Internship Programs in Pollution Prevention

Pollution prevention internships give participants the opportunity to gain vital career experience while helping to protect human health and the environment.

On this page are links to non-EPA Web sites that provide information about P2 internships.
Providing links to a non-EPA Web site is not an endorsement by EPA or its employees of the other site or information it contains.
We provide these links as we are informed about these programs.

Arizona

Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals (ITEP)
ITEP-EEOP Internship Program
Northern Arizona University
PO Box 5768
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
Phone: 928-523-1275

California

City of Palo Alto Summer Internship Program
City Manager's Office, Seventh Floor
250 Hamilton Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: 650-463-4910

Strategic Energy Innovations
Strategic Energy Innovations
899 Northgate Dr. #410
San Rafael, CA 94903
Phone: 415-507-2181

UC Santa Barbara Sustainability Internship Program
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4160
Phone: 805-448-5111

Colorado

Boulder County Public Health Volunteer Service Program
Boulder County Public Health (BCPH)
3450 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80304
Phone: 303-441-1100

also: Partners For A Clean Environment
Boulder County Public Health
Environmental Health Specialist
Phone: 303-441-1574

Solar Energy International
Solar Energy International
POB 715 (Shipping: 76 South 2nd St.)
Carbondale, CO 81623-0715

District of Columbia

Environmental Law Institute
2000 L Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-939-3878

Energy Information Administration
Energy Information Administration
Office of Resource Management
Phone: 202-586-7595

Florida

Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Administration/Human Resource Management
Phone: 850-245-2414
Email: DEP_Internships@dep.state.fl.us (DEP_Internships@dep.state.fl.us)

Idaho

Idaho Department of Environmental Quality
Pollution Prevention Program
1410 N. Hilton
Boise, ID 83706
Phone: 208-373-0146
Email: ben.jarvis@deq.idaho.gov (ben.jarvis@deq.idaho.gov)

Illinois

Illinois EPA Internship Programs
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
P.O. Box 19276
Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276
Phone: 217-782-3397

Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT)
Center for Neighborhood Technology
2125 W. North Avenue
Chicago, IL 60647
Phone: 773-269-4055

Healthy Schools Campaign
Healthy Schools Campaign
205 W. Monroe, 4th Floor
Chicago, IL 60606
Phone: 312-419-1810

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
Phone: 312-751-5174

Iowa

Iowa Pollution Prevention Intern Program
Pollution Prevention Services
Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
502 E. 9th Street
Des Moines, IA 50319
Phone: 515-281-8063

Iowa Waste Reduction Center
Suite 113, BCS Building
Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0185
Phone: 319-273-8905

Kansas

Kansas Pollution Prevention Intern Program
Pollution Prevention Institute
7001 W. 21st Street North
Wichita, Kansas 67205
Phone: 316-722-7721
Toll-free: 800-578-8898

Maryland

Pollution Prevention Intern Program
Maryland Department of the Environment
Pollution Prevention Coordinator
1800 Washington Boulevard, Suite 735
Baltimore, Maryland 21230-1720
Phone: 410-537-4119

*only for graduate engineering students at the University of Maryland, College Park

Massachusetts

Department of Environmental Protection Intern Program
One Winter St
Boston, MA 02108
Phone: 617-292-5751

Minnesota

MnTAP Student Intern Program
Minnesota Technical Assistance Program
University of Minnesota
200 Oak St SE, Suite 350-1
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: 612-624-1300
Toll-free: 800-247-0015

Missouri

Missouri State University
901 S. National Avenue
Springfield, MO 65897

Nebraska

P3: Partnerships in Pollution Prevention Program
Summer Internship for Engineering & Science Students
114 Othmer Hall/820 N 16th St.
P.O. Box 880642
Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0642

New Hampshire

University of New Hampshire Sustainability Internship Program
Sustainability Institute, University of New Hampshire
107 Nesmith Hall, 131 Main Street
Durham, NH 03824
Phone: 603-862-8564
Email: sustainability@unh.edu (sustainability@unh.edu)

North Dakota

University of North Dakota Energy and Environment Research Center
Energy & Environmental Research Center
University of North Dakota
15 North 23rd Street, Stop 9018
Grand Forks, ND 58202-9018
Phone: 701-777-5120

Ohio

Southwest Ohio Pollution Prevention (P2) Internship Program

Butler County Department of Environmental Services
130 High St.
Hamilton, OH 45011
Phone: 513-887-3406
Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services
250 William Howard Taft Rd.
Cincinnati, OH 45219
Phone: 513-946-7732

Oregon

Oregon Applied Sustainability Experience
Oregon Sea Grant
1600 SW Western Blvd, Suite 350
Corvallis, OR 97333
Phone: 541-737-2714

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Internships
Phone: 717-783-4759
Email: DEP-Internships@pa.gov (DEP-Internships@pa.gov)

Tennessee

Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation
Phone: 865-594-5561

Texas

Austin Energy
721 Barton Springs Rd # 316
Austin, TX 78704
Phone: 512-322-6554

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) - The Mickey Leland Environmental Internship Program
Pollution Prevention & Education
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (MC-112)
P. O. Box 13087
Austin, Texas 78711-3087