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Global Warming

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An overview of climate change, including a Climate 101 video, reports, and U.S. climate policy.  From the Environmental Protection Agency.

Climate Crisis
Companion website for the movie An Inconvenient Truth. Includes a reading list and free, downloadable curriculum is for middle school, high school and college science and civics classes as well as service learning projects.  From TakePart, the digital division of Participant Media.

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Information on the science of global warming, an analysis of the problems and solutions, regional information, a guide for personal action, and links. From the Union of Concerned Scientists, “the leading science-based nonprofit working for a healthy environment and a safer world.”

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Law

Center for Climate Change Law
A wealth of resources on climate change and the law, including information on litigation inside and outside the U.S., new legislation, state and municipal resources, and recent articles in the news.  From the Columbia Center for Climate Change Law, which “provides the public with up-to-date resources on key topics in climate law and regulation.”

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Center on Climate and Environmental Policy
News, editorials, research, and reports on climate change.  From the Heartland Institute's Center on Climate and Environmental Policy, “devoted to sound science and market-based, rather than government-based, solutions to environmental problems.”

 

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Last Updated: December 30, 2011