Environmental Science & Studies Research Guide: Local, State & National Websites

Find information, data, and tools to help fleets and other transportation decision makers find ways to reduce petroleum consumption through the use of alternative and renewable fuels, advanced vehicles, and other fuel-saving measures.

Find out about local environmental programs, plans, goals, policies, performance, and responsibilities in and around Chicago.

Find timely and authoritative scientific data and information about climate, collated and provided by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Provides descriptions of U.S., State and some municipal datasets (metadata) and information about how to access and download statistical and data sets from open governmental sources.

Find data sets and collections from Department of Energy sponsored scientific research projects (e.g. climate change research at the Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center).

Portal to databases covering multiple aspects of toxic substances, including pollutants; household chemicals; dietary supplements; medications; and emergency medical management.

Find useful EPA news, topics, contact information, and information on air and water quality, and cleanup.

Use topic-based links and 'info center' resources to find information on state level environmental issues, programs, responsibilities and legislation.

Search and find climate data from prehistory through to an hour ago in the world's largest climate data archive. (Formerly the "Climatic Data Center")

Find useful reports, program information and other documents resulting from federally funded research and development into the behavior of the atmosphere and related physical, biological and social systems.

Find details on EPA program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and expand the nation’s renewable fuels sector while reducing reliance on imported oil. Authorized under the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and expanded under the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007.

Gateway to invasive species information; covering Federal, State, local, and international sources. From the National Agricultural Library of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Website of the United States' main laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development & analysis of current and future interactions and roles of energy policies, markets, resources, technologies, environmental impacts, and infrastructure. Includes a searchable database of NREL analysis technical reports, journal articles, conference papers, and other analysis publications relating to renewable energy and energy efficiency.

Find information, documents, plans & policies relating to U.S. conservation programs relating to soil erosion, water supplies, water quality, wildlife habitat, floods and other natural disasters.

Statistics on the US transportation system, including safety statistics (accident, injuries/fatalities, etc.), energy consumption, air pollution, economic aspects & more.

Division of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) that seeks to invests in clean energy technologies

Information portal to numerous sources of government data, analysis, projections concerning the generation & use of energy.

Discover and find information and documents relating to key environmental issues affected the United States, and the science, research, technology, policy and legislation behind those issues.

Grant-awarding & education program supporting sustainable agriculture from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture & the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Overviews, reports, data, statistics and links for further information on local and national water resources and their use within the United States.