Environmental Studies Research Guide: Web Sites & Statistical Data

The mission of EPA is to protect human health and the environment by developing and enforcing regulations; giving grants; studying environmental issues; sponsoring partnerships; teaching people about the environment; and publishing information.

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Summary opinions on policy & research.

Focuses on … "issues, ranging from electricity security to investments, climate change and air pollution, energy access and efficiency, and much more." Also provides tools to generate data for statistics, forecasts & estimates, scenarios, monthly & real-time
policies, technologies & innovation, simulations & calculators, and maps

"...free access to NCDC's archive of global historical weather and climate data in addition to station history information. These data include quality controlled daily, monthly, seasonal, and yearly measurements of temperature, precipitation, wind, and degree days as well as radar data and 30-year Climate Normals."

"... collects, analyzes, and disseminates independent and impartial energy information to promote sound policymaking, efficient markets, and public understanding of energy and its interaction with the economy and the environment."

Maintained by the U.S. Census Bureau. Factfinder is the online portal for 1990 and 2000 census data. Users can query and map large amounts of census data at every level of geography. Data can also be downloaded in a spreadsheet format and transposed for use in a GIS application. Maps may also be downloaded.