The following websites include governmental agencies, non-profit organizations, law journals, and other informative sites relating to environmental law and policy. If your organization would like to be added, please contact VJEL.
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Agenda 21
Agenda 21 is a comprehensive plan of action to be taken globally, nationally and locally by organizations of the United Nations System, Governments, and Major Groups in every area in which human impacts on the environment.
Albany Law Environmental Outlook Journal
Alternative Stream Research
168 photos and a links page highlighting the various techniques utilized in stream "restoration" projects around the United States.
American Lands Alliance
A broad coalition of activists and organizations dedicated to protecting our forest heritage and restoring ecological integrity to the landscape.
American Planning Association
APA is a nonprofit public interest and research organization committed to urban, suburban, regional, and rural planning. APA and its professional institute, the American Institute of Certified Planners, advance the art and science of planning to meet the
Archimedes Institute
The Archimedes Institute, an aerospace policy research organization, aims to facilitate the development of sensible legal standards for the space beyond earth's atmosphere. Site includes space law and policy documents.
Arent Fox Environmental Website
Our principal focus now is environmental self-audit privilege and immunity legislation in the United States. Nearly all of the states have considered or passed such legislation, and we are keeping track of the status and text on a state-by-state basis.
Arent Fox Environmental Website
Our principal focus now is environmental self-audit privilege and immunity legislation in the United States. Nearly all of the states have considered or passed such legislation, and we are keeping track of the status and text on a state-by-state basis.
Atlantic Coast Watch
A free newsletter and news clipping service for activists, citizens, scientists, educators and advocates in the region between Nova Scotia and the eastern Caribbean.
Australasian Legal Information Institute
Australian Law looks here: Online statutes from most states, cases, noting up - links galore - it's all here.
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Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation
The Bluebook is the definitive style guide for legal citation.
Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review
Brookings Institution
The Brookings Institution is a private nonprofit organization devoted to independent research and innovative policy solutions.
Buffalo Environmental Law Journal
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Center for International Earth Science Information Network
Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)
CIEL is a public interest not-for-profit environmental law firm that deals with the issues of global commons, biodiversity and wildlife, international financial institutions, trade and the environment, and policy analysis and capacity building.
Colorado Journal of International Environmental Law and Policy
Columbia Journal of Environmental Law
The Columbia Journal of Environmental Law was founded in 1972 with a grant from the Ford Foundation. The Journal is one of the oldest environmental law journals in the nation and is widely regarded as one of the preeminent environmental journals in the co
Columbia Law Review
Conservation International
Conservation International (CI) focuses on trying to preserve and promote awareness about the world's most endangered biodiversity through scientific programs, local awareness campaigns, and economic initiatives. CI also works with multinational instituti
Conservation Law Foundation
The Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) is a nonprofit, public interest, member-supported environmental advocacy organization. CLF works on energy efficiency, water conservation, transportation planning, clean air, community livability, sustainable forest a
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Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum
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Ecology and Society
An electronic, peer-reviewed, scientific journal devoted to the rapid dissemination of current research. Manuscript submission, peer review, and publication are all handled on the Internet.
Ecology Law Quarterly
The Ecology Law Quarterly is one of the most respected and widely-read journals on environmental law and policy.
EcoNet
EcoNetâ„¢: working to support ecological sustainability and environmental justice.
ENTRI--Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators
Access to information on about 435 environmental treaties, including the full text of 170 treaties. Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators (ENTRI) provides online searching of a database that integrates information about environmental treaties wit
Envirolink
Environment Australia
Environment Australia is the Environment Program of the Australian Government.
Environment Industry Yearbook Online
The most comprehensive online database of UK Environment Industry Companies.
Environmental & Energy Law & Policy Journal (Univ. of Houston)
Environmental Claims Journal
Environmental Contaminants Encyclopedia
From the NPS
Environmental Data Interactive Exchange
A free news, information and communications service for environmental professionals
Environmental Dispute Resolution
Center for Environmental and Public Policy Dispute Resolution
Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund
The West Coast Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund is designed to help environmental and community groups use the law to better protect the environment.
Environmental Health and Safety - Waste Management Decision Tree
An interactive waste management decision tree that gives advice for disposing of different types of waste.
Environmental Law (Lewis & Clark)
Environmental Law is the environmental law journal of Lewis & Clark Law School. At this website you can view the journal's past and current publications.
Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (E-LAW)
E-LAW is a network of environmental defenders in 50 countries using law to protect the environment. These public interest attorneys, scientists and other advocates help each other protect and restore the planet by exchanging legal, scientific and strategi
Environmental Law Institute
The Environmental Law Institute (ELI) has played a pivotal role in shaping environmental law, policy, and management, domestically and abroad for more than a quarter century. Today, ELI is an internationally recognized, independent research and education
Environmental Law Reporter
Environmental Law Society of Seattle Univ. School of Law
Environmental News Network
This Internet news service focuses on issues such as conserving natural resources, disposing of toxic waste, and protecting water resources.
Environmental Organization Web Directory
This directory exceeds 8000 environmental organizations and has been a valuable resource to people the world over.
Environmental Resource Center
Latest news on environmental and safety regulations
Environs: Environmental Law and Policy Journal (UC Davis)
European Environment Agency
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Foreign Policy in Focus
Foreign Policy in Focus is an international network of analysts and activists dedicated to "making the U.S. a more responsible global leader and partner."
Free Advice
The largest source of on-line legal information, including a wide variety of subjects ranging from divorce to environmental law. We also list a directory of lawyers in different states, who have agreed to offer a free initial consultation to serious poten
Friends of the Earth
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Georgetown International Environmental Law Review
GIELR is published four times a year by students of the Georgetown University Law Center, serving the interests of international environmental legal practitioners and scholars.
Global Network of Environment and Technology (GNET)
Global Recycling Network
Your one-stop recycling information resource on the Net.
Government Institutes: Environmental Law Publications & Training
A publishing and seminar company providing information and continuing education on environmental law, occupational health & safety, telecommunications, and internet.
Great Plains Natural Resources Journal
Green Globe Yearbook
Information on the Green Globe Yearbook - the annual review and reference work on international co-operation on environment and development. The book includes evaluations and reference on major international agreements within environment and development.
Green Mountain Club
GreenBiz
GreenBiz is the leading information resource on how to align environmental responsibility with business success.
Global Conference On Environmental Taxation
The Annual Global Conference on Environmental Taxation provides a forum for legal scholars, economists, political scientists, conservationists, representatives of the private sector and non-governmental organizations to exchange the latest research on the use of environmental taxes and other market-based instruments, as well as other economic instruments such as tax relief and subsidies, to advance environmental policy objectives. The Conference rotates sites between Europe, Canada, and United States. Vermont Law School's Janet Milne, Director of the Environmental Tax Policy Institute, serves on the steering committee.
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Harvard Center for the Environment
Harvard Environmental Law Review
The Harvard Environmental Law Review (HELR) has been published semi-annually, in winter and spring, since 1976. HELR publishes articles on a broad range of environmental affairs, such as land use; air, water, and noise regulation; toxic substances contro
Harvard Law Review
Harvard Law Review
Hastings West-Northwest Journal of Environmental Law and Policy
The first regional environmental law journal of California and the Pacific Northwest. In addition to traditional legal scholarship, West-Northwest publishes articles by policy analysts and researchers from such complementary fields as economics, anthropol
Howard County (Indiana) Solid Waste District
Our Mission Is To Reduce The Amount Of Solid Waste Generated In Howard County That Goes Into Landfills And To Educate The Public In The Practice Of Recycling.
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Indiana Recycling Coalition
The Indiana Recycling Coalition is a not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) corporation representing concerned citizens, state and local government officials, business, industry and environmental groups since December of 1989.
Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy
The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy promotes resilient family farms, rural communities and ecosystems around the world through research and education, science and technology, and advocacy.
International Forum on Globalization
The International Forum on Globalization (IFG) is an alliance of sixty leading activists, scholars, economists, researchers and writers formed to stimulate new thinking, joint activity, and public education in response to economic globalization.
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) - Linkages
International Rivers Network
The IRN web site is a global resource for all people who share our concern for preserving and restoring the world's rivers and riverine communities.
IUCN Environmental Law Programme
IUCN-The World Conservation Union maintains the Environmental Law Programme that brings together the expertise and data resources at the Environmental Law Centre located in Bonn, Germany with a global network of environmental lawyers, the IUCN Environment
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Jenner & Block Environmental Web Site
Journal of Environmental Law
The Journal of Environmental Law presents major articles, a Case Law section covering a selection of recent cases, and annual European Case Law section, plus major book review and material sections. Condensing essential information into just two issues a
Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation (Univ. of Oregon)
Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy
Journal of Land Use & Environmental Law (Florida St. Univ.)
Journal of Natural Resources & Environmental Law (Univ. of Kentucky)
JurisPedia
JurisPedia is an encyclopedic project, based on the MediaWiki format, of academic initiative devoted to worldwide law, legal and political sciences.
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Land Trust Alliance
The Land Trust Alliance promotes voluntary private land conservation to benefit communities and natural systems. LTA is a national convener, strategist, and representative of more than 1,600 land trusts across America.
League of Conservation Voters
The League of Conservation Voters works to create a Congress more responsive to your environmental concerns. As the bipartisan political voice for over nine million members of environmental and conservation groups, LCV is the only national environmental o
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy is a nonprofit and non-partison educational institution founded in 1974 to improve the quality of public debate and decisions in the areas of land policy and land-related taxation. The Institute seeks to inform decisio
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Maine Audubon Society
A community of people who share an appreciation of Maine's wildlife and outdoors, a concern for the stewardship of its natural resources, and a commitment to a clean environment.
Maine Environmental Policy Institute
The purpose of the Maine Environmental Policy Institute is to help citizens understand the importance of healthy ecosystems to a healthy economy. The Institute, a newly formed 501c3 nonprofit organization based in Hallowell, Maine, is dedicated to researc
Marine Law Institute, University of Maine School of Law
The Marine Law Institute is a center for law and policy studies on marine resources and publishes the Ocean and Coastal Law Journal.
Marine Law: The Research and Studies Center for the Law of Marine Activities
Law of the sea, international law, environmental law, marine areas, Graduate and Post-grad research and degrees, Specialized Law of the Sea and International Environmental Law Library, International Consulting. Site available in French, English, German, a
Mekong Region Law Center
Resource material on Environmental law for the Mekong region and surrounding countries, including full texts of UNEP/MRLC publication. The first is on Global and Regional Treaties and the second will be on Framework Environment legislation and Regulations
Michigan Environmental Law Resource Page
A practical guide to Michigan Environmental Law prepared by the Environmental Law Group of Warner Norcross & Judd LLP. Includes news concerning recent developments. Also includes detailed overview of environmental topics.
Michigan Land Use Institute
The Michigan Land Use Institute was founded in 1995 to establish an approach to economic development that strengthens communities, enhances opportunity, and protects the state's unmatched natural resources. MLUI's mission from the beginning has been to he
Missouri Environmental Law and Policy Review
Homepage of the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law's environmental law review.
MIT Environment Page
Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
Multilateral Conventions (Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy)
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National Conference of Law Reviews
National Council for Science and the Environment
A nonregulatory science Institute with a mission "to improve the scientific basis for making environmental decisions" and provides a major role for stakeholders in defining questions and setting priorities. Good environmental links.
National Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. Sections 4321-4345)
National Geophysical Data Center
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Environmental Information Services (NOAA)
National Park Service
National Resources Defense Council
NRDC is the nation's most effective environmental action organization. NRDC uses law, science and the support of more than 1 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment
National Response Center
The National Response Center is the sole federal point of contact for reporting oil and chemical spills.
Natural Resources Journal (Univ. of New Mexico)
Nature Conservancy
NEPAMost asked questions
New England Light Pollution Advisory Group
Information concerning improved outdoor lighting to reduce glare and obtrusive light while increasing energy efficiency.
New England Public Policy Center
The New England Public Policy Center (NEPPC) is dedicated to enhancing access to high-quality analysis on economic and public policy issues that affect the region. NEPPC was established by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston in January 2005.
New York Univ. Environmental Law Journal
New York University Environmental Law Journal
New Zealand's Environmental Law Online - rma-net
Judgments of the Environment Court, High Court and Court of Appeal in New Zealand under the Resource Management Act 1991 or related legislation.
Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont
Northeast-Midwest Institute
The Northeast-Midwest Institute is a Washington-based, private, non-profit, and non-partisan research organization dedicated to economic vitality, environmental quality, and regional equity for Northeast and Midwest states. Formed in the mid-1970's, it fu
Northern Forest Alliance
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Oil, Gas & Energy Quarterly
Oregon Environmental Council
Restores and protects Oregon's clean water and air by creating and promoting socially just and economically sound environmental policies.
Oregon Natural Resources Council (ONRC)
Supports political alerts on issues, environmental newsletters, and provides a list of great hiking trails in Oregon's wilderness.
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Pace Environmental Law Review
Pace Virtual Environmental Law Library
Penn State Environmental Law Review
Pittsburgh Journal of Environmental and Public Health Law
Population Connection
Formerly ZPG, the oldest NGO focusing on population issues.
Pound Civil Justice Institute
The Pound Civil Justice Institute is a legal think tank dedicated to the cause of promoting access to the civil justice system through its programs, publications, and research grants. Based in Washington DC, established in 1956.
Preservation Trust of Vermont
Prop 65 Page
Provides information on California's Proposition 65, governing exposures to carcinogens and reproductive toxins. Links to other Prop 65 and related sources. Current developments in Prop 65 legislation, regulation, and litigation.
Public Land & Resources Law Review (Univ. of Montana)
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Rainforest Action Network
Rainforest Action Network works to protect the Earth's rainforests and support the rights of their inhabitants through education, grassroots organizing, and non-violent direct action.
Recycler's World
Recycler's World was established to be a world wide trading site for information related to secondary or recyclable commodities, by-products, used & surplus items or materials.
Redefining Progress
Redefining Progress (RP) works with a broad array of partners to shift the economy and public policy towards sustainability. RP does this in three ways: (1) measures the real state of our economy, our environment, and social justice with tools like the Ge
Resources for the Future
RFF is a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization that conducts independent research -- rooted primarily in economics and other social sciences -- on environmental, energy, and natural resource issues. Although RFF is headquartered in Washington, D.C., its
Right to Know
RTK NET was developed in order to empower citizen involvement in community and government decision-making. This web site provides free online access to over 100 gigabytes of quantitative databases and numerous text files and conferences on the environmen
Rocky Mountain Institute
Rocky Mountain Institute is an entrepreneurial nonprofit organization that fosters the efficient and restorative use of resources to make the world secure, just, prosperous, and life-sustaining. RMI does this by inspiring business, civil society, and gove
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Saxe Environmental Law Boutique
Environmental law. Canada-based, but including numerous international links. Includes a monthly newsletter from one of Canada's leading environmental lawyers. Updated regularly.
Schnapf Environmental Law Resources Online
All most relevant topics in environmental law are discussed in the site. Free quarterly newsletter. Free seminars to law firms and corporations. A. Schnapf has over a dozen years of national environmental experience with Fortune 500 corporations and a num
Sheffield Institute of Biotechnological Law and Ethics
New degree covering the law and ethics as it relates to biotechnology. Biotechnology is defined extremely widely, including both medical ethics and agricultural biotechnology.
Sierra Club
The Sierra Club's members are more than 750,000 of your friends and neighbors. Inspired by nature, the Club works to protect our communities and the planet. The Club is America's oldest, largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization.
Society of Environmental Journalists
The Society of Environmental Journalists is the only U.S.- based membership organization of working journalists dedicated to improvements in environmental reporting. SEJ programs are designed to build a stronger, better-educated, and more closely connect
Sonoran Institute
The Sonoran Institute works with communities to conserve and restore important natural landscapes in Western North America, including the wildlife and cultural values of these lands.
Southeastern Environmental Law Journal (Univ. of S. Carolina)
Southern Africa Environment Page
Spanish Ministry of the Environment En Espanol
Stanford Environmental Law Journal
STP Specialty Technical Publishers
We specialize in publishing loose-leaf manuals on various aspects of environmental law and the handling of toxic substances.
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Tellus Institute
Advancing the transition to a sustainable, equitable, and humane global civilization is the core mission of Tellus Institute. Formed in 1976 as a not-for-profit research and policy organization, Tellus is an international leader in assessing critical envi
Temple Journal of Science, Technology & Environmental Law
Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation
The Department administers the environmental, resource conservation, and state park programs for the State of Tennessee.
Tribal Environmental Law Project
From the Northern Plains Indian Law Center at the University of North Dakota School of Law, this project seeks to confront "environmental injustice" in Indian Country.
Tuck School of Business (Dartmouth) Business Sustainability Initiative
The Business Sustainability Initiative (BSI) conference brings together leaders from a wide range of fields to discuss the important role that business leaders can play in creating a more sustainable world. It is guided by the belief that sustainability
Tulane Environmental Law Journal
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U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
U.S. EPA - Environmental Protection Agency
UCLA Journal of Environmental Law & Policy
Union of Concerned Scientists
UCS is an independent nonprofit alliance of more than 100,000 concerned citizens and scientists. UCS augment rigorous scientific analysis with innovative thinking and committed citizen advocacy to build a cleaner, healthier environment and a safer world.
United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD)
United Nations Environment Programme
United Nations Treaty Collection
Web site, provides an overview of the UN Treaty Collection and access to the database.
United Nations Web
Univ. of Baltimore Journal of Environmental Law
Univ. of Denver Water Law Review
Univ. of Pennsylvania Law Review
Upper Valley Land Trust
Urban Institute
The Urban Institute is a nonprofit nonpartisan policy research and educational organization established to examine the social, economic, and governance problems facing the nation. It provides information and analysis to public and private decision makers
Urban Land Institute
Founded in 1936, the institute now has more than 25,000 members worldwide representing the entire spectrum of land use and real estate development disciplines, working in private enterprise and public service. The mission of the Urban Land Institute is t
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Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility
Vermont Earth Institute
Vermont Forum on Sprawl
Vermont Housing & Conservation Board
Vermont Institute of Natural Science
Vermont Land Trust
Vermont Law Review
Vermont Law School
Vermont Law School offers a Master of Studies in Environmental Law (MSEL), as well as a joint J.D./MSEL degree. The Environmental Law Center sponsors Summer Session with 30 courses in environmental law, policy, science, and ethics, and administers the Mas
Vermont Natural Resources Council
Vermont Recreation & Parks Association
Vermont Smart Growth Collaborative
Vermont Tree Society
Vermont Wilderness Association
Vermonters for a Cleaner Environment
Villanova Environmental Law Journal
Virginia Environmental Law Journal
VLS Environmental Law Center
VLS's Environmental Law Center offers the nation's largest, graduate, environmental law program, and has received the American Bar Association Award for Distinguished Achievement in Environmental Law and Policy.
VLS Environmental Law Society
VLS International Law Society
Volunteer Peten
Volunteer Peten is an organization is Guatemala that allows volunteers, especially students, to help with special community projects, including an ecological park, Spanish School, environmental education project, community development projects. The VLS I
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White River Partnership
Wiki Law School
Wiki Law School is legal-topic outline wiki aimed at law students as they prepare for final exams.
WikiLaw
WikiLaw is a free online legal resource based on the WikiMedia format.
Wild Wilderness
The Leading Environmental Organization focused on defeating the USFS-ARC Recreation Fee Demonstration Program
William & Mary Environmental Law & Policy Review
World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Business voice on sustainable development issues.
World Resources Institute
Links on specific environmental topics as well as WRI publications on a range of topics.
Worldwatch Institute
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Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy
The Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy seeks to advance fresh thinking and analytically rigorous approaches to environmental decisionmaking - across disciplines, across sectors, and across boundaries.
Yale Law Journal
Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
The Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies prepares new leadership and creates new knowledge to sustain and restore the long-term health of the biosphere and the well-being of its people.
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