Environmental Protection Resources

Blogs

Grist is an online magazine devoted to the politics and policy of environmentalism.

Organizations

Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy promotes a new economic approach based on good jobs, thriving communities and a healthy environment."

Political Economy Research Institute is a think tank focused on a variety of subjects such as diverse financial regulation, living wages and environmental protection.

Green for All is a leading environmental oranization focused on creating green jobs for low-income communities and people of color.

Union of Concerned Scientists is a scientific advocacy group with a focus ranging from anti-nuclear issues to climate change.

The National Resources Defense Council, founded in 1970, is a leading environmental advocacy organization.

The Sierra Club is America’s oldest (founded in 1892), and largest, environmental non-profit.

World Resources Institute is an environmental non-profit that focuses on research and analysis.

The Pew Center on Climate Change provides good, clean climate science, and climate solutions.

350.org takes its name from the theory that 350 parts-per-million is the most CO2 we can allow in the atmosphere without inviting disaster (we are currently at upwards of 392).

Public Agencies

Environmental Protection Agency enforces America’s existing environmental regulations, including the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act.