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Internet Searches


Best Search Engine, Google: http://www.google.com


Hint: For a successful search describe what you need in details. Use the word AND to connect
between the subject and its descriptive words. For example to find out about air pollution in Hartford,
use the words: air pollution AND Hartford.


News


Hartford Courant: http://www.ctnow.com

CNN: http://www.CNN.com

All Newspapers: http://www.thepaperboy.com


General Information


National Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): http://www.epa.gov

New England EPA: http://www.epa.gov/region1

Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection: http://www.dep.state.ct.us

Scorecard, Environmental Defense Pollution Locator (by Zip Code):  http://www.scorecard.org 

Water Information


US Geology Survey (USGS), Water Science for Schools: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu

UConn’s Hydrogeology Program: http://www.sp.uconn.edu/~hydrogeo  


Air Information


EPA, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAR):  http://www.epa.gov/oar

Check out “The Plain English Guide To The Clean Air Act”
Global Warming Take Action Site: http://www.climatecrisis.net


HazMat Information


ALOHA download page:      http://www.epa.gov/ceppo/cameo/aloha.htm

CAMEO download page:     http://www.epa.gov/ceppo/cameo/cameo.htm

CAMEO Chemical Library:  http://www.cameochemicals.noaa.gov

CAMEO’s Chemical Library is the best online source for MSDSs and other chemical properties of
hazardous materials. If you prefer to find the information elsewhere online search under the chemical
name AND the property of interest.


Online Calculators and Conversion Tables


Scientific Calculator: http://www.calculator.com/calcs/calc_sci.html

Units of Conversion Tables: http://www.sosmath.com/tables/unitconv/unitconv.html

Online Conversion: http://www.onlineconversion.com/


And... a few great movies about environmental issues


An Inconvenient Truth: A Global Warning (with Al Gore)

Erin Brockovich (with Julia Roberts and Albert Finney)

A Civil Action (with John Travolta)

Silkwood (with Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell and Cher)
The China Syndrome (with Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon and Michael Douglas)

 

Let me know if you saw any other great movies on environmental topics!


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