This site has as its goal, "to help us define the environmental mission of the Commonwealth for the 21st Century."

From their home page you can access a wide variety of information, tools, and data on the environment. This is the best place to start to explore environmental issues.

Environmental Data Interactive Exchange

edie - the online community for water, waste & environment professionals. This site has large, searchable libraries and databases for information on environmental issues.

"The Green Center, Inc., on Cape Cod, is a non-profit educational institute that evolved from the New Alchemy Institute. Our goals are the same - the support of ecologically derived forms of energy, agriculture, aquaculture, housing, and landscapes, and living in harmony with nature."

"EWG is a leading content provider for public interest groups and concerned citizens who are campaigning to protect the environment.

"Since its founding in 1993, EWG has developed collaborative relationships with over 400 public interest organizations in the United States, on issues as varied as pesticides in the air in California, to pedestrian fatalities nationwide. EWG provides information and policy analysis to the general public, environmental organizations and other public interest groups, journalists and policy makers."

"For a quarter century, the Environmental Law Institute has played a pivotal role in shaping the fields of environmental law, policy, and management, domestically and abroad. Today, ELI is an internationally recognized independent research and education center.

ELI advances environmental protection by improving law, policy, and management. ELI researches pressing problems, educates professionals and citizens about the nature of these issues, and convenes all sectors in forging effective solutions

"We are committed to the vision of providing timely, useful, and accurate environmental and public health information to all Americans. We are confident that, working together, we can make this vision a reality."*

See the Envirofacts Home Page to see what data is available and how to get it.