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WASHINGTON - Across the country, the health of ecosystems and the species they sustain have declined dramatically since…

Latin America is rich in biodiversity and natural resources—from the rainforested lowlands of the Amazon basin to the cloud forests of the Andes Mountains. Protection and conservation of these resources depends not only on governments, but also…

Professor Charles Odidi Okidi of the University of Nairobi Institute for Development Studies was appointed by the Environmental Law Institute® as the Institute’s first J. William Futrell Visiting Scholar. He will be in residence at the Institute…

Long time conservation leader William K. Reilly, currently the President and Chief Executive Officer for Aqua International Partners and Chairman of the World Wildlife Fund-US Board of directors, will receive the Environmental Law Institute’s top…

Each year the environmental community comes together to honor individuals who have dedicated their time and energy to protecting our nation’s precious wetlands. Nomination forms for the 2004 National Wetlands Awards Program are now available. The…

The nomination of Utah Governor Michael O. Leavitt as head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sends a signal that federalism is a key component of the Bush administration’s approach to regulation. Does it signal that the states will play…

Tax policies in the states surrounding the Chesapeake Bay can contribute to the better conservation practices promoted by the "Chesapeake 2000" agreement, according to a new report released by the Environmental Law Institute. Chesapeake 2000…

Washington, DC — The Environmental Law Institute® (ELI) today launched Endangered Environmental Laws, a new program to combat recent trends in judicial decision-making that threaten to unravel three decades of federal…

The Environmental Law Institute® has released the third edition of Reporting on Climate Change: Understanding the Science, a resource for print and broadcast editors and reporters dealing with what many consider the foremost…

While the Department of Energy is responsible for cleaning up the majority of residual radioactive and chemical contamination from the production of nuclear weapons, the Environmental Protection Agency, state environmental agencies, local…