California Department of Pesticide Regulation
Primarily for Californians. Sends out reports of regulatory actions and information on pesticides, endangered species and air contaminants.

Energy Information Administration
Info on any energy topic, from the U.S. Department of Energy. Includes country briefs. Search by subject or key word. Or receive an alert by E-mail: weekly, monthly, or on subtopics or regions.

EnviroLink News Service
A service of the not-for-profit EnviroLink Network, EnviroLink News Service sends e-mail alerts of environmental stories from various Web news sites.

Environment News Service
ENS has news articles on its Web site at Lycos. It also distributes press releases, paid for by companies, under the name E-Wire. Both are available free by E-mail. Fill in your e-mail address at the bottom of the page.

Environmental Defense Fund
The EDF has astroturf (assisted grassroots lobbying) down to a science. The EDF sends E-mail about impending political actions. The member replies with a message, which EDF faxes to the appropriate member of Congress.

Environmental News Network
ENN's Newswire is a daily digest of environmental news. That's free, but it charges for its World Wire, with articles from AP, Reuters and and Knight-Ridder/Tribune wire.

Environmental Protection Agency
More than 70 EPA mailing lists on a range of topics.

Environmental TipSheet from SEJ
TipSheet is a biweekly environmental list of story ideas from the Society of Environmental Journalists, the Radio and Television News Directors Foundation, and the Environmental Health Center. An archive is available online.

Food Industry Environmental Network
Jack Cooper, former director of the National Food Processors Association, runs this weekly newsletter on environmental issues affecting the agricultural and food industry, including food safety, biotechnology, pesticide, nutrition, and agricultural research.

Pollution Prevention Resource Exchange
P2Rx is a national cooperative pollution prevention information network. Resources include: topic hubs (guides to pollution prevention strategies for specific industries), regional P2 news feeds, and a rapid response service (research assistance).

Sierra Club Alerts
Sierra Club has several alerts: SC-Action with daily political and environmental alerts; the Planet for activists; discussion areas; and a searchable archive of press releases.

The Natural Resources Defense Council
NRDC has two alerts, Legislative Watch, which tracks environmental issues in Congress, and Earth Action, which encourages grassroots action on issues.