Common access point to industrial, economic and developmental data from a variety of sources (UN, IMF, WHO, World Bank, etc.). Created by the United Nations Statistics Division.

Maybe using light instead of electricity (which runs on coal) is a solution to the pollution caused by server farms.

Article from Harper's Magazine about how much Google's server farms are polluting a river in the Pacific Northwest.

Google Docs--but at what cost?

A great search engine from the UN for finding international data.

The Endangered Archives Programme is offering a number of grants every year to individual researchers world-wide to locate vulnerable archival collections, to arrange their transfer wherever possible to a suitable local archival home, and to deliver copies into the international research domain via the British Library.

The specific focus of this Programme is upon archives relating to the pre-industrial stages of a society's development, whether in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, or even Europe.

These grants will be the primary means by which Arcadia will contribute to the urgent task of identifying, preserving and making accessible such archival collections before they are lost to international scholarship forever.

 

See web site for more info on "Areas of Excellence," which Alcoa funds:

Safe & Healthy Children & Families

Ensuring that children and their families have the tools, the knowledge and the services to remain healthy and safe at home, in the community and in the workplace.

Conservation & Sustainability

Demonstrating our commitment to conservation by educating young leaders, protecting our forests, promoting sound public policy research, and understanding the linkages between business and the environment.

Global Education & Workplace Skills

Broadening student and adult participation through education in technical areas central to Alcoa to ensure that a diverse cross-section of our communities is economically connected, workplace ready and globally competitive.

Business & Community Partnerships

Seeding notions of corporate citizenship community by community to strengthen the non-profit sector and to develop meaningful partnerships among non-profits, the private sector and local government.

EarthTrends is built and maintained by the World Resources Institute. Fully searchable database of economic indicators and environmental statistics.

"EarthTrends is a comprehensive online database, maintained by the World Resources Institute, that focuses on the environmental, social, and economic trends that shape our world."

There are country reports and detailed, time series data tables for most countries in each of the following areas:
Coastal and Marine Ecosystems, Water Resources and Freshwater Ecosystems, Climate and Atmosphere, Population, Health and Human Well-being, Economics, Business and the Environment, Energy and Resources, Biodiversity and Protected Areas, Agriculture and Food, Forests, Grasslands and Drylands, Environmental Governance and Institutions.

 

You may be asked to  register to view content, but the registration process is easy and the content is free.

A guide from MSU about Criminal Justice with a focus on Environmental Crime.

note: a kuznets curve is a graphic description of environmental degradation vs. economic growth and is shaped like an inverted U, implying that there might be a way to limit environmental degradation once a populace reaches a certain level of wealth and sophistication.

" Extensive bibliography on sustainable design of buildings, with listings for dictionaries and encyclopedias, handbooks, histories, journals, and resources for codes and specifications, design, building materials, construction methods, environmental health, energy, case studies, and more. Includes links to additional research guides on solar design, daylighting (natural lighting), and other design topics. From the Environmental Design Library, University of California, Berkeley." (via LII)

China Rights Forum
2006
China's Environmental Challenge    

Information resources and services in toxicology, environmental health, chemistry, HIV/AIDS, and specialized topics in minority health.

• Environment & Health Toxicology - Databases and other resources related to toxicology and environmental health. Includes TOXNET
  
• Chemical Information - Databases and other resources to search for information by chemical name or structure. Includes ChemIDplus: Lite and Advanced
• HIV/AIDS - Links to journal literature, clinical trials, treatment information, meeting abstracts, and other resources.
• Outreach Activities & Resources - Programs, resources and web sites for health issues of minority and other specific populations.
• Directory of Health Organizations - Search DIRLINE and Health Hotlines to locate health organizations and health hotlines.
  

Meta-Search and clustering engine for Environmental Health and Toxicology. Searches for information in databases from the NLM database system, NIH, and various U.S. government and international agencies.

Federal agency charged with protecting human health and the environment.  Topics range from human health and pesticides to toxic chemicals and water.  Easy search methods are: Quick Finder, which has links to terms and keywords that are frequently searched on the EPA web site, and Browse EPA Topics which has topics organized into broad categories.

"This database is a compilation of curated peer-reviewed research articles "that explore the use of wildlife, domestic, and companion animals as 'sentinels' for the effects of chemical, biological, and physical hazards in the environment that may be a risk to human health." Includes information about animal species, exposures, health effects, and location. From the Yale Occupational and Environmental Medicine Program, Yale University School of Medicine." (via LII)

Consisting of over 1000 articles written by experts, this encyclopedia provides in-depth world wide coverage of environmental issues. Definitions of environmental terminology are included and each article has a bibliography to enable you to find further reading in your area.

This is a basic but very good introductory encyclopedia. It is arranged alphabetically and entries are concise and easy to understand, its main geographic focus is the United States