Environmental Links & Resources

Environmental Organizations | Air Quality Links

Environmental Organizations

Chesapeake Bay Foundation
"...The largest conservation organization dedicated solely to saving the Chesapeake Bay. Our motto, Save the Bay, defines the organization’s mission and commitment."

• Fact Sheet: Growth, Sprawl and the Chesapeake Bay: Facts About Growth and Land Use
• Fact Sheet: Growth, Metrorail and the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area
• Fact Sheet: Debunking Sprawl Myths: What We Really Want in Our Communities

EcoLiving Center
Discussions on energy efficiency, solar power, wind power, water power, fuel cells, hybrid cars, etc.

The Preservation Institute
The Natural Environment : The Social Environment
Dedicated to developing a new politics that recognizes the limits of technology. 2140 Shattuck Ave., Suite 2122 , Berkeley, CA 94709, (510) 848-7827, e-mail: preserve@preservenet.com

StopGlobalWarming.org
Globally, all ten of the hottest years on record have occurred in the last fifteen years. Learn what you can do to help reverse the trend.

SustainLane.com
Online resource for healthy and sustainable living. Includes a "Getting Around" page about sustainable transportation.

US Environmental Protection Agency

• Office of Transportation and Air Quality, Concerned Citizens and Consumer Information:
  Fact Sheets: Pollutants; What You Can Do; Inspection/Maintenance/Warranty; Imports; Fuels; General; Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles (PNGV); Quiz!; Fuel Economy (MPG)
• EPA's Surf Your Watershed
  A service tohelp you locate, use, and share environmental information about your place.
• Watershed Information for DC, MD, VA
  Middle Potomac-Anacostia-Occoquan, USGS Cataloging Unit: 02070010.

Air Quality Links

Air Quality Index Report and Forecast
The daily ozone forecast and air quality index report. provided by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG).

The goals of the US EPA's AIRNOW web site are to: 1) provide real-time air pollution data in an understandable, visual format, 2) provide information about the public health and environmental effects of air pollution, 3) provide the public with information about ways in which they can protect their health, and actions they can take to reduce pollution.

Clean Air Partners
Clean Air Partners of the Washington-Baltimore region is reducing ground-level ozone through voluntary action by business, individuals and government.

"The partnership's primary focus is the promotion of easy and effective voluntary actions that individuals can take to reduce air pollution. Originally known as ENDZONE Partners, it was created by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) and the Baltimore Metropolitan Council (BMC) to build and broaden awareness of how individuals contribute to air pollution while informing them about the adverse effects of ground level ozone.

We're particularly interested in the factors that contribute to ground level ozone: automobile emissions, gasoline-powered lawnmowers, garden equipment, aerosol and oil-based paints, and solvent-based household products."

Northeast Sustainable Energy Association
"...The nations's leading regional membership organization focused on promoting the understanding, development, and adoption of energy conservation and non-polluting, renewable energy technologies. We work to bring clean electricity, green transportation, and healthy, efficient buildings into everyday use in order to improve the environment, protect human health, and nurture local economies."

University of Maryland Ozone Forecast Operations Service
Ozone Forecast for Baltimore and Washington, DC.

Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)
Daily ozone information and forecasts for Richmond, Roanoke, and Hampton Roads, Virginia.

Also see pages of links organized by subject, top left of this page.