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This site offers numerous informational items concerning sources, eradication and treatment of indoor air problems. Pollutant sources, ventilation, other issues involved in indoor air pollution are explained in detail.  A list of popular indoor air quality topics is included, with accompanying links...

This site provides access to The Interior Air Quality (IAQ) Building Education and Assessment Model (I-BEAM), developed by the EPA to offer-state-of-the-art guidance for managing interior air quality in commercial buildings.  Additionally, this site offers numerous links pertinent to information for...

Many widely used household products such as paints, varnishes, waxes, as well as cleaning, disinfecting, cosmetic and hobby products all contain organic solvents; these can release organic compounds while you are using them, and, to some degree, when they are stored. Other sources of exposure result...

This paper, published by the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, provides an economic analysis of a specific climate policy: a carbon tax. The analysis gauges the potential for a carbon tax to create an incentive for research and development, and subsequently lower the cost...

This paper, published by the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, discusses possible strategies for developing long-term goals for climate policy. The author looks at the role of benefit estimates in policy formation, the challenges associated with these estimates, and...

This webpage, from The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), provides an overview of the research, news and events of the institute. IGES conducts policy-oriented and practical strategic research on global environmental issues to achieve sustainable development.  Links to download...

The Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) offers this website with resources related to sustainable and equitable development.  ILSR champions local, humanly scaled economies.  As such, it distributes research and teaching materials on a weekly basis.  These materials can be located under the...

This website, provided by Colorado State University, features the multidisciplinary research of the Institute for the Built Environment. Its mission is to foster stewardship and sustainability of the built environment through a research-based, interdisciplinary educational forum.  A resource library...

This page is a course overview for Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) course 11.364, International Environmental Negotiation.  The site contains materials from a graduate research seminar on complex negotiations of international environmental issues. The class explores the challenges of...

The International Lake Environment Committee (ILEC) works to advance international cooperation for sustainable management of the world's lakes and reservoirs through the collection and provision of environmental data, the promotion of scientific research, and the promotion of interchange with...