes around the world. Provides information and news on wildlife conservation and other environmental issues.
http://www.ecocrimes.org/

National Opossum Society

Work to improve management and handling of opossums in the environment Provides information about all aspects of the proper care of opossums.
http://www.opossum.org/

Public Interest Research Groups (PIRG)

State based consumer and environmental advocacy groups active across the country. Features action alerts and reports on many environmental, consumer and student issues.
http://www.pirg.org/

Adirondack Council Home Page

Provides information, news and resources on Adirondack Park, conservation issues. Includes information on how to fight acid rain by purchasing a Clean Air Certificate.
http://adirondackcouncil.org
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Save America's Forests

Nationwide campaign to pass historic federal law to ban clear cutting, end logging of Ancient Forests and protect natural forest ecosystems. Provide information, news, resources and actions.
http://www.saveamericasforests.org/

GREEN - Grassroots Environmental Effectiveness Network

Working with grassroots activists to strengthen wildlife and public lands protections. Provide information on campaigns focusing primarily on national legislation, but also assisting with state laws and programs.
http://www.defenders.org/grnhome.html

Next Step

Provides resources and networking for Minnesota and elsewhere on many environmental and sustainable future topics.
http://www.nextstep.state.mn.us/

Environmental Defense

Links science, economics, and law to create innovative, equitable, and cost-effective solutions to the most urgent environmental problems. Provides information, news and resources on many environmental issues.
http://www.environmentaldefense.org/

Public Research Works

Educates the public on the need to reduce the negative environmental impact of human activity. Provides report that identified the 100 companies that emit the most air pollution through the Grandfather Loophole in the Texas Clean Air Act.
http://www.publicresearchworks.org/

Institute for Southern Studies

Non-profit research center working to bring lasting social and economic change. Provide information, news and available reports and newsletter on many issues including environment, jobs, farm workers and civil rights.
http://www.southernstudies.org/

Native Forest Council

Provide news and resources for the protection of publicly owned lands from logging, mining, grazing, drilling and off-road vehicles.
http://www.forestcouncil.org/

Hikers for Clean Air

Provides news and resources to promote public awareness and support in the nation's hiking community for legislation and regulatory initiatives to significantly reduce air pollutants.
http://www.hikersforcleanair.org/

GRACE Public Fund

Provides information in support of initiatives to safeguard the health of the earth's inhabitants and preserve the future of the planet. Projects include factory farms, nuclear abolition, environment and public health.
http://www.gracepublicfund.org/

Sweetgrass Hills Protection Association

Information about the pollution of gold mining from a Montana group trying to protect these hills, rich with wildlife and sacred to many Indian groups.
http://comus.msun.edu/Hon290/HillsHome.html

Composting Council of Oregon

CCO is a membership organization dedicated to the support and promotion of all aspects of organics recycling.
http://www.compostingcouncilofor.org/

Opossum Society of the United States

OSUS is a non-profit wildlife rehabilitation organization dedicated to the care of orphaned and injured opossums. Provides information and resources.
http://www.opossumsocietyus.org/

Constitutional Law Foundation

Seeks to advance environmental law issues, intergenerational ethics, and the concern for posterity stated in the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution. Provides articles and documents related to the U.S. Constitution and environmental protection.
http://www.conlaw.org/

Pacoima Beautiful

Provides information about the organizations programs, staff, Board of Directors, mission, funding and contact information.
http://www.pacoimabeautiful.org

Friends of Hudson

Hudson River Valley public interest group focused on protecting air and water quality, and promoting sound land use planning, with a speciality in the cement and hazardous waste industries.
http://www.friendsofhudson.com

Riverkeeper

National environmental group based in the Hudson Valley with a focus on protecting U.S. rivers. Provides information, history, news and resources.
http://www.riverkeeper.org/

Environmental Working Group

Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit with a focus on drinking water, pesticides, air pollution and other environmental topics.
http://www.ewg.org/

NRDC - Environmental Legislation

Extensive information on environmental legislation from the Natural Resources Defense Council. Includes "Legislative watch," a bi-weekly email bulletin that tracks environmental bills moving through Congress.
http://www.nrdc.org/legislation/default.asp

America's Environment At Risk

Details current threats to America's environment, the powerful interests behind those threats, and describes common-sense solutions to protect the environment. PIRG project for on line activism to send a message to congress.
http://www.environmentatrisk.org/

Population-Environment Balance

A national, non-profit membership organization dedicated to maintaining the quality of life in the United States through population stabilization.
http://www.balance.org/

Americans for Our Heritage and Recreation

AHR works to protect open spaces and the outdoors through the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF).
http://www.ahrinfo.org

Izaak Walton League of America

Dedicated to protecting our nation's soil, air, woods, waters and wildlife. Details conservation programs, membership and publications.
http://www.iwla.org/

National Tree Trust

Promote public awareness of trees and their benefits, provide grants, and unite civic and corporate institutions in support of local tree planting. Provides program descriptions and membership information.
http://www.nationaltreetrust.org/

National Parks and Conservation Association

Site provides information on US national parks and campaigns to protect these natural, historic and cultural treasures.
http://www.npca.org/

Merck Family Fund

Private family foundation that awards grants to non-profit organizations in the United States that work to protect the natural environment. Details on programs, internships and grant guidlines.
http://www.merckff.org/

The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund

Provides free and legal services to community-based groups and local governments working to protect their quality of life and natural environment.
http://www.celdf.org/

The Wilderness Society

Dedicated to preserving America's wilderness through action and public education.
http://wilderness.org/

National Forest Protection Alliance

Desire for an end to the corporate and commercial exploitation of public lands, and an end to all commercial logging. Provides reports, newsletter and donation information.
http://www.forestadvocate.org/

Old Growth Tree Preservation Act, 2002

an initiative currently under review in the Attorney General's office prior to circulation. Calls for the preservation of old growth trees and stands on non-federally owned forest lands in the State of California.
http://www.ancienttrees.org

Southeastern Windstar Connection

To inspire individuals to make responsible choices and take direct actions to achieve a peaceful and environmentally sustainable future.
http://home.earthlink.net/~sjhaymore/sewc.html

Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund

Protects people, wildlife and natural resources by providing free legal representation to citizen groups to enforce environmental laws in the USA.
http://www.earthjustice.org/

Keep Rockland Beautiful, Inc, New York

Information about helping communities improve quality of life through litter prevention and beautification. It describes programs in education, litter law enforcement and cleanup.
http://www.planet-rockland.org/krb/index.html

The Nebraska Environmental Trust: Preserving Natural Nebraska for future generations.

The Nebraska Environmental Trust uses a combination of lottery proceeds and private donations to fund environmental work across Nebraska.
http://www.environmentaltrust.org/

Florida Oceanographic Coastal Center

Dedicated to protecting, preserving and restoring Florida's ocean and coastal ecosystems through education, research and personal stewardship.
http://www.floridaoceanographic.org

Northeast Rural Water Association

A nonprofit association of water and wastewater systems in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont. Offers training, onsite technical assistance and source water protection services.
http://www.neruralwater.org

Save the Gunks

Dedicated to trying to save the Shawangunk mountains in New York from development. Includes schedule, details about the development plans, and ways to help.
http://www.savethegunks.com/

Rio Colorado Reclamation Committee

A community based organization dedicated to the reclamation of the Molycorp mine and the restoration of the Red River in northern New Mexico.
http://www.rcrc.nm.org/

Transform the Earth Foundation

A non-profit environmental concern focused on education through national writing contests and other educational opportunities.
http://www.transformtheearth.org

Tamalpais Conversation Club

Their mission is to preserve and protect Mount Tamalpais in California. Includes club history, trail information, news, events, and membership application.
http://www.tamalpais.org

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