Finding Environmental Information
General Environmental Information: Land/Water/Air/Energy
- U.S. Energy Information AdministrationAccess a range of information on U.S. energy usage, including topics on: petroleum and other liquids; natural gas; electricity; consumption & efficiency; coal; renewable and alternative fuels; nuclear and uranium; and total energy reviews. You can also view analyses and projections, markets and finance information, other environmental information, and information on energy disruptions.
- US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)Access to all available EPA figures and statistics via the agency's homepage
- EPA EnvirofactsGet information on air, land, water, waste, toxics, radiation, facilities, compliance, and other topics.
- EPA Air DataThe EPA AirData web site gives you access to air pollution data for the United States.
- National Parks Service StatisticsAccess National Parks visitor use statistics in national reports (consolidate data for all NPS parks) or park specific reports.
- National Resources InventoryThe National Resources Inventory (NRI) program collects and produces scientifically credible information on the status, condition, and trends of land, soil, water, and related resources on the Nation’s non-federal lands in support of efforts to protect, restore, and enhance the lands and waters of the United States.
- Enforcement and Compliance History OnlineUse the Environmental Protection Agency's Enforcement and Compliance History Online website to search for facilities in your community to asses their compliance with environmental regulations.
- United States Water Quality DataWater quality data compiled by the EPA.
- Office for Coastal Management Water Quality DataCoastal water quality data compiled by the NOAA.
- EPA Watersense StatsStatistics provided by the EPA related to water use and cost.
- EPA Environmental Justice Screening ToolEPA's environmental justice mapping and screening tool that provides EPA with a nationally consistent dataset and approach for combining environmental and socioeconomic indicators.
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Environmental Justice Indexdata from the U.S. Census Bureau, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to rank the cumulative impacts of environmental injustice on health for every census tract.
- Health and Human Services Environmental Justice IndexThe EPA's national, place-based tool designed to measure the cumulative impacts of environmental burden through the lens of human health and health equity.
- EPA Environmental Data Maps for IllinoisAll environmental data collected by the EPA related to the state of Illinois.
- Illinois EPAThe home page for the EPA of Illinois.
- Illinois American Water Champaign County Water Quality ReportThe 2023 water quality report for Champaign county, provided by Illinois American Water.
- UIUC Water Quality ReportThe 2023 water quality report for the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
- Centers for Disease ControlThe website of the CDC, where information on air, water, and other forms of pollution and their relation to human health can be found.
- Statista This link opens in a new windowProvides access to statistics and studies gathered by market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, and government sources on over 600 industries.
Climate/Weather
- NASA Global Climate Change Key IndicatorsProvides data on global climate change, including information on causes and effects. Data also includes the indicators: carbon dioxide, global temperature, arctic sea ice minimums, ice sheets, and sea level.
- NASA: Explore EarthProvides information and data on air, climate, hazards, land, and more.
- Weather Related Fatality and Injury StatisticsYou can browse data by year and by weather types including, cold, heat, lightning, tornado, tropical weather, wind, and winter storms.
- Natural Hazards DataThe National Centers for Environmental Information and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provide data on natural hazards including tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanoes, wildfires, geothermal energy, and storm events.
- National Centers for Environmental InformationNCEI is the world’s largest provider of weather and climate data. Land-based, marine, model, radar, weather balloon, satellite, and paleoclimatic are just a few of the types of datasets available. Use the "Climate Information" and "Data Access" tabs on the NCEI website to access a range of climate datasets.
- EPA Climate IndicatorsThe EPA’s indicators provide evidence of climate changes and their impacts on people and the environment.
- Climate.GovNOAA Climate.gov provides timely and authoritative scientific data and information about climate science, adaptation, and mitigation.
- NOAA Weather ResourcesResources related to climate change provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association
- NCEI Climate Data OnlineClimate Data Online provides free access to NCDC's archive of global historical weather and climate data in addition to station history information.
- National Weather Service Local Climate DataLocal climate statistics provided by the National Weather Service
- Statista This link opens in a new windowProvides access to statistics and studies gathered by market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, and government sources on over 600 industries.
Agriculture
- USDA Census of AgricultureThe Census of Agriculture is a complete count of U.S. farms and ranches and the people who operate them. Even small plots of land - whether rural or urban - growing fruit, vegetables or some food animals count if $1,000 or more of such products were raised and sold, or normally would have been sold, during the Census year. The Census of Agriculture, taken only once every five years, looks at land use and ownership, operator characteristics, production practices, income and expenditures.
- National Agricultural Statistics ServiceFind and download agricultural statistics for every state and county in the United States.
- Statista This link opens in a new windowProvides access to statistics and studies gathered by market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, and government sources on over 600 industries.
Marine/Wildlife
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered SpeciesFind information on endangered species in the United States. You can search by state, county, or species type.
- NOAA CoastWatch Great Lakes StatisticsTracks statistics on physical characteristics, surface water temperature and ice concentration.
- NOAA Fisheries StatisticsNOAA collects data and coordinates information and research programs to support the science-based stewardship of the nation's living marine resources. In addition to integrating and disseminating state and federal statistics about marine fisheries, NOAA administers the surveys used to estimate recreational landings. Learn more about NOAA's programs and find key data for commercial fisheries landings, foreign trade, marine recreational fisheries catch and effort.
- EPA Sea Level DataThis indicator describes how sea level has changed over time.
- NOAA 2022 Sea Level reportThe 2022 report on sea levels for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association.
- NASA Sea Level Change DataData collected by NASA related to sea level changes.
- Statista This link opens in a new windowProvides access to statistics and studies gathered by market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, and government sources on over 600 industries.
- United Nations Environmental StatisticsUNSD Environmental Indicators disseminate global environment statistics on ten indicator themes compiled from a wide range of data sources. Indicator tables, charts, and maps with relatively good quality and coverage across countries, as well as links to other international sources, are provided under each theme.
- Environmental Data ExplorerThe Environmental Data Explorer is the authoritative source for data sets used by UNEP and its partners in the Global Environment Outlook (GEO) report and other integrated environment assessments. Its online database holds more than 500 different variables, as national, subregional, regional and global statistics or as geospatial data sets (maps), covering themes like Freshwater, Population, Forests, Emissions, Climate, Disasters, Health and GDP. Display them on-the-fly as maps, graphs, data tables or download the data in different formats.
- UN World Environment Situation RoomYou can access a range of information on global environmental factors including statistics, assessments, and other publications.
