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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.
Utility Sector Could Contribute One-Third of U.S. Kyoto Reduction Pledge at Little Cost Through Switch to Natural Gas
November 18, 2000
Much of the debate within the United States over U.S. commitments to reduce greenhouse emissions under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol concerns the costs to industry — and the American public. But a...
Halting the Decline of the Chesapeake Bay's Forests
September 29, 2000
Though forests are the primary land cover in the Chesapeake Bay states of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, recent data show that many parts of the Chesapeake region have lost substantial...
Local Governments, Businesses, and Environmentalists on Maryland's Eastern Shore Call for a Regional Vision for Smart Growth
July 31, 2000
Just like their big-city counterparts, towns on the largely rural Eastern Shore of Chesapeake Bay are beginning to confront the adverse effects of sprawl development. At a recent roundtable held...
Packard Grant Supports "Wetland Banking" Database
July 27, 2000
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation has given $125,000 to the Environmental Law Institute® to promote understanding of "wetland mitigation banking," an evolving conservation tool that may be...
ELR® Launches New On-line Service on International Environmental Law, Laws of Other Nations
July 27, 2000
Practitioners in the burgeoning field of international environmental law and attorneys who work with the environmental laws of other nations have a new ally from an old friend....
