Publications

• Brownfields Program
• Center for State, Local and Regional Environmental Programs
• Climate Change
• Center for Community Environmental Health and Justice
• Endangered Enviromental Laws Program
• Indoor Environments & Green Buildings
• Judicial Education Program
• Nanotechnology Program

Brownfields Program

• NEW! Revitalization through Brownfield Redevelopment: How Paterson is Succeeding and You Can Too! Brownfield Revitalization Tool Kit (2007)
• Estimating the Costs of Institutional Controls (2005)
• Sustaining Economic Development through Community Health: A New Brownfields Redevelopment Model (2005)
• The Future of Community Health through Brownfields Redevelopment (2004)
• Building Sustainable Communities: From Brownfields to Healthy People (2004)
• Role of Local Governments in Long Term Stewardship at DOE Facilities (2001)
• Preliminary Report: Quantifying Long Term Environmental Risk for Brownfields: Are Reopeners Really an Issue? (2000)
• Protecting Public Health at Superfund Sites: Can Institutional Controls Meet the Challenge? (2000)
• Model Brownfields Legislation
• A Guidebook for Brownfield Property Owners (1999)
• Sustainable Redevelopment of Brownfields: Using Institutional Controls to Protect Public Health (Environmental Law Reporter, May 1999)
• An Analysis of State Superfund Programs: 50-State Study, 1998 Update
• An Analysis of State Superfund Programs: 50-State Study, 1995 Update
• Institutional Controls in Use (1995)
• ELI Research Brief #2: Reauthorizing Superfund: Lessons from the States (1993)

Center for State, Local and Regional Environmental Programs

• Beyond Enforcement: Enforcement, Compliance Assistance, and Corporate Leadership Program in Five Midwest States (2003)
• An Analysis of State Superfund Programs: 50-State Study, 2001 Update (2002)
• Role of Local Governments in Long Term Stewardship at DOE Facilities (2001)
• Putting the Pieces Together: State Nonpoint Source Enforceable Mechanisms in Context (2000)
• Locating Livestock: How Water Pollution Control Efforts Can Use Information from State Regulatory Programs (1999)
• Almanac of Enforceable State Laws to Control Nonpoint Source Water Pollution (1998)
• An Analysis of State Superfund Programs: 50-State Study, 1998 Update (1998)
• Enforceable State Mechanisms for the Control of Nonpoint Source Water (1997)
• Fresh Air: Innovative State and Local Programs for Improving Air Quality (1997)
• An Independent Review of the State-Federal Environmental Partnership Agreements for 1996 (1997)
• Comparison of Federal-State Allocation of Responsibility in Five Environmental Statutes (1996)
• Federal Regulations and State Flexibility in Environmental Standard Setting (1996)
• Analysis of State Superfund Programs: 50-State Study, 1995 Update (1996)
• EPA’s Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Regulation: Impact of the New Standards in Indian Country (1994)
• ELI Research Brief #2 – Reauthorizing Superfund: Lessons from the States (1993)
• New State and Local Approaches to Environmental Protection (1993)
• State Radon Legislation – Issues and Options (1993)
• The Tools of Prevention: Opportunities for Promoting Pollution Prevention Under Federal Regulations (1993)
• The New Air Permitting Program: The Role of the States (1992)
• Environmental Gatekeeping in State Laws (1991)
• Potential Enforcement Approaches to Municipal Solid Waste Landfills on Indian Lands (1991)
• Survey and Analysis of State Groundwater Classification Systems and Program Options (1990)
• IAQ Databases: State Indoor Air Quality, Radon, and Electro-Magnetic Field Law and Regulations

Climate Change

General

• Reporting on Climate Change: Understanding the Science (2003)
• Emission Reduction Credit Trading System: An Overview of Recent Results and an Assessment of Best Practices (2002)
• Cleaner Power: The Benefits and Costs of Moving from Coal Generation to Modern Power Technologies (2001)
• “How Environmental law Works: An Analysis of the Utility Sector’s Response to Regulation of Nitrogen Oxide and Sulfur Dioxide Under the Clean Air Act” (2001)
• How Abundant? Assessing the Estimates of Natural Gas Supply (1999)
• Implementing an Emissions Cap and Allowance Trading System for Greenhouse Gases: Lessons from the Acid Rain Program (1997)
• Transparency and Responsiveness: Building a Participatory Process for Activities Jointly Implemented Under the Climate Change Convention (1997)
• William A. Nitze, The Greenhouse Effect: Formulating a Convention (ELI & RIIA 1990)
• Addressing Global Climate Change: The Emergence of a New World Order? (1989)

Strengthen Capacity to Adapt to Climate Change

• “Laws, Policies, and Institutions to Adapt to Climate Change,” Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change (S. George Philander, ed., Sage Publications: forthcoming, 2008)
• Adaptive Management of Water Resources: Coping with Uncertainty through Laws and Institutions (forthcoming, 2007)
• “Sea Level Rise and Coastal Wetlands: Opportunities for a Peaceful Migration,” Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review (1991-92)

Advance Technologies for Climate Change

• Lessons Learned for the Future of Technology Transfer under Multilateral Environmental Agreements, by James Shepherd (ELI Visiting Scholar) (forthcoming, 2007)
• Barriers to Environmental Technology and Use (1998)
• Research and Development Practices in the Environmental Technology Industry (1997)

Center for Community Environmental Health and Justice

• Environmental Enforcement in the U.S./Mexico Border Region: A Community Guide to Enforcement in Texas and Chihuahua (English Edition)
• Environmental Enforcement in the U.S./Mexico Border Region: A Community Guide to Enforcement in Texas and Chihuahua (Spanish Edition)
• Homeland Security and Drinking Water: An Opportunity for Comprehensive Protection of a Vital Natural Resource (2003)
• A Citizen’s Guide to Using Federal Environmental Laws to Secure Environmental Justice (2002)
• Opportunities for Advancing Environmental Justice: An Analysis of U.S. EPA Statutory Authorities (2001)
• Community Environmental Health Assessment Workbook: A Guide to Evaluating Your Community’s Health and Finding Ways to Improve It (2000)
• Valuing Health for Environmental Policy With Special Emphasis on Children’s Health Issues (Proceedings of the Second Workshop in the Environmental Policy and Economics Workshop Series) (1999)
• Building Capacity to Participate in Environmental Protection Agency Activities: A Needs Assessment and Analysis (1999)
• Cleaning Up Our Communities: Tools for Environmental Health Assessment — Atlanta, GA (1998)
• Safe Drinking Water Workshop for Consumers (1997)
• Radon Guide for Tenants (1997)
• Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs): A Guide for Community Residents and Environmental Justice Advocates (1997)
• Working with Lawyers: A Guide for Community Residents and Environmental Justice Groups (Spanish and English) (1997)
• Working With Lawyers: A Guide for Community Residents and Environmental Justice Advocates (1996)
• Working With Lawyers: A Guide for Community Residents and Environmental Justice Advocates — Spanish Version (1996)
• Radon in Rental Housing: Legal and Policy Strategies for Reducing Health Risks (1994)
• Keeping New Jersey Safe: A City Handbook on New Jersey’s Common Safety Program (1990)

Endangered Environmental Laws Program

• Standing Up for State Standing, but Waiting for the Other Shoe, The Environmental Forum (May/June 2007)
• Dismissing States’ Briefs in a Footnote, The Environmental Forum (Sept/Oct 2006)
• Opening Argument: A Chief Justice Already Testing Environmental Law’s Pillar, The Environmental Forum (Sept/Oct 2005)
• The Rise (And Fall?) Of Fundamentalist Federalism, The Environmental Forum (Sept/Oct 2004)
• Endangered Laws: Panels clash on constitutional issues, implementation, The Environmental Forum (May/June 2004)
• No Need for EPA to Act After Court’s Ruling, The Environmental Forum (May/June 2003)
• ELI’s Endangered Environmental Laws Program looks at the courts, The Environmental Forum (May/June 2003)
• What Are ‘Waters of the United States’? The Environmental Forum (May/June 2003)
• Who’s In Charge? The Environmental Forum (July/Aug 2002)
• Now On Endangered List: Environmental Law Itself, The Environmental Forum (March/April 2002)
• Redefining Federalism: Listening to the States in Shaping “Our Federalism,” Edited by Doug Kendall (2004). Visit the Redefining Federalism Web site.

Indoor Environmnents

• Green Cleaning in Schools: Summary of Selected State and School District Policies (2007)
• Indoor Air Quality in New Homes: Summary of Selected State Laws (2007)
• School District Liability for Indoor Air Quality Conditions: A Review of Selected Legal Issues (2005)
• Building Healthy, High Performance Schools: A Review of Selected State and Local Initiatives (2003)
• Improving Indoor Air Quality in Rental Dwellings: A Review of Policies in Five U.S. Localities (2003)
• Healthier Schools: A Review of State Policies For Improving Indoor Air Quality (2002)
• “Caveat Broker: What Can Real Estate Licensees Do About Their Potentially Expanding Liability for Failure to Disclose Radon Risks in Home Purchase and Sales Transactions?” ( Columbia Journal of Environmental Law, 2000)
• State and Local Indoor Air Quality Programs: Five Case Studies (1997)
• Radon Guide for Tenants (1997)
• Radon in Rental Housing: Legal and Policy Strategies for Reducing Health Risks (1994)
• State Radon Legislation - Issues and Options (1993)

Green Buildings

• Policy Update: Healthy High Performance Schools
• School Districts Building Healthy, High Performance Schools: Summaries of Selected Initiatives (2005)
• Building Healthy, High Performance Schools: A Review of Selected State and Local Initiatives (2003)

Indoor Air Quality Laws Database

ELI has recently updated its Indoor Air Quality Databases of state indoor air quality laws enacted through 2006.

Judicial Education Program

• Environmental Law Resource Handbook (University of New Mexico Institute of Public Law and ELI, 1993)

Nanotechnology Program

• Linda K. Breggin and Read D. Porter, Application of the Toxics Release Inventory to Nanomaterials (2008)
• Addressing Nanotechnology Waste and Product Disposal: Can the Superfund Safety Net Catch Tiny Particles? Oxford Journal of Environmental Law, 2007 19: 323-345 (link to come)
• Bergeson, Lynn, and Tracy Hester, The ELI Nanotechnology Deskbook. Washington, DC: ELI Press, 2007.
• “Where Does the Nano Go? End-of-Life Regulation of Nanotechnologies?”
  • Download the Webcast of the Report Launch event at the Woodrow Wilson Center (Washington, DC - 2007)
  • Download the publication here
• Linda Breggin, Harmonization of Environmental, Health, and Safety Governance Approaches for Nanotechnology: An Overview of Key Themes, Environmental Law Reporter, Volume 36, Issue 12, Page 10909 (2006)
• Linda Breggin & Leslie Carothers, Governing Uncertainty: The Nanotechnology Environmental, Health, and Safety Challenge, Volume 31, Issue 2, Columbia Journal of Environmental Law (2006)
• Symposium on Nanotechnology Governance: Environmental Management from an International Perspective (2006)
• Comments of the Environmental Law Institute on EPA’s Nanotechnology White Paper External Review Draft
• Securing the Promise of Nanotechnology: Is U.S. Environmental Law Up To the Job? A Dialogue (2005)
• Environmental Law Institute Issue Paper
• Appendix 1: Relevant Federal Authorities
• Appendix 2: State Laws on Nanotechnology