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Argonne National Laboratory Environmental Assessment Division - Conducts applied research, assessment, and technology development programs and projects [Department of Energy (DOE), Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)]

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Bioenergy Publications and FAQS - Links to newsletters, articles, fact sheets, papers, and reports detailing bioenergy research and analyses at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory [Department of Energy (DOE)]
Biological Characterization. - Links to NBII partners GAP, LUHNA, and VegMapping, an NBII Information Node. [Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)]
Biological Resources of the USGS - Homepage for the Biological Resources Discipline of the USGS providing links to scientific programs, organization, and special features [Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)]
Biotechnology - Home page for INEEL Biotechnologies. [Department of Energy (DOE), Idaho National Engineering and Environmental laboratory (INEEL)]
Browse EPA Topics - An easy-to-use site to locate information about popular topics [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)]

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Center for Coastal & Watershed Studies - St. Petersburg, Florida - Homepage for the Center for Coastal & Regional Marine Studies with links to newsletter, projects, products, location, and contacts [Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)]
Center for Data Intensive Computing - Provides access to Data Intensive Computing Publications [Department of Energy (DOE), Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)]
Center for Environmental Biotechnology (CEB) - Performs research in real-time direct environmental assessment and biological treatment, bioremediation, and natural attenuation. [Department of Energy (DOE), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)]
Characterization and Monitoring. - Characterization and Monitoring Branch (CMB) develops, evaluates, applies, and validates technologies and approaches for cost-effective monitoring and assessment of surface and subsurface environments. [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL)]
Conservation and Environmental Policy Briefing Room (ERS) - This briefing room includes information and economic research on the efficiency, effectiveness and equity of policies and programs directed toward improving the environmental performance of the agricultural sector. [Department of Agriculture (USDA); Economic Research Service.]
Cumulative Risk Assessment - Planning and Scoping - Cumulative Planning & Scoping [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Science Policy Council]

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DOE R&D; Accomplishments - Provides a searchable database about the outcomes of past DOE research and development which have had significant economic impact, have improved people's lives, or have been widely recognized as remarkable advances in science [Department of Energy (DOE); Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)]
DOE R&D; Highlights - Provides non-technical summary information about selected research conducted or sponsored by DOE [Department of Energy (DOE)]
DOE R&D; Project Summaries - Access summaries of ongoing or recently completed science and technology projects funded by the Department of Energy [Department of Energy (DOE); Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)]

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E-PRINT Network - A searchable gateway to preprint sources that deal with scientific and technical disciplines of concern to DOE with an Alerts option for automatically receiving new information via e-mail [Department of Energy (DOE); Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)]
Ecological Exposure Research Activities by Region. - Describes the Ecological Exposure Research Activities by EPA region. There are many ongoing research projects across the country. [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL)]
Ecosystem and Global Change Science - Conducts research on greenhouse gas emissions, the global carbon cycle, Conducts research on ecological systems, regional climate predictions, consequences of climate change, technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and policy and technology solut [Department of Energy (DOE), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)]
Energy Citations Database - Search bibliographic records for energy and energy-related scientific and technical information from the Department of Energy (DOE) and its predecessor agencies from 1948 forward [Department of Energy (DOE); Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)]
Energy Efficiency and Natural Resources - INEEL's Energy Efficiency and Natural Resources home page. [Department of Energy (DOE), Idaho National Engineering and Environmental laboratory (INEEL)]
Energy Technology Data Exchange World Energy Base (ETDEWEB) - Search for information on the environmental impact of energy production and use [Department of Energy (DOE); Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)]
Energy and Environmental Policy Analysis - Provides analysis of energy and environmental issues of local, regional, national, and global importance [Department of Energy (DOE), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)]
Energy-Related Laboratory Equipment (ERLE) - Grants equipment to institutions of higher education for energy-related research [Department of Energy (DOE); Office of Science]
EnergyFiles - Search over 500 databases and Web sites containing information and resources pertaining to energy science and technology, with an emphasis on the physical sciences [Department of Energy (DOE); Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)]
EnviroText - Easy access to environmental laws, regulations, and guidance as well as Native American Treaties and Constitutions [Department of Energy (DOE)]
Envirofacts data warehouse - Direct access to the wealth of information contained in EPA databases [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)]
Environmental Education Center - Offers a collection of fact sheets, brochures, and web pages that can be used to explain environmental issues [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)]
Environmental Emergencies - Reporting emergencies [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)]
Environmental Energy Technologies Division (EETD) - Develops technology that uses, converts and stores energy more efficiently and with less environmental impact, and studies the link between energy use and the environment [Department of Energy (DOE), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)]
Environmental Issues: International Cooperation - International [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)]
Environmental Management Science Program (EMSP) Reports and Publications - Provides access to a searchable web site with links to environment-related research accomplishments, reports, project fact sheets, posters, summary fact sheets, exhibit materials, and press releasesposters, summary fact sheets, exhibit materials, and pres [Department of Energy (DOE)]
Environmental Protection Subject Bibliography - Provides information about environmental protection publications available for sale from the U.S. Government Online Bookstore [Government Printing Office]
Environmental Research and Technology Division Publications - Provides links to Brookhaven National Laboratory environmental research and technology publications [Department of Energy (DOE), Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)]
Environmental Science Network (ESN) - Search environmental and waste management information related to cleaning up the nation's nuclear complex [Department of Energy (DOE); Office of Basic and Applied Research (OBAR), Office of Scientific and Techn]
Environmental Sciences. - Environmental Sciences Division, of the National Exposure Research Laboratory develops methods for characterizing chemical and physical stressors, develops landscape and regional assessment capabilities through the use of remote sensing and advanced spati [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL)]
Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators (ENTRI) - A fast, convenient, comprehensive online search service for finding information about environmental treaties and national resource indicators [National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); Multiple agencies and Center for International Earth Science Information Ne]
Explorers' Club for Kids - Includes games, pictures, and stories about the environment [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)]

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Federal R&D; Project Summaries - Locate current research projects from a number of federal agencies [Department of Energy (DOE)]
For the Chemical Industry: - NIST Standards are Elementary [Department of Commerce (DOC), National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST)]

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GrayLIT Network - Search for full-text technical reports from DOE, DOD, EPA, and NASA [Department of Energy (DOE); Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)]
Green Chemistry Expert System and Literature Database - Allows users to build a green chemical process, design a green chemical, or survey the field of green chemistry (For both new and existing chemicals and their synthetic processes) [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)]

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Human Exposure Database System. - Human Exposure Database System (HEDS). HEDS is a web-enabled data repository for human exposure studies. HEDS provides only data and accompanying documentation from research studies; it does not provide interpretations. It allows a user to download doc [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); National Exposure Research Laboratory.]

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Information About Projects Associated With the LLNL Hazards Mitigation Center (HMC) - Provides information on hazards mitigation analyses and resources [Department of Energy (DOE), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)]
Information Bridge - Search full-text of Department of Energy sponsored research and development reports [Department of Energy (DOE); Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)]

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Laboratories for the 21st Century (Labs21) - Offers help in improving laboratory energy and water efficiency, encouraging the use of renewable energy sources, and promoting environmental stewardship [Department of Energy (DOE); Department of Energy (DOE)]
Landscape Ecology. - Landscape ecology is an interdisciplinary science framework that studies the relationship between spatial patterns of landscape characteristics and conditions of and risks to ecological resources, including forests, rangelands, wetlands, rivers, streams, [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); National Exposure Research Laboratory.]

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NEWTON BBS - Ask a scientist a question about math, science or computers or search through more than 15,000 previously answered questions [Department of Energy (DOE), Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)]
NTIS Database - The central source to locate millions of scientific and technical publications from government agencies [Department of Commerce (DOC), National Technical Information Service (NTIS)]
National Activities of the USGS Biological Resources Discipline - Links to national programs, including biomonitoring, bird banding, gap analysis, integrated taxonomy, breeding birds, nonindigenous species, and vegetation mapping. [Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)]
National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) - Links you to diverse biological databases, information products, and analytical tools maintained by government agencies, academic institutions, and non-government organizations [Multiple agencies involved]
National Environmental Data Index (NEDI) - Facilitate access to agency environmental data holdings [Multiple agencies involved]
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) - Studies how human disease results from three interactive elements: environmental factors, individual susceptibility, and age [Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), National Inst. of Health (NIH)]
NationalAtlas.gov - Delivers authoritative views of scientific, societal, and historical information; Map format that can be customized with different datasets [Ad Hoc Organizations, Smithsonian Institution; and other Government agencies]

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Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs - Portfolio of issues of interest to the Department of State related to science, the environment, and the world\'s oceans [Ad Hoc Organizations; Department of State. Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and]
Office of Biological and Environmental Research Abstracts Database - Allows you to identify the specific research that is being funded [Department of Energy (DOE); Office of Science, Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER)]
Office of Environmental Education - Link to environmental education efforts throughout the agency [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)]

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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Publications - Provides access to citations and references of publicly-announced Pacific Northwest National Laboratory publications since 1999 with links to the documents [Department of Energy (DOE); Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNL)]
Paleoclimatology Program - NOAA - Paleoclimatic data, research, and information [Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); National Climatic Data Center]
Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) as Environmental Pollutants - Pollution from Personal Actions, Activities, and Behaviors. [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); National Exposure Research Laboratory. Environmental Sciences.]

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Rebuild America - Helping schools make smart choices about energy. [Department of Energy (DOE); Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy]
Regional Vulnerability Assessment (ReVA) Program - ReVA is being developed to identify those ecosysems most vulnerable to being lost or permanently harmed in the next 5 to 25 years and to determine which stressors are likely to cause the greatest risk. [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)]
Reports Catalog - Contains citations of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory-authored scientific and technical documents published since July 1989 [Department of Energy (DOE), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)]
Research Library - Provides links to resources in Los Alamos National Laboratory's Research Library including information by subject, multiple data collections, and a multi-database search tool [Department of Energy (DOE), Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)]
Researchers and Scientists - Site provides links to many of the databases and modeling efforts of the EPA. [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)]

S:
Science Information System (SIS) - Database of USGS Biological Resources\' research projects [Department of Agriculture (USDA); Biological Resources Division (BRD)]
Science and Technology Research Areas at Lawrence Livermore - Provides links to information about research in advanced defense technologies, energy, environment, biosciences, and basic sciences [Department of Energy (DOE), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)]
Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) - Approximately 1300 SRMs are currently available [Department of Commerce (DOC), National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST)]
Student Center - Provides background information on a wide variety of environmental issues for middle and high school students [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)]

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Technology Transfer - Facilitates the transfer of new technologies [Department of Energy (DOE), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)]
Terms of the Environment - Defines in non-technical language EPA's more commonly used environmental terms [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)]

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U.S. Department of Energy's Decades of Discovery - Provides links to the most important advances at the forefront of scientific discovery supported by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science, with links grouped by discipline [Department of Energy (DOE); Office of Science]
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) - Homepage for the U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior, serving as portal to all USGS information with search options, USGS in the news, most frequently requested topics, and access to major categories of USGS information [Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)]
Urban Biodiversity - An NBII Information Node [Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)]

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Visible Earth - A searchable directory of images, visualizations, and animations to the Earth [National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)]


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