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The Environmental Law Institute is widely respected as “a nonpartisan organization specializing in legal analysis and not known for taking sides in political fights,” as the New York Times has noted. When members of the media, private bar, government, business, and public interest organizations seek expert information on environmental law and policy, they turn to ELI.
ELI Announces Recipients of the 2020 Jim Rubin International Fellowship
August 25, 2020
(Washington, D.C.): The Environmental Law Institute is pleased to announce the inaugural class of fellows of the Jim Rubin International...
New Report Offers Best Practices to Improve Third-Party Compensatory Mitigation Review Process
August 25, 2020
(Washington, D.C.): Healthy wetlands benefit our environment and economy in a number of ways, from providing habitat to wildlife and fisheries, to improving water quality, to offering...
Environmental Law Institute Welcomes Two New Members to Its Leadership Council
July 20, 2020
(Washington, D.C.): The Environmental Law Institute (ELI) is delighted to announce two new members have joined its Leadership Council: Deidre Duncan and Kirsten Nathanson. “We are so fortunate to...
New Report Looks at Trump Administration Impact on Environmental Law and Policy and What Lies Ahead
July 8, 2020
(Washington, D.C.): The Trump Administration has taken dramatic and sweeping steps to remake federal environmental regulation and redefine the relationships among state and federal environmental...
Denis Hayes, Organizer of the First Earth Day, to Receive Prestigious Environmental Achievement Award
July 6, 2020
(Washington, D.C.): The Environmental Law Institute (ELI) is pleased to announce that it will present its 2020 Environmental Achievement Award to Denis Hayes, the organizer of the first Earth Day...

