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Most links provided below are Web sites that have information specifically related to the environment or environmental activities along the U.S.-Mexico border. Other links provide access to important general information on air quality and the environment. If you are interested in exchanging environmental information, you may want to consider subscribing to one of the list servers that are dedicated to evironmental activities in the U.S.-Mexico border region.

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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Web Sites
Name	Description
Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention - Canadian and Mexico Border Programs	Provides chemical emergency preparedness and prevention plans and information on the status and progress of related U.S./Mexico and U.S./Canada border programs
Envirofacts Data Warehouse	Access to several EPA databases to provide you with information about environmental activities that may affect air, water, and land anywhere in the United States
Environmental Technology Verification Program	Develops testing protocols and verifies the performance of innovative technologies
EPA AIRNow	Provides the public with national air quality information, including air quality forecasts and real-time air quality data
EPA Region VI	Serving South Central U.S. Border Liason Office Up to date news from the U.S. Border
EPA Region IX	Serving Pacific Southwest U.S. Border Liason Office Up to date news from the U.S. Border
Terms of Environment	Non-technical language definitions of the most commonly used environmental terms
U.S.-Mexico Border 2012 Program	Executive summary, framework and implementation plans Project compendium Border maps
U.S.-Mexico Border 2012 Environmental Health Workgroup	Environmental quality and health concerns along the U.S.-México Border

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Other Federal Agency Web Sites
Name	Description
U.S. National Park Service Air Resources	Air quality information, webcameras, publications and studies from our National Parks
U.S. National Park Service Resources by State	Data from Big Bend and other National Park Service facilities along the border

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U.S. State Agency Web Sites
Name	Description
California Air Resources Board	Air quality data, information and other resources for California
Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission (TNRCC)	Environmental quality information and other resources for Texas Monitoring Operations Division Office of Border Affairs

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Mexico Environmental Agency Web Sites
Name	Description
Instituto Nacional de Ecología (Spanish)	Scientific and technical information about air pollution problems in Mexico
Secretaria del Medio Ambiente y Recursos Ambientales	Regulations, publications and other environmental resources for all Mexican States

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University Web Sites
Name	Description
Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy (SCERP) (hosted by University of Utah and supported by 10 major Universities in the U.S.-Mexico)	Research information, insights, and innovations applied to environmental challenges in the border region
Transborder Institute (TBI) (University of San Diego)	Grants, events and U.S.-Mexico border links information
U.S.-Mexican Border Environmental Information Web (BORDER Ecoweb) (San Diego State University	Extensive library of web sites related to the U.S.-Mexico Border

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North American Free Trade Agreement Org. Web Sites
Name	Description
Border Environment Cooperation Commission (BECC)	Identifies, supports, evaluates and certifies sustainable environmental infrastructure projects through broad public participation
Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC)	Facilitates cooperation and public participation to foster conservation, protection and enhancement of the North American environment. Key CEC Web pages are: Summary of Environmental law in North America Law, Treaties and Agreements Regional Action Plans
North American Development Bank	International financial institution for the purpose of financing environmental infrastructure projects

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International Web Sites
Name	Description
Interamerican Sanitary and Environmental Engineering Association	Technical and scientific society of the three Americas. Technical documents, news, events and publications information.
The Pan American Health Organization	Health data, news, technical documents, and events information for all the Americas.
The Virtual Library on Health and Environment	Information sources about evaluation and control of environmental risk factors that affect the health of Latin American and Caribbean Countries

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Other Web Sites
Name	Description
Propenínsula	Resources for environmental organizations in the Baja California Península
Texas-Mexico Borderlands Information Center	Recent data, information and publications of the U.S.-Mexico border in: GIS Mapping Demographics Climate Others
Transboundary Resource Inventory Project	Events, programs and environmental information resources for the U.S.-Mexico border region
Integrated Program on Urban, Regional, and Global Air Pollution	Workshops, publications, research studies and other environmental information for megacities

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