Resources 'United States'
Earth Overshoot Day (also known as Ecological Debt Day) is the day we, as a global community, begin living beyond the means of what the planet can regenerate in a calendar year, according to the…
The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is a federal law that gives the public the right to make requests for United States federal agency records. All federal agencies, including the U.S.…
The White House CEQ Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Center provides basic instructions on obtaining information through FOIA requests for CEQ documents. Pursuant to the FOIA and Executive Order…
The City of Chicago's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request form (7/31/03) provides one model of the type of information needed by a municipal agency to process a FOIA request.
WRI’s new book Voice and Choice: Opening the Door to Environmental Democracy looks at the progress governments have made in providing access to environmental decision-making. In the hope of…
Terms of Use are rules set up by the owner of a given type of intellectual property, such as the content appearing on a website, to govern how the content may be legally used. They let the viewer…
On 15 April at 10 a.m. EDT (1400 GMT), the public is invited to chat with Brad Kenney about the connection between rising concerns about global issues such as climate change and resource conservation…
OARE is an international public-private consortium coordinated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Yale University, and leading science and technology publishers. It enables…
The United States federal government makes an overwhelming amount of data publicly available each year. Laws require these disclosures in the name of transparency and accountability, however, the…
These audio and video public service announcements produced by RTNDF were released for Sunshine Week, 16-22 March 2008. They feature citizens and 13 actors speaking about the importance of open and…
