US Geological Survey http://water.usgs.gov/waternow/ For the first time, anyone can find out the current conditions on thousands of rivers and streams across the country, right from their phone, using USGS’ latest system WaterNow. WaterNow makes the water conditions monitored by more than 16,000 streamgages and other sites across the country available via text or email. Like its … Continue reading »
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OpenStates.org: Search State-level Legislative Activity
Sunlight Foundation http://openstates.org/ Browse legislative activity by jurisdiction and law maker, search by keyword or bill number. Learn about status, break down votes, view bill texts and supporting documents. Search for bill texts across states, and run alerts. Includes District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Coverage includes current session and usually either the 2011 or … Continue reading »
Electricity Data Browser
US Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Admin. http://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/browser/ [Website] The U.S. Energy Information Administration recently posted an electricity data browser to show generation, consumption, fossil fuel receipts, stockpiles, retail sales, and electricity prices. The data appear on an interactive web page and are updated each month. The Electricity Data Browser includes all the datasets collected … Continue reading »
State Energy Data System: New EIA Beta Site
US Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Admin. http://www.eia.gov/beta/state/ Annual state-level estimates of consumption, prices, and expenditures for other petroleum products for 2011. Rank states by production, consumption or expenditures per capita. Download data tables as CSV. Click on the interactive map for textual state-level information. This beta product may not have the most recent available data. … Continue reading »
EPA’s Chemical Data Access Tool (CDAT)
US EPA, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics http://java.epa.gov/oppt_chemical_search/ [ResourceShelf.com] [On Monday the] U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the 2012 Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) information on more than 7,600 chemicals in commerce. The CDR database contains comprehensive use and exposure information on the most widely used chemicals in the United States. Companies are now … Continue reading »
New EPA Database: Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO)
US EPA http://www.epa-echo.gov/echo/ [Emailed Press Release] Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the release of state dashboards and comparative maps that provide the public with information about the performance of state and EPA enforcement and compliance programs across the country… Most states and tribes in the United States have the authority to implement … Continue reading »
Tethys, a Database on Wave, Tidal, Current Energy: Research, Monitoring and Environmental Effects
International Energy Agency | US Dept. of Energy http://mhk.pnnl.gov/wiki/index.php/Knowledge_Base [From Press Release] …the database will help industry regulators and energy project developers deploy sustainable ocean energy projects in an environmentally responsible manner. Developed through a partnership with the International Energy Agency’s Ocean Energy Systems initiative (OES), the Tethys database and an accompanying report identify research on potential environmental effects … Continue reading »
Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Large Facilities: 2nd Update to EPA’s Data Reporting Site
US EPA http://www.epa.gov/ghgreporting/ [From Email Alert] Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) posted the second year of greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions data on its website, which provides public access to emissions data by sector, by greenhouse gas, and by geographic region such as county or state… The 2011 data, collected through the congressionally mandated Greenhouse … Continue reading »
Water Action Hub
Water Action Hub (in partnership with Deloitte, Giz, BMZ and the Pacific Institute) http://wateractionhub.org/ ” an online platform designed to assist stakeholders to efficiently identify potential collaborators and engage with them in water-related collective action to improve water management in regions of critical strategic interest.” [H/T: Aguanomics]
HealthStats, a World Bank Site for Global Public Health Indicators
World Bank http://data.worldbank.org/news/new-website-on-health-nutrition-population [InfoDocket]The World Bank has launched a new website featuring data on Health, Nutrition and Population (HNP) topics. This new website, HealthStats, is a central place to explore, visualize and download HNP data. It provides access to more than 250 indicators for over 200 countries, covering topics such as health financing, HIV/AIDS, immunization, … Continue reading »
