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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.George Washington University Law School Professor Arnold W. Reitze, Jr., one of the most noted authorities on the Clean Air Act, has written the most comprehensive, up-to-date guide to, and analysis of, that Act.…
Nomination forms are currently available from the Environmental Law Institute® for the 2002 National Wetlands Awards. The deadline for submitting nominations is December 15, 2001.
The Awards program honors individuals from across the United…
The Environmental Law Institute® has just published the latest report from its State Biodiversity Program, Status of the States: Innovative State Strategies for Biodiversity Conservation…
The United States is struggling to control its sprawling land use patterns and to develop a unifying strategy of smart growth. Today there is greater popular understanding of this matter, and it is now known that land use law and practice…
The Environmental Law Institute® and officials from three Mexican municipalities met recently in Guadalajara, Mexico to launch a two-year project aimed at improving environmental performance at municipal facilities (ProMuS 2000). Over the next…
The Environmental Law Institute® (ELI) has just released a white paper entitled “Preliminary Findings of The Environmental Law Institute’s Wetland Mitigation Banking Study.” ELI is conducting a comprehensive study of the current status of wetland…
The recent Supreme Court case in Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been decided, but the waves have not yet calmed for regulators, conservationists, and developers, who are still questioning how…
In a feature article of the Environmental Law Institute’s April 2001 issue of the Environmental Law Reporter News and Analysis, law professors Christopher H. Schroeder (Duke University) and Robert L.…
Eight outstanding wetlands educators, activists, scientists and conservationists were selected as recipients of the 2001 National Wetlands Awards for their exemplary contributions to the conservation and restoration of the nation’s wetlands. The…
The Environmental Law Institute® today released a report entitled Virginia’s Economic Incentives: Missed Opportunities for Sustainable Growth. The report highlights Virginia’s…