CHEM 6C: General Chemistry III (Brydges, Spring 2022): Government Sources for Science

Science.gov searches authoritative science content from U.S. goverment databases and websites from 14 federal agencies.

• Browse by subject to identify possible agencies and departments, or
• Search across multiple sites and databases. Use the Advanced Search to narrow your search to certain categories like Energy or Environment, and exclude areas that won't be as useful (like Federal Regulations).

Here are a few (by no means all) U.S government sites for science information related to some of your topics:

Tip: To search across multiple government websites in Google, include site:.gov in the search, like this. It will limit the search results to US federal, state, and local government websites.

• National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Association
  • Climate Research
  • Ocean Acidification
     
• Department of Energy (Energy Sources is a good starting place)
  • Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy
  • National Renewable Energy Laboratory
  • Energy Information Administration (good for statistics)
  • Joint Center for Energy Storage Research
     
• Environmental Protection Agency
  • Climate Change (also an archived version via the Wayback Machine, as of March 7, 2017)
  • Chemicals & Toxins in the Environment
  • Pesticides
  • Drinking Water
     
• National Nanotechnology Initiative 
  • Benefits and Applications - this is a good list if you want to write on advances in nanotechnology but need some ideas for narrowing your topic to a particular "nano" application.
     
• National Institutes of Environmental Heath Sciences
   
• National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety
  • A good starting place for background information on hazardous chemicals and other potential workplace hazards.

State agencies include the California Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle), and the California Energy Commission.