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The American Geological Institute's governmental-affairs arm tracks U.S. environmental legislation and provides links to other information sources. See AGI's home page at

American Geological Institute's home page

( http://www.agiweb.org )
The Council on Environmental Quality issues extensive information on environment indicators, many relevant to pollution-control legislation and agreements discussed in this chapter:

The Council on Environmental Quality

( http://ceq.eh.doe.gov/ )
NEPANET provides up-to-date information on EISs filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; see

NEPANET

( http://ceq.eh.doe.gov/nepa/nepanet.htm )
A discussion of the SO2 allowances aspect of the Acid Rain Program is found at

Acid Rain Program

( http://www.epa.gov/airmarkets/arp/allfact.html )
Links to acid-rain laws, including the U.S.-Canada Transboundary Agreement, are found at

Links to acid-rain laws

( http://www.epa.gov/airmarkets/ )
To obtain an EIS, see

To obtain an EIS

( http://es.epa.gov/oeca/ofa/geteis.html )
This site offers links to comprehensive discussions of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act. Materials from the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency can be found via

Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency

( http://www.ceaa.gc.ca:80/ )
History of and current information on the status of the U.N. Convention to Combat Desertification can be found via

U.N. Convention to Combat Desertification

( http://www.iisd.ca/linkages/desert.html )
The USGS Water Resources Division maintains "Environmental Impact Analysis Data Links" on a variety of topics; see at

"Environmental Impact Analysis Data Links"

( http://water.usgs.gov/public/eap/env_data.html )
Its Environmental Affairs Program (EAP) includes information on NEPA generally, and EISs referred to USGS for comment specifically, accessible via the EAP home page at

Environmental Affairs Program (EAP)

( http://water.usgs.gov/public/eap/eappage.html )
The U.N. Unit for Conventions is at

U.N. Unit for Conventions

( http://www.unep.ch/conventions/ )
A wealth of information on the Montreal Protocol specifically and ozone generally is available via the Ozone Secretariat of the U.N. Environment Programme at

Ozone Secretariat of the U.N. Environment Programme

( http://www.unep.ch/ozone/index.shtml )
Answers to "Frequently Asked Questions" about the ozone layer are maintained by that Secretariat at

"Frequently Asked Questions" about the ozone layer

( http://www.unep.ch/ozone/faqs.shtml )
Comprehensive information on the UN Framework Convention and a "Beginner's Guide to the Convention" are online at

"Beginner's Guide to the Convention"

( http://www.unfccc.int/resource/beginner.html )





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