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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.

Today, the Environmental Law Institute® celebrates the addition of the well regarded Center for the Support of Native Lands to the Institute’s existing research and technical assistance program. Previously a small, independent organization,…

Although economic globablization seems to be proceeding rapidly, progress in sustainable development law will not be shaped on an international scale but nationally. This point and other observations emerged during a speech by Environmental Law…

Eight outstanding wetlands educators, activists, scientists, and conservationists were selected as recipients of the 2003 National Wetlands Awards for their exemplary contributions to the conservation and restoration of our nation’s wetlands. The…

The success of environmental regulations and policies depends upon the strength of state environmental compliance programs. At a time when new administrations are assuming control of state agencies and states nationwide are struggling to allocate…

Poorly planned land development is a prime contributor to the loss of America’s natural heritage of animal and plant diversity. But a new report by the Environmental Law Institute® finds that simply utilizing existing biodiversity information may…

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency published in the Federal Register its long-awaited rules governing the nation’s factory farms, also known as “concentrated animal feeding operations” or CAFOs (68 Fed. Reg. 7175). A new study by the…

Former Connecticut state environmental commissioner and senior corporate executive, Leslie Carothers has been elected as the Chair of the Environmental Law Institute’s Board of Directors for 2003. Carothers, formerly Vice President for…

On December 24, 2002, the Army Corps of Engineers released new guidelines for compensatory mitigation projects authorized under Clean Water Act and joined five other federal agencies in a new National Wetlands Mitigation Action Plan. The new…

Thousands of brownfields and other contaminated sites are being returned to beneficial uses as a result of state programs, yet many of these sites lack adequate measures to protect site users from any contamination that may be left, according to…

The Environmental Law Institute® has been awarded generous grants in support of new and continuing projects in Africa. For more than three years, the Institute’s Africa Program has promoted sound environmental law, policy, and management…