EPA Library Closure Resources

EPA Web

• Agency Home Page

• Links to Libraries and Repositories
  

• Services to the Public
• Budget

 

Executive Branch Resources

• White House page on the Environment
   

• U. S. Government Manual Section on The EPA
   

Legislative Resources
To find individual Senator and Representative's responses to the closures, search that individuals name in the Senator Contact List or Representative Office List to access their web page. If they have posted a statement, it should be either on the home page as a recent addition, or maybe found through a 'news release' or 'statements' link.

• THOMAS (Library of Congress site on legislative issues and actions from the 101st Congress in 1989 to current)
   

• Restructuring EPA's Libraries: Background and Issues for Congress CRS report updated 1/3/07
   

• House of Representatives website, search on "environmental protection agency libraries" or EPA for statements, testimony and more.

  • Members Push to Stop EPA Library Closures (Democratic Caucus)

  • Members Urge Investigation of EPA Library Closures (House Democratic Committee on Science and Technology)
     

• Senate website, search on environmental protection agency libraries" or EPA for statements, testimony and more

  • Boxer and Lautenberg Lead Senators Urging EPA to Protect Valuable Public Information Stored in EPA Libraries (News release, 12/1/06)

Non-government Sites,  Blogs & More

• The EPA closes its scientific libraries, destroys documents (Union of Concerned Scientists)

• American Library Association page on EPA Libraries

• Bush Axing Libraries While Pushing for More Research (Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility)
   

• 10,000 EPA Scientists Protest Library Closures. No. 7.2.2006-124. (Librarian Blog)

 

In the CSUSM Collection

• Library Catalog--some suggested subject headings:
  United States. Environmental Protection Agency

• United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Appropriations And Expenditures

• United States. Environmental Protection Agency --.Management
   

• CQ Researcher and CQ Weekly
  CSUSM Research Databases--CSUSM Users Only
  

CSUSM Librarians are able to help you locate further resources!

• Judith Downie, Humanities and Government Documents Librarian

• Allison Carr, Social Sciences Librarian

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