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Vocabulary Name	Publishing Organization	Topics
Measuring Recycling Guidance Glossary	Office of Land and Emergency Management/Office of Solid Waste	Land, Waste, & Cleanup, Policy & Guidance, Sustainability & Green Living	Description: Standard definitions for terms used in recycling management. These terms and definitions are from the EPA report titled "Measuring Recycling: A Guide for State and Local Governments" (EPA530-R-97-011).
Clean Energy Glossary	Office of Air and Radiation/Office of Atmospheric Protection/Climate Change Division	Air, Sustainability & Green Living	Description: This glossary provides definitions of a number of important terms associated with power generation technologies and their environmental impacts, including definitions of specific pollutants, technologies, and the key terms related to the electric power marketplace.
Reducing Solid Waste: Reusable Vocabulary	Office of Land and Emergency Management/Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery/Program Management, Communications and Analysis Office	Land, Waste, & Cleanup, Sustainability & Green Living	Description: Commonly used environmental terms relevant to reuse and recycling.
Ag 101 Glossary of American Agriculture	Region 7	Chemicals/Toxics/Pesticides, Policy & Guidance, Sustainability & Green Living	Description: This glossary is associated with a training developed by EPA's Ag Center which is intended to provide a brief overview of American Agriculture. The training covers the primary commodities and the methods for producing them.
Heat Island Effect Glossary	Office of Air and Radiation	Air, Climate Change, Sustainability & Green Living	Description: Scientific concepts related to heat island mitigation
Greening EPA Glossary	Office of Mission Support/Office of Administration	Policy & Guidance, Sustainability & Green Living	Description: Terms supporting EPA's mission to protect human health and the natural environment by providing environmental sustainable and energy efficient buildings
Top Green Home Terms	Office of the Administrator/Office of Policy/Office of Community Revitalization	Sustainability & Green Living	Description: Terms to support information on greening homes
Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) Glossary	Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention	Sustainability & Green Living	Description: Glossary of terms used in the Cleaning Products Pilot Project.
Paper Recycling Glossary	Office of Land and Emergency Management	Land, Waste, & Cleanup, Sustainability & Green Living	Description: Glossary of paper recycling terms
Green Vehicle Guide Glossary	Office of Air and Radiation/Office of Transportation and Air Quality	Sustainability & Green Living	Description: Glossary of terms supporting the EPA Green Vehicle Guide
Green Infrastructure Glossary	Office of Water/Office of Wastewater Management	Sustainability & Green Living	Description: Glossary of commonly used terms in greeen infrastructure management.
Natural Landscaping Glossary	Region 5/Great Lakes National Program Office	Sustainability & Green Living	Description: Glossary of terms from the Source Book on Natural Landscaping for Public Officials
Improving Air Quality in Your Community Glossary	Office of Air and Radiation/Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards	Air, Sustainability & Green Living	Description: Terms used to support information on improving air quality in your community. Disclaimer: This list of glossary terms was compiled from existing EPA definitions and supplemented, where necessary, by additional terms and definitions. The wording of selected items may have been modified from the original in order to help readers who are new to air pollution control activities to more readily comprehend the underlying concept of the glossary entry. As such, these glossary definitions constitute neither official EPA policy nor preempt or in any way replace any existing legal definition required by statute or regulation.
Ag 101 Beef Glossary	Region 7	Policy & Guidance, Sustainability & Green Living	Description: Glossary of terms for beef production provided by Ag 101
Ag 101 Crop Glossary	Region 7	Policy & Guidance, Sustainability & Green Living	Description: Glossary for crop production terms provided by Ag 101
Ag 101 Dairy Glossary	Region 7	Policy & Guidance, Sustainability & Green Living	Description: Glossary for dairy production terms provided by Ag 101.
Ag 101 Pork Glossary	Region 7	Policy & Guidance, Sustainability & Green Living	Description: Glossary for the pork production chapter provided by Ag 101.
Ag 101 Poultry Glossary	Region 7	Policy & Guidance, Sustainability & Green Living	Description: Glossary for the poultry production chapter provided by Ag 101.
Aquatic Animal Production Industry Glossary	Office of Water/Office of Science and Technology/Engineering and Analysis Division	Sustainability & Green Living, Water	Description: Glossary of terms from the Effluent Guidelines - Aquatic Animal Production Industry - Final Technical Development Document (EPA-821-R-04-012)
Greener Products Glossary	Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention/Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics	Sustainability & Green Living	Description: Definitions of common terms related to greener product issues.
RRNC Glossary of Terms	Office of Air and Radiation/Office of Radiation and Indoor Air/Indoor Environments Division	Air, Health & Safety, Sustainability & Green Living	Description: Glossary of key terms used in radon-resistant new construction.
Glossary of Sustainable Manufacturing Terms	Office of the Administrator/Office of Policy	Sustainability & Green Living	Description: Common words and phrases used in the industry.
AVERT Glossary	Office of Air and Radiation	Sustainability & Green Living	Description: Definitions of technical terminology referenced in the AVERT Training Modules.
AgSTAR Handbook Glossary	Office of Air and Radiation/Office of Atmospheric Protection/Climate Change Division	Policy & Guidance, Sustainability & Green Living	Description: Definitions of technical terms used to support AgSTAR.
Green Power Markets Glossary	Office of Air and Radiation/Office of Atmospheric Protection/Climate Change Division	Climate Change, Sustainability & Green Living	Description: Terms used to explain policies and actions in the green power market. EPA has created this glossary of terms to help users understand green power market terminology.

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