- A
- Abatement
- Accretion
- Acid Rain
- Acidity
- Activated Carbon
- Activated Sludge
- Active Solar
- Acute Toxicity
- Aerated Static Pile or ASP Composting
- Aeration
- Agricultural Runoff
- Agricultural Waste
- Agronomy
- Air Cleaning
- Air Pollution
- Algae
- Algae Biodiesel
- Algal Bloom
- Alkalinity
- Alternative Energy
- Alternative Fuels
- Alternative Natural Materials
- Ambient
- Ambient Air Monitoring
- American Tree Farm System or ATFS
- Ammonia
- Anaerobic
- Anaerobic Decomposition
- Anaerobic Digester
- Aquaculture
- Aquifer
- Arctic Shrinkage
- Artificial Reefs
- Asbestos
- Asbestos Abatement
- Asbestos Assessment
- Asthma
- Atmospheric Gases
- B
- Backyard Composting
- Benzene
- Best Management Practices or BMPs
- Biocapacity
- Biochemical Conversion
- Biochemical Oxygen Demand or BOD
- Biochemicals
- Biochemistry
- Biodegradable
- Biodegradable Plastic
- Biodegradation
- Biodiesel
- Biodiversity
- Biodiversity Action Plan or BAP
- Bioenergy
- Bioerosion
- Biofiltration
- Biofuels
- Biogas
- Biogeography
- Bioindicator
- Biological Contaminants
- Biological Integrity
- Biological Pesticides
- Biology
- Bioluminescence
- Biomarkers
- Biomass
- Biomass Engineering
- Biomass Heat Accelerator
- Biomass Incineration
- Biomedical Waste
- Biomimicry
- Bioplastics
- Bioreactor Landfill
- Bioremediation
- Biosphere
- Bisphenol-a or BPA
- Blowout
- Blowout Preventer or BOP
- Boom
- Botanical Pesticides
- Botany
- Bottle Bill
- Brackish Water
- Brownfields
- Bulky Waste
- Bushfire
- Butadiene
- C
- Cadmium Compounds
- Canopy
- Cap and Trade System
- Carbon Capture and Storage or CCS
- Carbon Credit
- Carbon Cycle
- Carbon Dioxide
- Carbon Emissions
- Carbon Footprint
- Carbon Leakage
- Carbon Monoxide
- Carbon Neutral
- Carbon Offsets
- Carbon Project
- Carbon Sequestration
- Carbon Sink
- Carbon Storage
- Carbon Tax
- Carbon Trading
- Carcinogens
- Catalysis
- Catalytic Converter
- Catalytic Incinerator
- Catch Limits
- Catchment
- Cell Phone Recycling
- Cells
- Centre for Ice and Climate
- Certified Emissions Reduction of CER
- Chemical
- Chernobyl
- Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX)
- Chlordane
- Chlorinated Hydrocarbon
- Chlorine
- Chlorofluorocarbons or CFCs
- Clean Air Act
- Clean Air Watch
- Clean Development Mechanism
- Clean Energy
- Clean Fuels
- Clean Technology
- Clearcutting
- Climate
- Climate Change
- Climate Sensitivity
- Closed-Loop Recycling
- Cloud Computing
- CO2 Scrubber
- Coastal Erosion
- Cogeneration
- Combustion
- Commercial Extinction
- Commercial Fishing
- Commercial Waste
- Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL)
- Compost
- Compost Accelerator
- Compostable Packaging
- Composting
- Composting Facilities
- Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)
- Conservation
- Conservation Biology
- Construction Waste Management
- Consumption Footprint
- Container Gardening
- Contaminant
- Contamination
- Controlled Burn
- Conversion Technology
- Copenhagen Agreement
- Coral Bleaching
- Cork Flooring
- Corporate Greenwashing
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Corrosive
- Cradle to Cradle
- Cradle-to-Grave or Manifest System
- Creosote
- Crop Dusting
- Crop Residue
- Cullet
- D
- Daylighting
- DDT
- Deciduous Forest
- Decontamination
- DEET
- Deforestation
- Desalination
- Desert
- Dewatering
- Diazinon
- Diesel Particulate Matter or DPM
- Dioxin
- Dispersion
- Dissolution
- Distillation
- Dominant Species
- Downcycling
- Dredging
- Dry Mill
- Drylands
- Duckweed
- Dumpster Diving
- Dust Pollution
- Dustmites
- E
- E-cycling
- E-waste
- Earth Day
- Eco-label
- Ecobags
- Ecocity
- Ecocity Builders
- Ecodesign
- Ecological Anthropology
- Ecological Debt
- Ecological Deficit/Reserve
- Ecological Economics
- Ecological Footprint
- Ecological Impact
- Ecological Indicator
- Ecological Overshoot
- Ecological Risk Assessment
- Ecological Sanitation
- Ecological/Environmental Sustainability
- Ecology
- Ecoregion
- Ecosystem
- Ecotourism
- Effluents
- Embodied Energy
- Emission
- Emission Cap
- Emission Factor or EF
- End-of-the-pipe
- Energy Accounting
- Energy Crops
- Energy Efficient
- Energy Footprint
- Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007
- Energy Leak
- Energy Recovery
- Energy Star Program
- Energy-Saving Lights
- Environment Impact Assessment or EIA
- Environmental Audit
- Environmental Economics
- Environmental Effect Analysis or EEA
- Environmental Engineering
- Environmental Ethics
- Environmental Fate
- Environmental Impact Statement
- Environmental Indicators
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Environmental Psychology
- Environmental Statistics
- Environmental Stewardship
- Environmental Technology
- Environmental Toxins
- Environmentally Sensitive Areas or ESAs
- Ethical Consumerism
- Ethonomics
- F
- Facility Response Plan
- Fair Trade
- Flaring
- Flex Fuel Vehicles of FFVs
- Fluorocarbons or FCs
- Food Irradiation
- Food Waste
- Footprint Intensity
- Footprint Intensity Table
- Footprint Neutral/Negative
- Forest Management
- Formaldehyde
- Fossil Fuels
- Free Range
- Freeganism
- Freshwater Conservation
- Freshwater Spill
- Fuel Cell
- Fugitive Emissions
- Fugitive Release
- G
- Garbage
- Gasahol
- Gasification
- Generator
- Geoengineering
- Geology
- Geoscience
- Geothermal Energy
- Global Carbon Budget
- Global Dimming
- Global Energy Balance
- Global Environment Monitoring System or GEMS
- Global Footprint Network
- Global Hectare or GHA
- Global Warming
- Global Warming Potential or GWP
- Good Neighbor Agreement or GNA
- Green Building
- Green Career
- Green Chemistry
- Green Data Center
- Green Home
- Green IT
- Green Key Eco-Rating Program
- Green Roofs
- Green Schools
- Green Tags
- Green Washing
- GREENGUARD Environmental Institute or GEI
- Greenhouse Effect
- Greenhouse Gas
- Greenhouse Gases (GHGs)
- Greenpeace
- Greywater
- Grid
- Groundwater
- H
- Hair Booms
- Hair Mats
- Halogen
- Hammer Mill
- Hazardous Air Pollutants
- Hazardous Chemical
- Hazardous Landfill
- Hazardous Ranking System or HRS
- Hazardous Waste
- Heat Capture Technology
- Heat Compression
- Hexanone
- Hopenhagen
- Household Hazards
- Hybrid Car
- Hydroelectric Power
- Hydrofluorocarbons or HFCs
- Hydrogen Fuel Cells
- Hydrology
- Hydronic Heating
- I
- In-vessel Composting
- Incineration
- Indoor Air Pollution
- Indoor Air Quality or IAQ
- Industrial Ecology
- Industrial Metabolism
- Industrial Waste
- Injection Wells
- Inorganic Mulch
- Insulated Concrete Forms or ICF
- Insulation
- Integrated Design
- Integrated Waste Management
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change or IPCC
- International Association for Impact Assessment of IAIA
- International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources or ICUN
- Ionizer
- J
- Jet Stream
- Junk Shot
- K
- Keystone Species
- Kinetic Energy
- Kyoto Protocol
- L
- La Niña
- Land Application
- Land Cover
- Land Farming (of Waste)
- Land Pollution
- Land Reclamation
- Land Treatment
- Land Use
- Land Use Planning
- Landfill Gas of LFG
- Landfills
- Landscape Architect
- Landscape Cloth
- Landslide
- Leachate
- Lead
- Lead Poisoning
- Least-Cost Planning
- LEED
- Lichens
- Life cycle
- Life Cycle Analysis or LCA
- Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs)
- Liquid Petroleum
- Liquid Wood
- Logging
- Longlines
- Love Canal New York
- Low Impact Camping
- Low-flow toilets
- LPG or Liquefied Petroleum Gas
- M
- Magnetic Separation
- Maintained Engineered Cover
- Malaria
- Malthusian
- Managed Growth
- Mandatory Recycling
- Manganese
- Mangrove
- Manifest
- Manure Degrader
- Marine Conservation
- Marine Protected Area or MPA
- Marine Reserve
- MARPOL 73/78
- Marsh
- Mass Burn Facility
- Material Data Safety Sheet or MSDS
- Material Flow Analysis
- Materials Recovery Facility (MRF)
- Mechanical Containment
- Median Lethal Dose or LD50
- Medical Waste
- Megacity
- Megalopolis
- Megawatt
- Methane
- Methanol
- Methyl Bromide
- Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether or MTBE
- Microbiota
- Microclimate
- Micropollutants
- Midden
- Mill Broke
- Minimal Risk Level
- Minimum Recycled Content Laws
- Mining
- Mixed Metals
- Mixed Municipal Waste
- Mixed Paper
- Mold Spores
- Molds
- Monomer Recycling
- Montreal Protocol
- Mousse
- Mulch
- Mulch Toxicity
- Mulching
- Municipal Solid Waste or MSW
- Mutation
- N
- NAIC Code
- Nanotechnology
- National Ambient Air Quality Standards or NAAQS
- National Contingency Plan or NCP
- National Environmental Policy or NEPA
- National Estuary Program
- National Footprint Accounts
- National Green Building Standard
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health or NIOSH
- National Institute of Environmental Health Services or NIEHS
- National Marine Sanctuary Act or NMSA
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or NOAA
- National Parks
- National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
- National Pollutant Release Inventory or NPRI
- National Priorities List or NPL
- National Response Center or NRC
- National Response System or NRS
- National Response Team or NRT
- National Toxicology Program or NTP
- National Wildlife Refuge System
- Native Species
- Natural Capital
- Natural Gas
- Natural Resource Damage Assessment or NRDA
- Natural Resource Defense Council or NRDC
- Natural Resource Services
- Nature Conservancy
- Navigable Waters
- Necrosis
- Net Energy Balance
- New Urbanism
- Newsprint
- Nitrates
- Nitrogen
- Nitrogen Leaching
- Nitrogen Oxides or NOx
- Nitrous Oxide or N20
- No Till
- Noise Pollution
- Non Renewable Resources
- Non-Attainment Cities
- Non-Hazardous Solid Waste
- Non-Native Species
- Non-Point Sources
- Non-Potable Water
- Nonpoint Source Pollution
- NOx Budget Program
- NPRI Chemicals
- NPRI Facilities
- Nuclear Disarmament
- Nuclear Footprint
- Nuclear Power
- Nuclear Reactor
- Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
- Nuclear Waste
- Nurdles
- Nutrient Water Pollution
- O
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration or OSHA
- Ocean Wave Energy
- Octane Rating
- Off-site Transfers
- Office Paper
- Offsets
- Offshore Drilling
- Offshore Fish Farms
- Oil Plumes
- Oil Pollution Act of 1990 or OPA
- Oil Refineries
- Oil Seep
- Oil Separation Equipment
- Oil Spill
- Oil Spill Hair Booms
- Open Sources
- Organic
- Organic Fertilizers
- Organic Mulch
- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development or OECD
- Overfishing
- Overpopulation
- Oxy-fuel Combustion Carbon Capture
- Oxygen
- Oxygen Depletion
- Ozone
- Ozone Depletion
- Ozone Layer
- P
- Pandemic
- Paper Log Makers
- Paper Pollution
- Parasite
- Partial Zero Emission Vehicles or PZEVs
- Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas or PSSAs
- Particulate Matter or PM
- Parts Per Million or ppm
- Passive Smoking
- Passive Solar Design
- Pathogen
- Pay-As-You-Throw/Unit-Based Pricing
- Peat
- Pedogenesis
- Pedology
- Pedosphere
- Perennial Plant
- Perfluorocarbons or PFCs
- Permaculture
- Permafrost
- Pesticide
- Pests
- PETE (Polyethylene Terepthalate)
- pH
- Phosphates
- Photosynthesis
- Photovoltaic Shingles
- Photovoltaic System
- Phthalates
- Phylum
- Physiochemical Conversion
- Phytoestrogens
- Phytotoxic
- Phytotreatment
- Pipeline Installation
- Pit
- Plankton
- Plant Tissue Testing
- Plastic Granulator
- Plastic Recycling
- Plastic Shredder
- Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles or PHEVs
- Pneumatic Can Crusher
- Point Source Pollution
- Polar Ice Caps
- Pollination
- Pollution
- Pollution Indicator Species
- Polychlorinated Biphenyls or PCBs
- Polyvinyl Chloride or PVC
- Population
- Population Dynamics
- Population Ecology
- Post Consumer Food Scraps
- Post Consumer Waste
- Post-combustion Carbon Capture
- Poultry Litter
- Poverty
- Prairie Restoration
- Pre-combustion Carbon Capture
- Precautionary Principle
- Preconsumer Food Scraps
- Preconsumer Waste
- Precycle
- Precycling
- Propane
- Protected Areas
- Protozoa
- Pyrolysis
- Q
- Quality Assurance/Quality Control
- Quarantine
- Quarrying
- R
- R-Value or Resistance Value
- Radioactive Waste
- Rainforest
- Reclamation
- Recycled Aggregates
- Recycled Glass Countertops
- Recycled Hair
- Recycled Timber
- Recycling
- Recycling Mill
- Recycling Rate
- Red Bag Waste
- Red Tide
- Redemption Program
- Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
- Reforestation
- Refuse-Derived Fuel or RDF
- Regenerative Agriculture
- REGREEN
- Renewable Energy
- Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs)
- Renewable Fuels Standard or RFS
- Renewable Resources
- Repurposing
- Residue Ash
- Resource Depletion
- Restoration
- Restoration Ecology
- Revegetation
- Reverse Osmosis
- Rubber Mulch
- S
- Savannah
- Scrap
- Sea Level Rise
- Seasonal Erosion
- Second Growth Forest
- Sedimentation
- Sediments
- Seeding
- Sensitivity Map
- Sewage Treatment
- Sheen
- Sick Building Syndrome
- Silviculture
- Single-Stream Recycling
- Sinkholes
- Skimmer
- Slash and Burn Farming
- Slick
- Sludge
- Sludge Digester
- Slurry
- Smart Growth
- Smelter
- Smog
- Smoke
- Soil Compaction
- Soil Conditioning
- Soil Contamination
- Soil Testing
- Solar Air Conditioning
- Solar Cooking
- Solar Energy
- Solar Panels
- Solidifier
- Source Reduction Credit System
- Source Separation
- Species
- Spores
- Sprawl
- Spray Drift
- Storm Sewer
- Stormwater Runoff
- Stratification
- Stratosphere
- Stream Morphology
- Strip Cropping
- Strip Mining
- Styrofoam
- Substrate
- Subtropical
- Sulfur Dioxide or SO2
- Superfund
- Superfund Sites
- Surface Impoundment
- Surface Runoff
- Surface Water
- Surfactant
- Sustainability
- Sustainable Agriculture
- Sustainable Design
- Sustainable Development
- Sustainable Fisheries Act
- Symbiosis
- Syngas
- T
- T-8 Lighting
- Tailpipe Standards
- Tankless Water Heaters
- Telecommuting
- Terrestrial Sequestration
- E
- The Earth Charter
- The Earth Day Network
- N
- The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health or NIOSH
- S
- The Stern Review
- T
- Thermal Depolymerization
- Thermal Pollution
- Thermochemical Conversion
- Thin Film Technology
- Threatened Species
- Three Mile Island
- Threshold Dose Response
- Threshold Limit Value or TLV
- Topography
- Toxic
- Toxicant
- Toxicity Index
- Toxicological Profile
- Toxicology
- Toxics Release Inventory or TRI
- Toxins
- Traffic Calming
- Transfer Station
- Trash
- Trash-to-Energy Plants
- Triple Bottom Line
- Troposphere
- Tsunami
- Tundra
- Turbidity
- U
- U.S. Green Building Council or USGBC
- Ultra Clean Coal or UCC
- Ultraviolet Rays
- Unconfined Aquifer
- Underground Injection
- Underground Storage Tank (UST)
- United Nations Conference on the Human Environment
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization or UNESCO
- United Nations Environment Program or UNEP
- Unreasonable Risk
- Unsaturated Zone
- Upcycling
- Upper Detection Limit
- Uranium
- Urban Air Pollution
- Urban Heat Island or UHI
- Urban Planning
- Urban Runoff
- Urban Sprawl
- Urbanization
- USDA Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program or SARE
- Utility Load
- V
- Vector Control
- Vehicle Emissions
- Ventilation Rate
- Vermicomposting
- Virgin Materials
- Virus
- Volatile Organic Compounds
- W
- Waste
- Waste Coal
- Waste Load Allocation
- Waste Minimization
- Waste Recycling
- Waste Reduction
- Waste Stream
- Waste Treatment
- Waste Wood
- Waste-to-Energy Facility/Municipal-Waste Combustor
- Water Cycle
- Water Filter
- Water Filtration
- Water Pollution
- Water Softener
- Water Solubility
- Water Table
- Watershed
- Wave Dragon
- Wave Energy
- Weathering
- Weed
- Wet Mill
- Wetlands
- White Roofs
- Wilderness
- Wildlife Refuge
- Wind Farm
- Wind Turbine
- Windrow Composting
- World Commission on Protected Areas or WCPA
- World Health Organization or WHO
- World Heritage Site
- World Wildlife Fund or WWF
- Worm Bin
- X
- Xeriscaping
- Xylene
- Y
- Yard Waste
- Yellowstone National Park
- Yield Factor
- Z
- Zero Emission Vehicles or ZEVs
- Zero Energy Building or ZEB
- Zero Waste
- Zone of Saturation
- Zoning
- Zoonosis
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