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Environmental Group Links

Web sites of environmental groups in Kentucky and the nation.

RTK NET Home Page - The Right-to-Know Network has many searchable environmental and social action databases.

Scorecard - Environmental Defense Fund environmental information service.

The EnviroLink Network - Largest online environmental information service; a nonprofit run by volunteers.

Chesapeake Bay Foundation - Provides grants to civic and community organizations, schools and volunteer groups for Chesapeake Bay.

Yahoo's Environmental Menu - An extensive listing on environmental subjects.

The Earth Times - A timely collection of environmentally related news articles and editorials.

National Audubon Society - Learn about the latest projects and events sponsored by the John James Audubon Society.

Natural Resources Defense Council - An environmental action group with more than one million members and online activists.

National Wildlife Federation - The nation's largest member-supported conservation group, uniting individuals, organizations, businesses and government to protect wildlife, wild places and the environment.

Environmental Defense Fund - Works to prevent pollution before it occurs and to increase the effectiveness of environmental regulations.

The Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (E-LAW) - An international network of public interest attorneys, scientists and others.

The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy - An organization with a mission to create environmentally and economically sustainable communities and regions.

Greenpeace - An independent, campaigning organization which uses nonviolent, creative confrontation to expose global environmental problems.

Sierra Club - A nonprofit, member-supported, public interest organization that promotes conservation of the natural environment.

Cumberland Chapter of the Sierra Club - Kentucky chapter of the Sierra Club, includes "The Cumberland" newsletter.

Kentuckians for the Commonwealth - Kentuckians for the Commonwealth believes in the power of citizens, working together, to challenge injustices, right wrongs and improve the quality of life for all Kentuckians.

Kentucky Heartwood - A nonprofit volunteer group that seeks to protect and restore the integrity, stability and beauty of Kentucky’s native forests and biotic communities through research, education, advocacy and nonviolent intervention.

The Nature Conservancy - The world's largest private international conservation group. Working with communities, businesses and people, they protect millions of acres of valuable lands and waters worldwide.

Kentucky Environmental Quality Commission
14 Reilly Road
Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone: 502-564-3410 ext 149
E-mail: eqc@ky.gov