BEARTH 300: Environmental Systems Thinking (Turner): Government Sources

Local Resources

U.S. Government Resources

Climate Change and Public Health - Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
The CDC’s Climate and Health Program is helping state and city health departments prepare for the specific health impacts of climate change that their communities will face.
NASA - Global Climate Change
Provides the public with accurate and timely news and information about Earth’s changing climate, along with current data and visualizations, presented from the unique perspective of NASA.
National Technical Reports Library (NTRL)
Federal science and technology reports.
Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy - Department of Energy
Their mission is to create and sustain American leadership in the transition to a global clean energy economy.
Science.gov
Searches over 50 databases and over 2100 selected websites from 12 federal agencies.
U.S. Census Bureau
The Census Bureau's mission is to serve as the leading source of quality data about the nation's people and economy.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - Climate Change
The mission of EPA is to protect human health and the environment. Be sure to check out their content on Climate Change Science and Climate Change Indicators.
U.S. Global Change Research Program
USGCRP conducts state-of-the-art research to understand the interactive processes that influence the total Earth system—which includes the atmosphere, oceans, land, ice, ecosystems, and people.

Washington State Resources

Intergovernmental/International Resources

Non-governmental Resources

Center for Climate Change and Energy Solutions
Their mission is to advance strong policy and action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, promote clean energy, and strengthen resilience to climate impacts.
Climate Central
An independent organization of leading scientists and journalists researching and reporting the facts about our changing climate and its impact on the public.
Climate Impacts Group - UW College of the Environment
The Climate Impacts Group at the UW College of the Environment provides the fundamental scientific understanding, data, tools, and guidance decision makers need to identify and reduce climate risks.
The Consensus Project
Their mission is to communicate the overwhelming scientific agreement on anthropogenic (human-caused) global warming to the public at large.
Lancet Countdown
An international research collaboration, dedicated to tracking the world's response to climate change, and the health benefits that emerge from this transition.
Power Scorecard
A tool for consumers that grades the types of generation resources used to produce electricity according to their effects on the environment.
Project Drawdown
Project Drawdown is facilitating a broad coalition of researchers, scientists, graduate students, PhDs, post-docs, policy makers, business leaders and activists to assemble and present the best available information on climate solutions in order to describe their beneficial financial, social and environmental impact over the next thirty years.
Sightline Institute
An independent, nonprofit research and communications center.
Union of Concerned Scientists
UCS scientists and engineers develop and implement innovative, practical solutions to some of our planet’s most pressing problems.
World Resources Institute
A global research organization whose work focuses on six critical issues at the intersection of environment and development: climate, energy, food, forests, water, and cities and transport.