Other Issues

• Cascade Policy Institute

• The Climate Trust

• NIOSH - National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health homepage and NIOSH RTECS (Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances)

• National weather service 

• Northwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety/Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences (206-543-1069) often has a variety of classes.  For example, 1/16/04 Diesel Exhaust & Human Health. 

• Northwest Environmental Advocates

• Northwest Environmental Business Council is a regional trade association representing environmental technology and service firms in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington

• Pew Climate This site aims to educate about the causes and potential consequences of climate change, and encourages the domestic and international community to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.

• Scorecard Environmental Defense (ED), formerly known as Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) uses this site to support its push for increased chemical testing by industry. The site provides polluter rankings by combining self-reported Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) data with known and suspected health effects. The site is extremely user-friendly and offers quick access to information available on various chemicals.

• Web directory This site offers broad topics of environmental interest and provides subgroups which link to individual web sites.

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