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General information
National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
Nongovernmental organizations & initiatives
· NGOs listed here focus explicitly and exclusively on the USA. NGOs that work internationally
are listed on the NGOs page.
· NGOs that work specifically at an individual state level are listed at the US States page.
· If an NGO is focused on a particular topic listed on this page (e.g., forest, water, etc.), it will be
listed under that topic.
ℹ️☞ Environmental Groups in the US
· Listed by state
American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity
American Conservation Coalition
· Aims to change environmental discussions through “the promotion of free-market and pro-business
environmentalism in legislatures, college campuses, the political arena, and beyond.”
American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
• "...a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization, acts as a catalyst to advance energy efficiency policies,
programs, technologies, investments, and behaviors. We are working for a future in which
energy efficiency helps the United States achieve economic prosperity, energy security, and
a healthy environment."
American Council for Capital Formation
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
· “Works with Congress and federal agencies to shape public policy and legislation affecting hiking.”
Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (AFWA)
Association of State Wetland Managers
State Carbon Pricing Network (SCPN)
State Climate Policy Dashboard
Community Action Works
Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation
Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE)
Environment America Action Fund
Environmental Integrity Project
Environmental Policy Innovation Center (EPIC)
Foreign Policy for America (FP4A)
Fund for the Public Interest
Green Corps
· Aims to end littering and increase recycling.
National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA)
National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA)
Northeast-Midwest State Foresters Alliance
Partnership for Conservation (P4C)
Partnership for the National Trails System (PNTS)
PIRG
Environment America
Frontier Group
Fund for the Public Interest
Student PIRGs
Environmental Action
Green Corps
Community Action Works
National Environmental Law Center
Green Century Funds
Fund for the Public Interest Foundation
PIRG
· Works to form a "national community of volunteers, advocates, and grassroot activists... to defend
our natural resources and everyone's right to enjoy them."
Student PIRGs
Transportation & Climate Initiative (TCI)
Foreign assistance
Environment @ ForeignAssistance
Public health
American Public Health Association
Health and Environmental Research Online database (HERO) @ USEPA
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
National Environmental Health Association
Recycling
· Aims to improve and expanded public recycling programs to make them more effective. Works with
partners to install recycling bins in public spaces like parks, schools, college campuses, etc.
Air pollution
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: Air Pollution
· Details the health impact of air pollution in the United States
Water (including freshwater, drinking water, groundwater & drought)
· Combines advocacy with field work to ensure the greatest impact for river basins.
Map of U.S. Dams Removed Since 1912
Babbitt Center for Land and Water Policy @ Lincoln Institute
· Works "to improve the quality of life through the effective use, taxation, and stewardship of land."
· a nonprofit private foundation that researches and recommends specific approaches to land.
How's my waterway? @ USEPA
National Ground Water Association (NGWA)
National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS)
US National Drought Mitigation Center
· Works to "reduce the effects of drought on people, the environment and the economy by researching
the science of drought monitoring and the practice of drought planning."
· Works on many different levels, from "individual ranchers, communities, regions, watersheds, tribes,
states, countries."
Map of U.S. Dams Removed Since 1912 @ American Rivers
Biodiversity & endangered species
Alliance for America's Fish & Wildlife
· Works to provide funding to conservation efforts for fish, wildlife, and their habitats.
Endangered Species Protection Program
· Examines the program's history, explains how it will be implemented in the field, and details the
roles of the state, tribes, services, and the public.
Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS)
· Provides public data from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and other government sources.
National Military Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NMFWA)
· “...a national campaign to reform state wildlife management to be more democratic, just,
compassionate, and focused on protecting wild species and ecosystems.”
Rural regions
Lily Weaver of Brandeis University contributed to this page in 2019.
United States of America (USA) ~ Main page
Contents of this page:
· General information
· Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)
· Foreign assistance
· Air pollution
· Water (including freshwater, drinking water, groundwater & dams)
· Biodiversity & endangered species
Also see:
· Government agencies @ Ecosystem services & NCPs
· USA climate & forests initiatives @ Forests & climate change
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