Environmental Studies

United Nations Environment Programme

Created 10/11/2011, this bureau " promotes cooperation among the Federal Government, State and tribal governments, and native communities on national, regional, and local issues relevant to the scope of its responsibilities. BOEM activities also support national policy priorities: energy security, environmental protection, and social and economic development."

The Energy Resources Program conducts research and assessments to advance the understanding of the Nation’s energy resources. We study processes critical to the formation, accumulation, occurrence and alteration of geologically based energy resources; prepare resource assessments; and evaluate the environmental and socioeconomic effects of energy resource occurrence, production and use

The national component of EnviroAtlas summarizes data for the 48 mainland U.S. states by 12-digit hydrologic unit codes (HUC), of which there are about 90,000 in the United States. Each HUC covers approximately 40 square miles.
The community component of EnviroAtlas summarizes data layers by census block group, providing data at a very fine resolution.

America's regulatory agency since 1970 whose mission is to protect the environment and human health.

Nearly one-half of the Division's lawyers bring cases against those who violate the nation's civil and criminal pollution-control laws. Others defend environmental challenges to government programs and activities and represent the United States in matters concerning the stewardship of the nation's natural resources and public lands.

Federal government data portal

One of the largest repositories of U.S. Government-sponsored research with unclassified and publicly available resources from the U.S. and abroad.

NOAA's Mission: Science, Service and Stewardship

1. To understand and predict changes in climate, weather, oceans and coasts;

2. To share that knowledge and information with others; and

3. To conserve and manage coastal and marine ecosystems and resources.

Conservation, Endangered Species, Regulation

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