Environmental & Energy Study Institute (EESI) - Researches renewable energy, energy efficiency, climate change, smart growth, alternative fuels, & advanced vehicle technologies. Go

The Heartland Institute - Provides information on research & commentary on sound science & market-based environmental protection. Go

Political Economy Research Center - Think tank in Montana seeking market solutions to environmental problems. Research & policy analysis covers endangered species, forestry, fisheries, mining, parks & park reform, public lands, property rights, Superfund, user fees, water marketing, wildlife & environmental education. Go

World Commission on Protected Areas - To promote the establishment & effective management of a worldwide, representative network of terrestrial & marine protected areas as an integral contribution to the IUCN mission. Go

Waste Policy Center - WPC deals with environmental management & policy issues related to both business & government organizations. Go

Interstate Technology & Regulatory Cooperation - ITRC is a state-led national coalition dedicated to better environmental protection through innovative technologies. Clear? ITRC helps reduce the technical & regulatory barriers to the deployment of new environmental technologies. Go

Buckminster Fuller Institute - Located in Sebastopol, California, BFI hopes to empower site visitors to see the big picture & exercise individual initiative so that virtually everyone on board our Spaceship Earth can live abundantly & successfully on an ecologically sustainable basis. Go

Conservation Law Foundation - Uses law, economics & science to solve the environmental problems that threaten the people, natural resources & communities of New England. Go

Thoreau Institute - Seeks ways to protect the environment without regulation, bureaucracy, or central control. Go

National Endangered Species Act Reform Coalition - A broad based coalition of roughly 200 member organizations, representing millions of individual persons across the United States, that is dedicated to bringing balance back to the Endangered Species Act. Go

Foundation for Research on Economics & the Environment - FREE advances conservation & environmental values by applying modern science & America's founding ideas to policy debates. Go

Science & Environment Health Network - Began in 1993 when members of the scientific community met to respond to virulent attacks on the environmental agenda. It was clear that science was being misrepresented & misused in environmental public policy. Go

World Resources Institute - WRI believes a healthy environment & healthy economy can coexist. Uses information & knowledge as tools to move human society to live in ways that protect the Earth's environment & its capacity to provide. Go

Worldwatch Institute - Analyzes interdisciplinary environmental data from around the world, providing information on how to build a sustainable society. Website has articles on a broad range on topics. Go

California Institute of Public Affairs - Research, convening & public information on California issues & international environmental affairs. Founded in 1969 & affiliated with Claremont Graduate University. Go

Rocky Mountain Institute - An independent, nonprofit research & educational foundation with a mission to foster the efficient & sustainable use of resources as a path to global security. Research areas are energy, transportation, green development, climate change, water, economic renewal, corporate sustainability, & security. Go

Resources for the Future - Researches environmental & natural resource issues & policy questions - rooted primarily in economics & other social sciences. Go

Community-University Connections - Explores the use of science in social & environmental policy & advocates precautionary & community-based research approaches. Provides information & resources on projects, current activities & research. Go