General sites

Environment Canada

http://www.ec.gc.ca/envhome.html

Check out the Quick Links (left tool bar) for information on various aspects of pollution.

Alberta Environment Research & Education Environmental Education Focus On Series.  Click on http://www3.gov.ab.ca/env/resedu/factsheets.cfm to find material on these topics:

Alberta Environment http://www.gov.ab.ca/env/ Site includes air, fish & wildlife, forests, land, parks, water, waste, regions, protection & enforcement, research & education, information & library.

Environment Canada The Green Lane Home Page http://www.ec.gc.ca/envhome.html Important information on Canadian environment topics

High School Environmental Center

http://www.epa.gov/highschool/

A portal to high quality information on the environment and environmental issues.

Amazing Environmental Web Directory http://www.webdirectory.com

News Environment News Service http://www.ens-news.com/

Covers the earth for you, with daily news reports on environmental issues. ENS is an impartial source of news and information.

Sites for Specific Topics

Water conservation

Water – Alberta Environment http://www3.gov.ab.ca/env/water/index.cfm

Waste reduction (Recycle)

Environment Canada: The 4 R's Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Recover http://www.ec.gc.ca/water/e_main.html

Hazardous chemicals (Hazardous wastes)

Waste: Alberta Environment http://www.gov.ab.ca/env/waste.html

Environment

Environment Canada: Green Lane: Backgrounder: The Canadian Environmental Protection Act http://www.ec.gc.ca/press/cepa99_b_e.htm

Acidic Deposition/Acid rain

Environment Canada: Acid Rain http://www.ec.gc.ca/acidrain

Focus on Acidic Deposition http://www3.gov.ab.ca/env/resedu/edu/focuson/AcidDep.pdf

Pesticides and Herbicides

Insecticides and Environmental Impact http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/pests/pesticide/environmental_impact.html

Insecticides and Crop Protection http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/pests/pesticide/crop_spraying.html

Environmental Protection Agency: Pesticides http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/

Beyond Pesticides

The site features fact sheets about pesticides and alternatives to pesticides, as well as other information.

Pesticides and Wild Birds

http://www.hww.ca/hww2.asp?pid=0&cid=4&id=230

Endocrine Disrupting Substances in the Environment http://www.ec.gc.ca/eds/fact/broch_e.htm

Global Warming/Climate change

Environment Canada: Climate Change http://www.ec.gc.ca/climate/home-e.html

Natural Resources Canada Climate Change http://climatechange.nrcan.gc.ca/english/Home.asp?x=1

The issue, research, policies, taking action

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/globalwarming.html

A closer look at global warming

http://www4.nationalacademies.org/onpi/webextra.nsf/web/climate?OpenDocument

'"Climate Change Science: An Analysis of Some Key Questions," a new report by a committee of the National Research Council, characterizes the global warming trend over the last 100 years, and examines what may be in store for the 21st century and the extent to which warming may be attributable to human activity.'

Water quality (Water pollution)

Environment Canada Freshwater Web site http://www.ec.gc.ca/water/e_main.html

A Primer on Fresh Water (Water – How Good Is It?) http://www.ec.gc.ca/water/en/info/pubs/primer/e_prim04.htm

Ground water http://www.ec.gc.ca/water/en/nature/grdwtr/e_gdwtr.htm

International Year of Freshwater http://www.wateryear2003.org/

Has an online library of resources about fresh water, as well as a variety of facts and figures.

Wetlands

Focus on Wetlands

http://www3.gov.ab.ca/env/resedu/edu/focuson/Wetlands.pdf

Air quality

Air - Alberta Environment http://www.gov.ab.ca/env/air.html

Clean Air Strategic Alliance For Albertans http://www.casahome.org/for_albertans/index.asp

Air quality is important to Albertans. This section features information on air quality monitoring data, airsheds, and the Clean Air Views newsletter.

Stratospheric Ozone http://www.ec.gc.ca/ozone/en/index.cfm

Environment Canada - Smog

http://www.msc.ec.gc.ca/cd/factsheets/smog/index_e.cfm

Ozone Depletion

Stratospheric Ozone http://www.ec.gc.ca/ozone/en/index.cfm

Alberta Environment Education Centre: Fact Sheet - Focus on Ozone Depletion http://www3.gov.ab.ca/env/resedu/edu/focuson/ozonedepletion.pdf

Ozone Depletion - Air/Weather

http://www.mb.ec.gc.ca/air/a00s20.en.html

Articles include "The Ozone Layer - What's Going On Up There",  "Ozone Guarding Our Earth," and "The Ozone Layer."

Pollution

Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA 1999) http://www.ec.gc.ca/CEPARegistry/the_act/

Environment Canada’s Green Lane: Topics – Pollution http://www.ec.gc.ca/pollution_e.html

PCB’s - Alberta Environment Research & Education Environmental Education Focus On Series: PCBs PDF file http://www3.gov.ab.ca/env/resedu/edu/focuson/PCB.pdf

Land reclamation (land use)

Land Reclamation: Alberta Environment http://www.gov.ab.ca/env/protenf/landrec/index.html

Oil spills (Oil pollution)

Environmental Emergencies: EE Publications - Oil, Water and Chocolate Mousse

http://www.ec.gc.ca/ee-ue/pub/chocolate_e/chpt1.asp

“This booklet explains what happens when oil is spilled in our waterways; how we prevent oil spills - both large and small; how we prepare for oil spills; and what Canadians can do to limit the environmental damage oil spills can cause.”

Learning Center – Oil Program, US EPA http://www.epa.gov/oilspill/eduhome.htm

Oil spills – Exxon Valdez United States Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/oilspill/response.htm

Nuclear/Radioactive Waste

Nuclear Facts - What About Nuclear Waste? http://www.cna.ca/english/nuclear%20facts/10-Nuclear%20Facts-waste.pdf This page from the Canadian Nuclear Association describes the various categories of waste, management techniques, and addresses concerns about nuclear waste.

Eureka County, Nevada Nuclear Waste Page

http://www.yuccamountain.org/

Rad waste.org

http://www.radwaste.org/

The Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility

http://www.ccnr.org/#topics

MEL Library Resources

Text Resources

Science 14 Environmental Research Ms. Tan June 2003

301.31 WAL
Wallace, Bruce, 1920-. People, their needs, environment, ecology. Englewood Cliffs Prentice-Hall, 1972.

304.2 MCC
McCuen, Gary E. Protecting water quality. Hudson, WI Gary E. McCuen Publications, 1986.

304.2 SAR
Sarre, Philip. One world for one earth saving the environment. London Earthscan Publications in association with the Open University, 1991.

304.2 SIN
Singer, Andre. Battle for the planet. London Pan, c1987.

304.2 VIT
A vital link health and the environment in Canada. Ottawa Health and Welfare Canada, c1992.

304.28 PON
Ponting, Clive. A green history of the world the environment and the collapse of great civilizations. New York Penguin, 1993.

306.01 MYE
Myers, Norman. The Gaia atlas of future worlds challenge and opportunity in an age of change. New York Doubleday, c1990. This book provides a toolkit for future choice, and offers hope dependent on a shift in lifestyle.

307.76 BOU
Bourne, Paula, 1941-. Problems of urbanization. Toronto OISE Press, Ontario Institute, c1981.

333.7 DUN
Dunlop, Stewart. Understanding our environment. 2nd ed. Toronto Oxford University Press, 1996.

333.7 ENV
Environment 98/99. 17th ed. Guilford, CT Dushkin/McGraw-Hill, c1998.

333.7 GAI
GAIA, an atlas of planet management. Garden City, N.Y. Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1984.

333.7 JAC
Jackson, Olive. Conservation and pollution. 2nd ed. London Batsford, 1976.

333.95 DUR
Durrell, Lee. State of the ark. Garden City, NY Doubleday, c1986.

363.1 REG
Regenstein, Lewis. America the poisoned how deadly chemicals are destroying our environment, our wildlife, ourselves and--how we can survive! Washington, D.C. Acropolis Books, c1982.

Berger, Melvin. Hazardous substances, a reference. Hillside, N.J. Enslow Publishers, c1986.

363.7 BED
Beder, Sharon. Global spin the corporate assault on environmentalism. White River Junction, Vt. Chelsea Green Publishing, 1998.
363.7 BRO
Brown, Lester Russell, 1934-. Vital signs, 1999 the environmental trends that are shaping our future. 1st ed. New York W.W. Norton, c1999

363.7 CAL
Caldicott, Helen. If you love this planet a plan to heal the earth. 1st ed. New York W.W. Norton, c1992.

363.7 EHR
Ehrlich, Paul R. Healing the planet strategies for resolving the environmental crisis. Reading, Mass. Addison-Wesley, c1991

363.7 ENV
The environment opposing viewpoints. San Diego, CA Greenhaven Press, c1996

363.7 GRI
Gribbin, John R. The hole in the sky man's threat to the ozone layer. Toronto ; New York Bantam Books, 1988.

363.7 HAD
Haddock, Patricia. Environmental time bomb our threatened planet. Berkeley Heights, NJ Enslow, c2000

363.7 LEA
Lean, Mary. Pollution and the environment. London Macdonald, 1985.

363.7 NAN
Nance, John J. What goes up the global assault on our atmosphere. 1st ed. New York W. Morrow, c1991.

363.7 OUR
Our food, air, and water how safe are they? New York, N.Y. Facts on File, c1984

363.7 PAW
Pawlick, Thomas. A killing rain the global threat of acid precipitation. Vancouver Douglas & McIntyre, 1984.

363.7 PRI
Pringle, Laurence P. Throwing things away from middens to resource recovery. 1st ed. New York Crowell, c1986.

363.7 SIM
Simon, Noel. Vanishing habitats. New York Gloucester Press, 1987

363.7 STA
State of the world 2002 a Worldwatch Institute report on progress toward a sustainable society. 1st ed., special world summit ed. New York W.W. Norton, c2002

363.7 VIT
Vital signs, 2001 the trends that are shaping our future. 1st ed. New York W.W. Norton, c2001

363.7 WIL
Environmental challenges learning for tomorrow's world. London, Ont. Althouse Press, 1986.

363.72 GAR
Garbage and waste. San Diego, CA Greenhaven Press, c1997.

363.72 GAY
Gay, Kathlyn. Global garbage exporting trash and toxic waste. New York F. Watts, c1992

363.72 HAL
Hall, Eleanor J. Garbage. San Diego Lucent Books, c1997.

363.73 COL
Collinson, A. S. Pollution. New York New Discovery Books, 1992..

363.73 FRI
Friends of the earth handbook. London Macdonald & Co., 1990.

363.73 GAY
Gay, Kathlyn. Air pollution. New York F. Watts, 1991.

363.73 HOW
Howard, Ross, 1946-. Poisoned skies who'll stop acid rain? 2nd ed. Toronto, Canada Stoddart, 1991.

363.73 NEA
Neal, Philip. The greenhouse effect and ozone layer. London Dryad Press, c1989.

363.73 PEA
Pearce, Fred. Turning up the heat our perilous future in the global greenhouse. London Paladin Grafton Books, c1989.

363.73 PEC
Peckham, Alexander. Global warming. New York Gloucester Press, 1991

363.73 POL
Pollution opposing viewpoints. San Diego, CA Greenhaven, c2000.

363.73 RAI
Rain of death acid rain in Western Canada. Edmonton, Alta. NeWest Press, 1981.

363.73 RAY
Ray, Dixy Lee. Trashing the planet how science can help us deal with acid rain, depletion of the ozone, and nuclear waste (among other things). 1st HarperPerennial ed. New York, NY HarperPerennial, 1992

363.73 Sey
Seymour, John, 1914-. Blueprint for a green planet your practical guide to restoring the world's environment. 1st Prentice Hall ed. New York Prentice Hall, 1987.

363.73 WHO
Who's poisoning America corporate polluters and their victims in the chemical age. San Francisco Sierra Club Books, c1981

363.738 DAU
Dauncey, Guy. Stormy weather 101 solutions to global climate change. Gabriola Island, B.C. New Society Publishers, 2001.

363.738 GEL
Gelbspan, Ross. The heat is on the high stakes battle over Earth's threatened climate. Reading, Mass Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., c1997

363.738 HUN
Hunter, Robert. 2030 confronting thermageddon in our lifetime. Toronto McClelland & Stewart, c2002.

363.739 BRO
Brown, Michael Harold, 1952-. The toxic cloud. 1st ed. New York Harper & Row, c1987

363.8 BRO
Brown, Lester Russell, 1934-. Full house reassessing the earth's population carrying capacity. 1st ed. New York W.W. Norton & Co., c1994

363.9 EHR
Ehrlich, Paul R. The population explosion. New York Simon and Schuster, c1990

533.6 SOO
Sootin, Harry. The long search man learns about the nature of air. New York Norton, 1967.

551.46 KIN
King, Thomson. Water miracle of nature. New York Macmillan, 1953.

551.48 OUT
Outwater, Alice B. Water a natural history. New York BasicBooks, c1996.

551.5 CHA
Chandler, Tony John. The air around us man looks at his atmosphere. Garden City, N. Y. Natural History Press, 1969.

551.6 ALL
Allaby, Michael. Air the nature of atmosphere and the climate. New York Facts on File, c1992.

551.6 STE
Steiger, Brad. A roadmap of time how the Maxwell/Wheeler weather-energy cycles predict the "history" of the next 25 years. Englewood Cliffs, N. J. Prentice-Hall, 1975.

560 BUR
Burton, John A. Close to extinction. New York Gloucester Press, c1991

577.6 BAR
Bardach, John E. Downstream a natural history of the river. New York Grosset & Dunlap, 1966.

577.6 HYN
Hynes, Hugh Bernard Noel, 1917-. The biology of polluted waters. Toronto Univ. of Toronto, 1960.

604.6 EAR
The recycler's handbook. Berkeley, Calif. Earth Works Press, 1990. Includes index.

613 MAC
Mackarness, Richard. Living safely in a polluted world how to protect yourself and your children from chemicals in your food and environment. Stein & Day, 1981.

REF 333.703 ENV
Environmental encyclopedia. Detroit Gale Publishing., 1994.

REF 503 WOR
Face of the earth. Equinox Book. Edinburgh Oxford, 1989.

REF 503 WOR
The human factor. Equinox Book. Edinburgh Oxford, 1989.

REF 503 WOR
Expanding environment. Equinox Book. Edinburgh Oxford, 1989.

Email questions to C. Peterson, MEL Teacher Librarian, at cynthia dot peterson at epsb dot ca (replace the word "at" with the @ symbol; "dot" with a period). Last updated March 3, 2004.