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Subscription Databases - details
GreenFILE - details, guide
New Book of Popular Science - details, guide - User name: jcpl, Password: jcpl
NewsBank - Science and Health in the News
NewsBank - World Environment
Science Online - details, guide

More Library Resources
Celebrating Earth Day

Search the Library Catalog
Environment, Related subjects
Environmental Protection, Related subjects

Search the Internet
Google: Environment | Sustainable Living
ipl2: Environmental Sciences and Ecology | Sustainable Development

News
Environment | Renewable Energy

Featured

Power Check Energy Meters
Available for checkout through a partnership with Xcel energy.
Request a Meter from the Library
JCPL News Release - August 18, 2010
Responsible by Nature

Instructions
Energy Meter Manual
Instruction Booklet
Instruction Booklet (en Español)
Logging Software Instructions and Download
Instructions and software for downloading data from energy meters. Choose the third option on this page, "Download Software," for the free download of the software.

Gulf Coast Oil Spill 2010
Blow Out Preventer Drawing
Crude Oil Spills and Human Health - NLM
Deepwater Horizon Incident - NOAA.gov
Deepwater Horizon Information - U.S. Dept of the Interior
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Issues for Congress
Emergency.Louisiana.Gov
Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill - Center for Strategic & International Studies

Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill - Google News Updates
Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill - Nola.com
Live Video Stream
Response to BP Spill - EPA.gov
Tracking the Oil Spill - New York Times
Well Configuration
U.S. Oil Spills Sinc 2000

Selected Web Sites

General
Climate Change and Colorado's Future
Colorado Environment A-Z
Eco Street
Energy Information Administration (EIA)
Envirofacts - EPA

Environmental News Network
Environmental Working Group (EWG)
MSN Green
United Nations Environment Programme
Union of Concerned Scientists

Energy Efficiency and Sustainability
Alliance to Save Energy
Carbon Footprint
Carbonrally.com
CARMA - Carbon Monitoring for Action
Center for Resource Conservation
The College Sustainability Report Card
Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE)
Energy Savers
EPA EnergyStar Program
Governor's Energy Office

Home Energy Checklist
Low Impact Living
Personal Emissions Calculator - EPA
Rocky Mountain Institute
Smart Communities Network
Southwest Energy Efficiency Project (SWEEP)
Ten Things You Can Do to Help Curb Global Warming
U.S. Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Recycling
Call2Recycle: Battery Recycling
Denver Recycles
Earth911
Electronics Recycling in Colorado
EPA Resource Conservation Challenge
Freecycle

How Can I Recycle This?
Jefferson County Recycling Resources
MyGreenElectronics
Packing Peanuts Recycling
Rechargeable Battery Recycling Locator
Steel Recycling Institute

Alternative Energy
Alternative Fuels Data Center
Colorado Renewable Energy Society
Green America
Green-e Renewable Electricity Program
NREL: Student Resources on Renewable Energy

Renewable & Alternative Fuels
Renewable Energy Policy Project
Solar Estimator
Wind Energy Projects in Colorado

Green Building and Land Use
Building Environmental Science and Technology (BEST)
Building Technologies Program
Built Green Colorado
Center for Sustainable Building Research
Green Building Page at EPA
Green Building Reference Links - EPA Region 8 Library
Oikos Green Building Source
Sourcebook for Green and Sustainable Building

Sustainable Building Technical Manual
Sustainable Building Toolkit
Sustainable Buildings Industry Council (SBIC) Residential Program
U.S. Green Building Council
U.S. Green Building Council - The Green Home Guide
Whole Building Design Guide
Xeriscape Resources

Green Buying
18Seconds.org
A Consumer's Guide to Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Eco Companies Directory
EcoGeek: Technology for the Environment
Environmentally Preferable Purchasing
Good Stuff?: A Behind-the-Scenes Guide to the Things We Buy

Green Living Toolkit
Green Seal Environmental Standards
Greener Choices
PATH Top 10 Technologies
The Green Guide (National Geographic)
Inhabit.com
TreeHugger.com
2008 Best Green Companies

Transportation
Fuel Economy
Greenercars.org
Green Vehicle Guide

HybridCenter.org
Intelligent Travel