Practice Resources
This Section is the forum for environment, energy, and resource lawyers and provides members with opportunities to enhance professional skills, stay on top of developments and to participate in dialogue in these substantive areas. Find the latest information on current court decisions, legislative initiatives, and statutes concerning environmental, natural resources, and energy law, as well as Section events, programs and publications such as the member newsletter, Trends and the quarterly Natural Resources and Environment magazine.
CIEL is a public interest, non-profit environmental law firm working with international and comparative environmental laws and policies around the world. The site has a multitude of links to other environmental resources and lists opportunities for CIEL’s educational and training programs. The site has hundreds of publications that can be fully accessed online categorized into topics including, but not limited to biodiversity, wildlife, climate change, international financial institutions and law.
This is a superior search engine for chemical and related industry professionals that is updated daily. The site has enhanced search capabilities for locating information, products and services you need by industry type, country and category. Find and consult with world-class experts in science, technology, and business and use the Chemical Name Synonyms Finder to find information on almost any chemical in the world.
This is the ultimate source for anyone interested in finding out as little or as much information regarding the environment as they want — and it is presented in a form that is easily understandable. Find local environmental information, such as toxic chemicals released by manufacturing facilities and the health risks of air pollution, rank and compare the pollution situation in areas across the U.S., find profiles of over 6,800 chemicals, and explore state-of-the-art interactive maps.
EcoNet is the world's first computer network dedicated to environmental preservation and sustainability. Browse sites by category, search indexed documents by keyword, read new digests and/or sign up to receive them via email, join environmental discussion groups and find environmental awareness events in your area.
Find legal and scientific resources by region and/or topic. Find model statutes and regulations, information about polluters, court decisions affecting the environment and answers to scientific questions such as identifying health risks, habitat restoration plans, and the best available technology to reduce industrial pollution. The Alliance helps low-income communities around the world in protecting themselves and their communities from toxic pollution and environmental degradation and by building a sustainable future.
Maintained by Morgan, Lewis & Bockius L.L.P. this site features resources including, but not limited to, an online newsletter addressing environmental developments at the EPA, NRC, in Congress, and in the courts, a Deskbook with detailed articles on recent trends in environmental tort litigation, The Information Network for Superfund Settlements, The Clean Air Act Information Network, The RCRA Corrective Action Project and other relevant articles published by Morgan, Lewis & Bockius attorneys.
ELI is a superior and very reliable resource for researching environmental issues. ELI educates citizens, works with Congress on how court and agency decisions are affecting the environment, develops new theories and practical approaches to ensure effectiveness of environmental legislation, and improves the capacity of citizens and governments to use the law to protect the environment. All of ELI's research department's policy studies are available for free online, as well as three prominent periodicals.
Created by David S. Blackmar, an environmental lawyer with the international law firm of Greenberg Traurig L.L.P., this site features six legal information libraries and community resources. The six legal information libraries include: Laws and Regulations; (2) Court and Agency Decisions; (3) Agency Documents and Databases; (4) Compliance resources; (5) Enforcement and Litigation; and (6) Real Estate and Corporate Transactions including resources for handling environmental aspects of real property transfers, and corporate mergers and acquisitions. The community domain includes features such as daily news, reliable Internet tools, direct access to press releases and newsletters from federal and state environmental agencies, law firm memos and articles which provide substantive analysis of recent developments in environmental law and an online forum.
This Directory has over 1,000 links to international environmental resources on the Web. The Directory is organized into 30 categories, which are additionally categorized to make searching for what you need quick and easy! The site has not been updated in a few years but the majority of the links still exist, making this a great place to start your research.
Sponsored by Columbia University, this online search service provides fast, convenient and comprehensive retrieval of environmental treaties and national resource indicators. The site's topical guide makes using intricate data more understandable since many environmental issues are complex. ENTRI provides information resources relevant to nine global environmental issues: Land use/land cover change and desertification; (2) global climate change; (3) stratospheric ozone depletion; (4) transboundary air pollution; (5) conservation of biological diversity; (6) deforestation; (7) oceans and their living resources; (8) trade and the environment; and (9) population.
Originally built and maintained by the U.S. House to provide free public access to the basic documents of U.S. law, this site is now maintained by 'Lectric Law Library. There are no advertisements and no other distractions on this site — just hundreds of alphabetized links to environmental resources on the Internet.
This straightforward site contains lots of categorized links that load instantly with no graphics. Links are geared towards government regulations, agencies, and health and safety issues, with few links to research or academic sources.
A non-profit organization dedicated to the protection of earth's most treasured and valuable resources. Find press releases, articles, volunteering opportunities and advocacy events from around the world on topics including climate, toxics, nuclear activity, oceans, genetic engineering, ocean dumping and forests.
Originally built and maintained by the U.S. House to provide free public access to the basic documents of U.S. law, this site is now maintained by 'Lectric Law Library. There are no advertisements and no other distractions on this site — just hundreds of alphabetized links to land use, zoning, and real property resources on the Internet.
The Institute is a non-profit activity of Cornell Law School providing an immense collection of links for legal information and key collections of primary legal materials and commentary. This site provides an overview of environmental law, links to federal and state material, including statutes and judicial decisions, international material, including conventions and treaties, and other resources.
The Institute is a non-profit activity of Cornell Law School providing an immense collection of links for legal information and key collections of primary legal materials and commentary. This site provides an overview of natural resource law, links to federal and state material, including statutes and judicial decisions, international material, including conventions and treaties, and other resources.
Maintained by The International City/County Management Association (ICMA), this site allows for geographical and keyword searches within LGEAN's extensive database of environmental resources. Information can be searched through one of three categories: Local government operations addresses activities local governments conduct that affect the environment; (2) Environmental media addresses environmental topics that affect land, water, and air, such as indoor air and watershed; and (3) Environmental law addresses major environmental laws under which local governments are regulate. LGEAN's site also has a regulatory section with links and articles relating to federal and state laws and their affect on local governments.
The Institute is a non-profit activity of Cornell Law School providing an immense collection of links for legal information and key collections of primary legal materials and commentary. This site provides an overview of pollution law, links to federal and state material, including statutes and judicial decisions, international material, including conventions and treaties, and other resources.
Part of the EPA Web site, this page lists all the major laws affecting environmental law in the U.S., and provides an overview and link to each one.
McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, L.L.P. is a California based law firm so many of the articles written by their attorneys that are archived on this site are California based. Regardless, the articles do address recent court development in the land use area of law and links on the site provide resources to California and federal law.
The CEC is an international organization created by Canada, Mexico and the United States under the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC) providing resources for regional environmental concerns, prevention of potential trade and environmental conflicts, and promotion of the effective enforcement of environmental law. Retrieve CEC publications, current environmental news, information on international laws, treaties, and regulations and links to useful CEC databases.
This multidisciplinary Association provides a forum for up-to-date information on environmental planning, research and management for environmental professionals in industry, government, academia, and the private sector. Quarterly, the Association publishes the journal Environmental Practice and a newsletter that can be accessed online addressing environmental issues of the utmost concern. The site also has a group of Reading Rooms presenting articles, timely commentary, and links to articles on the Web.
Search U.S. and international environmental laws by category, retrieve Environmentally Friendly, the journal of the Pace Center for Environmental Legal Studies, and read through various research papers and topics produced by Pace University faculty.
Regulatory, legislative and litigation updates regarding California's Proposition 65, The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986. Developed and maintained by the law firm of Haight, Brown & Bonesteel, this site allows users to view the full statute, regulations, and the entire list of chemicals regulated under Prop 65. Additional links to related environmental sites are also provided, including the California EPA Office of Health Hazard Assessment
Online information on pesticides.
This interdisciplinary Foundation is a cooperative project of law schools, bar associations, and industry associations working with mineral and water resources. The Foundation develops and publishes treatises, books, operational and model forms, substantive newsletters, and other literatures, as well as collects outside scholarly research and articles, pertinent federal and state laws and regulations, unpublished administrative decisions, all which are fully retrievable online.
Published three times a year by The George Washington University Law School and the American Bar Association's Section on Environment, Energy, and Resources, this journal contains scholarly articles that address the most newsworthy environmental issues. The site provides a table of contents and abstracts for current and past issues of the journal, but subscription or use of Lexis or Westlaw is required to view articles in their full context.
The Foundation's site provides free legal advice, advocacy, research and law reform services to the public. With a staff of five lawyers, the Foundation examines topical environmental legal issues, reports on international environmental activities, comments on recent case law, publishes a newsletter 6 times a year, and provides links to other Web resources by topic.
Presented by Environmental Technical Services Co., find information regarding laws, policies and regulations concerning activities regulated under Sections 401 and 404 of the Clean Water Act. Search for information by category, including, but not limited to, federal wetland regulations, state wetland regulations, proposed federal regulations, pending federal legislation, administrative branch policies and court decisions affecting wetland regulations.
Use a powerful and reliable search engine to search through environmental Web sites by category, spelling or popularity!
