Environmental Science and Policy: Data & Policy

Registry of Research Data Repositories: searchable interface to datasets at other repositories.

NSF-funded Data Observation Network for Earth (DataONE) provides open and secure access to Earth observational data. Check out their robust Data Management practice.

Information about environmental activities affecting air, water, and land in the United States.

Information on toxic chemical releases and waste management activities reported annually by certain industries as well as federal facilities.

Water-resources current and historical data collected at approximately 1.5 million sites in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Topics include: Real-Time; Site Information; Surface Water; Ground Water; and Water Quality (includes temperature, specific conductance, pH, nutrients, pesticides, and volatile organic compounds).

Global data on energy and policy. Search by topic or country. Data is available on oil, gas, energy, coal, natural gas, and more.

WRI worldwide maps and data sets on topics such as climate, energy, food, forests, water, and cities.

Searchable detailed abstracts of all environmental impact statements (EIS) issued by the US government. Each entry includes a description of the project, sections on positive impact and negative consequences, and legal mandates. From January 2004.

Service of the Environmental Defense Fund using data from the EPA's Toxic Release Inventory plus other governmental and scientific agencies. Offline as of 6/1/2020. However, you can still search the link above from the Internet Archive.

National Research Council videos explaining how scientists have arrived at the state of knowledge about current climate change and its causes.