Organizations, agencies, news sites and directories for environmental journalists
Conservation
Environmental
Protection Agency
www.epa.gov
Agency tasked with protecting human health and safeguarding environment.
Greenpeace
www.greenpeace.org
Organization dedicated to global conservation.
National Parks
Conservation Association
www.npca.org
Independent volunteer organization dedicated to preserving the national parks.
National Parks Services
www.nps.gov
Official agency that maintains and manages the national parks.
Sierra Club
www.sierraclub.org
Organization that promotes the protection and enjoyment of wild spaces.
Surfrider Foundation USA
www.surfrider.org
Volunteer organization dedicated to the protection of the world’s waves and beaches.
Disasters
Emergency Net
News Services
www.emergency.com
News of disasters, infectious diseases, terrorism and military actions.
Federal Emergency
Management Agency
www.fema.gov
Responsible for first response to all types of disasters.
Internet Disaster
Information Network
www.disaster.net
Network set up to distributes the latest news on disaster situations.
Energy
Environmental Organization
WebDirectory
www.webdirectory.com/ Science/Energy
Directory of alternative energy sources.
NEI-The Nuclear Energy Institute
www.nei.org/
The policy organization of the nuclear energy and technologies companies.
Tata Energy Research
Institute
www.teriin.org
Scientific and policy research organization, working in the fields of energy and environment.
The Department of Energy
www.doe.gov
Department charged with protecting and regulating national energy.
Union of Concerned
Scientists: Clean Energy
www.ucsusa.org/ clean_energy/index.cfm
Site that examines benefits and costs of different energy sources.
Environmental News
Environment News Service
www.ens-news.com
Daily international environment newswire.
Environmental Media
Services (EMS)
www.ems.org
Service dedicated to media coverage of environmental and public health issues.
Environmental
News Network
www.enn.com
Site for daily news and information on the environment and natural resources.
Planet Diary
www.planetdiary.com
Weekly global environmental news, plus links to science resources.
Society of Environmental
Journalists
www.sej.org
Membership organization dedicated to environmental journalism.
Health and Food
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
www.cdc.gov
Leading disease research center.
Drinking Water Resources
www.cyber-nook.com/water
Catalog of information on the safety and quality of drinking water.
Food Safety and Inspection Service
www.fsis.usda.gov
Activities, product recalls and other food and health news.
Genetically Modified Foods and Organisms
www.ornl.gov/hgmis/elsi/ gmfood.html
Overview of genetically modified foods, crops and organisms, examining pros and cons.
Pesticide Education Center
www.pesticides.org
Source for information on health effects of pesticides.
Meteorology and
Climate Change
Climate Change-It Matters
www.climatechange.gc.ca
Canadian government’s report on climate change and how governments and organizations are responding.
Global Change
www.globalchange.org
Review of climate change and ozone depletion.
GlobalWarming.org
www.globalwarming.org/ index.htm
Organization committed to dispelling the “myths and flawed analyses of global-warming doomsayers.”
NASA Global Change Master Directory
gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov
Comprehensive source of information about Earth science, environmental, climate and global change.
World Weather Information Service
www.worldweather.org/
The World Meteorological Organization and directory of governmental weather sites worldwide.
WWF Global Warming
and Climate Change
www.worldwildlife.org/ climate/climate.cfm
Features information and breaking news on climate change.