This is a citizen-based advocacy group with five staff persons, based in New York City. Most helpful to a reporter is the news section for story ideas or by taking a look at their current issues.
The website for a government watchdog non-profit affiliated with the National Wildlife Federation. It was put together by environmental advocates within the state of New York. The group provides background and reports on environmental issues in New York.
This is a link to the section at nysba.org relating specifically to environmental law. You’ll see a list on the left allowing you to click on specific sections/issues regarding laws for information.
This division of state government that oversees the environment. Topics on this site range from outdoor recreation to what is going on in the news. Here is the direct link for Public News. Very useful for interview sources (local office in Syracuse) and for information on Onondaga Lake – but they deal with everything.
This is the county’s informational page about county environmental issues. See it for contacts or the primer on the clean-up of Onondaga Lake.
This is the website for OCRRA – an organization dedicated to waste removal in Onondaga County.
Cleaning up the Onondaga Lake has been in the works for years and this website gives insight as to what is going on now as well as helpful background.
This is the online home for the professional organization of journalists who cover the environment. This site provides lots of resources for stories on the environment including blogs, an annotated list of stories called EJToday, and a TipSheet. To see today’s latest news click on the link: Latest News.
The Environmental Blog is a website published by John Tarantino — an engineer with the Oregon Toxics Alliance. There are, however, multiple contributors. His goal is to give a voice to issues within the environment. The website offers an outlet for bloggers to comment on environmental issues. It also has a Google search engine that allows you to search the blog for a specific topic.
This is the environment section of the website for this federal agency. It gives information on the government’s mission on environmental issues, and specifically, energy. See also the department’s DOE National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) website.