ELI Handbook Supports Obama’s and Rockefeller’s Call for Developing a Federal Marine Spatial Planning Framework

Ecosystem-based management is a key strategy for comprehensively managing the nation’s ocean and coastal environment...

U.S. Senators Mark and Tom Udall to Receive ELI Award in October

The Environmental Law Institute is proud to announce that U.S. Senators Mark Udall of Colorado and Tom Udall of New Mexico will be the joint recipients of the 2009 ELI Award for Achievement in Environmental Law, Policy, and Management. Join us…

The Clean Water Act and the Constitution, 2nd Edition

This second edition of a landmark book explores the structural implications for water quality regulation in a context complicated by a variety of constitutional requirements and dictates…

Conserving Maryland Farmland through Tax Policy

Maryland’s population is increasing rapidly while the state continues to lose its agricultural lands. This ELI study explores Maryland’s primary tax measures affecting agriculture…

Winner of Writing Competition Named

A third-year law student from Rutgers School of Law-Camden, has won the fourth annual ELI-ABA-NAELS writing competition for his essay on punitive damages in last year’s Supreme Court Exxon Valdez case….

Key Indicator Classes Help Determine Wetlands Condition

EPA reports that the process of assessing the nation’s wetlands has yielded initial indicator classes for determining wetland condition, leaving wetlands scientists buzzing at the potential…

CWA State and Tribal Assumption: For or Against?

The best protection for aquatic resources under the Clean Water Act is a strong partnership between the federal government and states and tribes, and this partnership can be achieved through a variety of resources...

ELI Turns 40

The Environmental Law Institute was founded on December 22, 1969, the same day that the National Environmental Policy Act was passed by the U.S. Senate. In 2009 we celebrate our 40th anniversary…