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General Environmental Issues Websites:

1. http://www.eschooltoday.com

2. http://www.ducksters.com/science/

      Scroll down to bottom for environmental issues/pollution links

3. http://www.kidsecologycorps.org

    Go to "Our Environment" and "How you can help" pull down menus for links

4. http://www.ecology.com/ecology-kids/

    Follow pull down menu/links on top

5. http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/index.htm

6. http://environment.nationalgeographic.com

   Search for topic

7. http://factsforkids.net

   Search for topic

8. http://www.conserve-energy-future.com

   Go to menu on top for topics categories such as global warming, pollution, recycling and fossil

   fuels

9. http://enviropol.com/index.php/pollution

      Pollution website

Plastic Waste Reduction:

1. http://www.bottlestore.com/ways-to-reduce-reuse-recycle-plastic-containers

Website contribution courtesy of "Ms. Lang's Girl Scout Troop"

Electronic Waste:

1.    http://www.electronicstakeback.com/how-to-recycle-electronics/resources-for-kids/

2.    https://www.ifixit.com/Info/environment

3.    http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/detox/electronics/the-e-waste-problem/where-does-e-waste-end-up/

4.    http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/30/world/asia/china-electronic-waste-e-waste/

5.    http://www.moneycrashers.com/electronic-e-waste-recycling-disposal-facts/

6.    http://ifixit.org/ewaste

7. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/14/ghana-dump-electronic-waste-not-good-place-live

8. http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/08/01/e-waste-in-developing-countries-endangers-environment-locals

9. http://sometimes-interesting.com/2011/07/17/electronic-waste-dump-of-the-world/

10. http://inhabitat.com/electronics-recycling-101-the-problem-with-e-waste/e-waste-africa/

11. http://www.pacebutler.com/blog/e-waste-laws/

12. http://www.ct.gov/deep/cwp/view.asp?a=2714&q=397482

13.http://www.michigan.gov/deq/0,4561,7-135-70153_70155_3585_4130_18096-208087--,00.html

14. http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/Electronics/Act2003/

15. http://www3.jjc.edu/ftp/wdc12/rlebeck/Index.html

16. http://www.e-warriors.byethost31.com/causes.html?i=1

17. http://www3.jjc.edu/ftp/wdc12/rlebeck/The%20Cause.html

18. http://www.e-cycle.com/e-waste-recycling-laws-in-the-united-states-and-stopping-the-export-of-e-waste-by-utilizing-e-stewards-certified-recyclers/

19. http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/65583.html

20. http://4thbin.com/e-waste-facts/e-waste-legislation/new-york-state/

21. http://www.bostonelectronicwaste.com/go-green/ewaste-laws

Air pollution:

1.    http://www.coolfactsforkids.com/air-pollution-facts-for-kids/

2.    http://www.kidsecologycorps.org/our-environment/natural-cycles/air-pollution

3.    http://www.ciese.org/curriculum/airproj/reference/

4.    http://factsforkids.net/pollution-facts-kids-must-know-facts/

5. http://www.health.com/health/gallery/0,,20490855,00.html

6. http://.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/01/16/china-smog-air-pollution/4504729/

7. http://www.businessinsider.com/these-are-the-cities-with-the-worst-air-pollution-in-the-world-2015-9

8. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Delhi-air-nears-Diwali-level-of-pollution/articleshow/49900589.cms

9. http://urbanpeek.com/2013/04/13/top-10-cities-with-the-worlds-worst-air/

10. http://www.witpress.com/elibrary/wit-transactions-on-the-built-environment/60/620

11. http://www.ibtimes.com/inside-worlds-most-polluted-city-ahvaz-iran-video-1115920

12. http://www.yahoo.com/news/iran-south-asia-worst-city-air-pollution-122433324.html

13. http://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/summary-clean-air-act

14. http://louisvilleky.gov/government/air-pollution-control-district/air-pollution-regulations-and-laws

15. http://htwww.pollutionissues.com/Ho-Li/Laws-and-Regulations-United-States.html

16. http://www3.epa.gov/crossstaterule/

17. http://guardianlv.com/2016/04/houston-denied-clean-air-by-texas-supreme-court-ruling/

18.Go to the following website and then click on the first article listed (Word Document):

www.mass.gov/eea/searchresults.html?q=Health+and+Environmental+effects+of+air+pollution&spell=1&output=xml_no_dtd& client=mg_eea&proxystylesheet=massgov&getfields=*&oe=UTF8&tlen=215&sitefolder=eea&filter=0&requiredfields=&startsite=EOEEAx&site=EOEEAx&x=0&y=0&ulang=&ip=10.3.110.175&access=p&sort=date:

19. http://www.gogreenacademy.com/causes-and-effects-of-air-pollution/

Water pollution:

1.    http://water.epa.gov/learn/kids/beachkids/pollution.cfm

2.    http://water.epa.gov/polwaste/nps/whatudo.cfm

3.    http://water.epa.gov/polwaste/nps/whatudo.cfm

4.    http://www.kidsecologycorps.org/our-environment/natural-cycles/water-pollution

5. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kanpur/Contaminated-water-a-curse-for-people/articleshow/19904126.cms

6. http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/11/world/africa/somalia-drinking-water-deaths/index.html

7. http://www.all-about-india.com/Ganges-River-Pollution.html

8. http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/01/31/ten-american-cities-with-worst-drinking-water/

9. http://www.newsweek.com/2015/10/02/ganges-river-dying-under-weight-modern-india-375347.html

10. http://www.lifeionizers.com/blog/ten-deadly-cities/

11. http://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/water_pollution_laws.pdf

12. http://worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar594330&st=water+pollution

13. http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/upstate-residents-social-media-spread-water-crisis-article-1.2670129

14. http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-worlds-most-and-least-polluted-rivers/ss-AAsik9U?ocid=se

Water and Air Pollution:

Articles that include where water and/or air pollution occur

1. http://www.yahoo.com/news/worlds-10-worst-polluted-places-named-172054652.html?ref=gs

2. http://www.slideshare.net/daletestink/water-air-and-noise-pollution

Coral reefs:

1.    http://kids.nceas.ucsb.edu/biomes/coralreef.html

1a. (BENEFITS OF CORAL REEFS) http://www.icriforum.org/about-coral-reefs/benefits-coral-reefs

                                                               http://coralreefsystems.org/content/value-corals

                                                               http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/kits/corals/coral07_importance.html

                                                               http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/blue_planet/coasts/coral_reefs/coral_importance/

                                                               http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/coral_economy.html

2.    http://www.reef.edu.au/default.htm

3.    http://www.coralfilm.com/about.html

4.    http://www.kidsdiscover.com/spotlight/coral-reefs/

5.    http://www.ducksters.com/science/ecosystems/coral_reef_biome.php

6.    http://southeastfloridareefs.net/coral-facts/

7.    http://southeastfloridareefs.net/coral-grief/

8.    http://southeastfloridareefs.net/coral-relief/coral-reef-protection-act/

9.    http://southeastfloridareefs.net/uploads/Coral_Reef_Protection_Act_Q&A_Final.pdf

10. http://www.globalissues.org/article/173/coral-reefs

11. http://search.noaa.gov/search?dc=1199&utf8=%E2%9C%93&affiliate=oceanservice.noaa.gov&query=coral+reefs&commit=%EF%80%82

12. http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/tutorial_corals/coral11_protecting.html

13. http://www.care2.com/causes/5-of-the-worlds-most-endangered-coral-reefs.html

14. http://www.livescience.com/6290-great-barrier-reef.html

15. http://www.destination-scuba.com/Coral-reef-destruction.html

16. http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/centralamerica/belize/placesweprotect/mesoamerican-reef-1.xml

17. http://www.philippines.hvu.nl/CoralReef.htm

18. http://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/?78300/Large-oil-spill-in-the-Philippines-threatens-marine-ecosystem

19. http://www.dep.state.fl.us/coastal/programs/coral/pub/Coral_Reef_Protection_Act_Q&A.pdf

20. http://www.nwf.org/Wildlife/Threats-to-Wildlife/Global-Warming/Effects-on-Wildlife-and-Habitat/Coral-Reefs.aspx

21. http://coral.org/what-we-do/where-we-work/indonesia/

22. http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2013/11/18/australia-authorizing-destruction-of-great-barrier-reef/

23. http://www.dw.com/en/worst-ever-bleaching-on-great-barrier-reef/a-19089871

24. http://www.wwf.org.au/our_work/saving_the_natural_world/oceans_and_marine/priority_ocean_places/great_barrier_reef/threats/

25. http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/tutorial_corals/coral11_protecting.html

26. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/apr/22/coral-bleaching-spreads-from-great-barrier-reef-to-western-australia

27. http://www.climatehotmap.org/global-warming-locations/great-barrier-reef-australia.html

28. http://plaza.ufl.edu/bettie/coralreef.html

29. http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/06/13/losing-our-coral-reefs/

30. http://www.icriforum.org/about-coral-reefs/benefits-coral-reefs

30 A.Private Org. https://www.icriforum.org/about-icri

31. http://www.cep.unep.org/issues/crm.html

32.Private Org. http://www.globalcoral.org/

33. Negative Impacts: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/11/09/why-the-death-of-coral-reefs-could-be-devastating-for-millions-of-humans/?utm_term=.528f7613fb2d

Acid rain:

http://water.usgs.gov/edu/acidrain.html

1.    http://www.ciese.org/curriculum/airproj/reference/

2.    http://www.kidsecologycorps.org/our-environment/natural-cycles/acid-rain

3.    http://www.epa.gov/acidrain/education/site_students

4.    http://www.epa.gov/oar/oaqps/gooduphigh/ozone.pdf

5.    http://www.epa.gov/acidrain/education/site_students/

6.    http://www.epa.gov/acidrain/education/site_students/whatisacid.html

7.    http://www.epa.gov/acidrain/education/teachersguide.pdf

8.    http://www.epa.gov/acidrain/education/site_students/whatisacid.html

9.    http://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi/30001XKN.PDF?Dockey=30001XKN.PDF

10. http://iranpulse.al-monitor.com/index.php/2013/11/3218/thousands-hospitalized-from-acid-rain-in-irans-most-polluted-city/

11. http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/acid-rains-make-life-hard-in-258-chinese-cities-444967

12. http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/stones/acid-rain.html

13. http://www.cyark.org/news/top-5-endangered-heritage-sites-acid-rain

14. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/01/070126-mexico-tajin.html

15. http://www.adirondackcouncil.org/page/acid-rain-86.html

16. https://www.epa.gov/acidrain/effects-acid-rain

17. https://www.epa.gov/acidrain%20%20%20

18. http://www.conserve-energy-future.com/causes-and-effects-of-acid-rain.php

19. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/acid-rain/

20.https://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/acidrain/7.html (What is being done?)

21. https://www.conserve-energy-future.com/causes-and-effects-of-acid-rain.php

Oil Spills:

1.    http://www.nwf.org/kids/ranger-rick/ranger-rick-on-the-big-oil-spill.aspx

2.    http://www.kidzworld.com/article/24170-oil-spills-sad-but-true

3.    http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/oil-spills/?ar_a=1
4.   http://www.ehow.com/about_5444185_oil-spill-information-kids.html

5. http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/features/recent-oil-spills/

6. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/12/141216-sundarbans-oil-spill-bangladesh-tigers-dolphins-conservation/

7. http://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/?78300/Large-oil-spill-in-the-Philippines-threatens-marine-ecosystem

8. .http://oils.gpa.unep.org/kids/kids.htm



9. http://www.nwf.org/pdf/Kids/oilspill_mini-page.pdf

10.http://enviroliteracy.org/energy/fossil-fuels/oil-spills/

11. http://www.timeforkids.com/news/oil-spill-california/243386

12. http://www.conserve-energy-future.com/interesting-oil-spill-facts.php

13. http://www.takepart.com/photos/oil-spill-cleanup-alternatives-to-corexit/next-gallery

14. https://www.epa.gov/emergency-response/exxon-valdez-spill-profile

15. http://resources.lawinfo.com/personal-injury/environmental-exposure/oil-spill/environmental-laws-and-oil-spills.html

16. https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/training-and-education/education-students-and-teachers/how-do-spills-happen.html

17. https://top5ofanything.com/list/f671589a/Worst-Oil-Spills-in-History

18. http://www.personal.psu.edu/cab453/egee101/more_information.htm

19. http://www.scaa-spill.org/about

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