Creating a Glide Path for Municipal Action: An Overview of Model Ordinances and Executive Orders on Food Waste Reduction
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Private Sector Climate Adaptation Measures for Households, Schools, and Businesses
Date Released
February 2025
Climate adaptation involves preparing for the impacts of climate change, which are projected to become more frequent and intense. Implementing adaptation measures can help build climate resilience—the ability to endure these worsening effects, such as flooding, extreme heat, and other climate hazards. State and local governments around the country are working to develop and implement climate adaptation and resilience plans.
Integrating Wild Animal Welfare into Municipal Policy
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Model Executive Order on Municipal Leadership on Food Waste Reduction: With and Without Commentaries
Date Released
June 2023
Given the large amount of food that some municipalities procure and the many people that they employ, the impact of food waste reduction measures in municipal operations can be substantial and far-reaching. For example, New York City purchases $500 million worth of food each year and employs around 325,000 people across dozens of agencies.
ELI Announces Partnership to Advance Government-to-Government Consultation in State and Local Decisionmaking
April 2023
(Washington, D.C.): The Environmental Law Institute (ELI), the National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers (NATHPO), and Dr. Jamie Donatuto, community environmental health analyst for the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, today announced their partnership with two California Native American Tribes—the Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians, and the Pechanga Band of Indians—in a groundbreaking project to advance tribal sovereignty and cultural resource protection in state and local environmental decisionmaking.
Environmental Law Institute to Recommend Best Practices for Sustainable Industrial Aquaculture
March 2022
(Washington, D.C.): The Environmental Law Institute (ELI) is launching a new project in partnership with the Belfast, Maine-based Friends of Harriet L. Hartley Conservation Area (FHLH) to identify best practices for sustainable, environmentally responsible industrial aquaculture. Aquaculture is a rapidly growing industry, representing 46% of the global fish market in 2018, and experts project two-thirds of all fish will be farmed by 2030.