Links

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This link list is under construction and contains a growing list of the sites used by Earth Matters in our projects. once complete It will include

General Air Quality Information
(air pollution levels, federal regulations, lists of air quality nonattainment areas)
Information on reducing air pollution (control strategies)
Transportation Conformity
NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act)
State Air Agencies

Metropolitan Planning Organizations

Local Air Pollution Control Districts

State Implementation Plans Earth Matters has worked on or with

Organizations (environmental, national associations of governments)

General Environmental Statistics
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General Air Quality Information

AirNow: real-time access to air pollution data for the entire United States
Find out how the air is where you live, including clickable maps!
Links to air pollution information - a list of links maintained by the EPA Office of Air and Radiation
For a great list of a wide variety of air topics including general air pollution, control measures, climate change, transport, indoor air pollution, air toxics and others, try www.epa.gov/ebtpages/air.html

How about a plain english guide to the Clean Air Act of 1990?
And for those of you who really want to be in the know, how about the full text of the Clean Air Act?

The official nonattainment designations made in April 2004 under the 1997 8-hour ozone standards are listed at http://www.epa.gov/ozonedesignations/. This page also contains extensive information about ozone pollution, including links to information such as the Ozone Implementation Rule
During 2004 a number of Clean Air Rules were passed, including the interstate clean air rule (CAIR), the non-road diesel rule and rules covering fine particle pollution and others.

NEPA

The full text of the National Environmental Policy Act can be found on the Council on Environmental Quality's web site at http://ceq.eh.doe.gov/nepa/regs/nepa/nepaeqia.htm
You can also go directly to any of the Federal Agencies who must implement NEPA through their programs and activities http://ceq.eh.doe.gov/nepa/agencies.htm (NASA, Departments of Agriculture, Defense, Energy, Interior, Highways, Transportation, Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence, and many many more. By the way, there is a redirect to the White House if you try to go directly to the CEQ site but from there you cannot access any of the sublinks such as those included above (as of December 2004).

Information about compliance with NEPA is available from EPA at http://www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa
EPA focuses on three main areas regarding NEPA compliance: coordinating EPA's review of all Environmental Impact Statements (EISs) prepared by other federal agencies; maintaining a national EIS filing system and publishing weekly notices of EISs available for review and summaries of EPA's comments; and assuring that EPA's own actions comply with NEPA and other environmental requirements.

International impact assessment activities include Environmental Impact Assessment of Nongovernmental Activities in Antarctica. This program is assessing the environmental impacts of nongovernmental activities, including tourism, in Antarctica, and the International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (INECE), which is an international partnership to promote effective environmental compliance and enforcement of requirements of domestic environmental laws and international environmental agreements through networking, capacity building and enforcement cooperation.

State Air Agencies
Alabama: Alabama Department of Environmental Management
Alaska: Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation
Arizona: Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
Arkansas: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality
California: California Air Resources Board

The source for many of the news articles posted on this site is the Environmental News Network, which can be provided to your desktop as a daily email with quick news briefs on national and international environmental issues.

Other great sources of environmental news (and please email us if you see one we forgot - this is not a comprehensive list) include

The Victoria Transport Public Policy Institute, which is a fantastic source of news and technical information on measures to reduce pollution and other effects of auto use

The WorldWatch Institute which features news, helpful tips, statistics, the ability to chat live with individuals interested in environmental issues and much more.

The Corporate Social Responsibility Network, which provides press releases and links to socially responsible companies