website: environment and health at the US-Mexican border

The EPA has announced a new website to provide the public with current environmental news and information on the U.S.-Mexico Border 2012 program. This is a bi-national 10-year initiative focused on making measurable improvements in environmental quality and health along the U.S.-Mexico border.

NOAA offers portal to collaborate on environmental databases

I'll be blogging from the CALI conference in Las Vegas for the next couple of days.
PC World reports that today the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is unveiling a new portal that uses Web 2.0 mashup technology to let users access data contained in federal government and nongovernment Web sites and databases that aren't accessible by search engines. The new portal, called HumanDimensions.gov, is a collaborative effort by agencies, academia, NGOs and private organizations to provide a credible online portal of information and tools related to the human dimensions of natural resource management. Included on the site is a “Laws and Policies” section that provides annotated links to databases of laws and policies related to natural resource management.