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This webinar, provided by the Center for Renewable Energy Advanced Technological Education Resource Center (CREATE) was presented on May 12, 2017 in consultation with the Miester Consulting Firm. This webinar highlights the state of employment trends and the potential future developments in...

This webpage contains information about the NW Energy Coalition.  The Coalition is "an alliance of environmental, civic, and human service organizations, progressive utilities and businesses in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Alaska and British Columbia." Its work focuses on renewable resources...

This activity, provided by the Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center (ATEEC), consists of a virtual field trip that walks students through an "interdisciplinary exploration of the technological, biological, and policy aspects of oil spill prevention and clean-up" in Alaska. The field...

This Web page and the related pages links on the right sidebar provide information on controlling emissions from passenger cars and light trucks. This includes consumer information, vehicle standards and regulations, certification and compliance, fuel economy, and test data, CAP 2000 (compliance...

This 12-page resource, from the Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center, provides a problem-based activity on risk assessment of environmental health issues. The activity asks students to "study and research emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, particularly through vector-borne,...

This webpage, created by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) of the US Depart of Labor, is a digital library of training and reference materials.  The cover topics such as, asbestos, blood borne pathogens, flammable liquids, and workplace violence.  The topics are divided by...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's site on household hazardous waste stresses the importance of household waste awareness. Household waste may come from single or multiple family dwellings, hotels and motels, and other types of residences. This site answers frequently asked questions about...

This 2-page learning activity, from the Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center (ATEEC), focuses on particulate matter in the air humans breathe. The activity is intended to help environmental science, chemistry, or biology students connect real-world problems with math, science,...

This paper, published by the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, investigates how ozone, a toxic gas produced in polluted air, affects the ability of plants to store carbon and keep it from affecting the climate. While the researchers find increasingly negative effects in...

The Pennsylvania Consortium for Interdisciplinary Environmental Policy stresses the need for a "forum for collaboration on environmental policy and education." This site features an organization comprised of environmental policy makers and universities and colleges devoted to improving environmental...