Community Resource Center
Over the years, ELI has produced a variety of materials for members of environmental justice communities. The resources on this page can help all people understand environmental laws and exercise their rights.
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ELI Publications
- A Citizens' Guide to Using Alternative Dispute Resolution to Secure Environmental Justice (2011)
- Environmental Laws and Alternative Dispute Resolution: Tools for Environmental Justice (2011)
- Environmental Enforcement in the U.S./Mexico Border Region: A Community Guide to Enforcement in Texas and Chihuahua (English Edition) (Spanish Edition)
- A Citizen's Guide to Using Federal Environmental Laws to Secure Environmental Justice (2002)
- Community Environmental Health Assessment Workbook: A Guide to Evaluating Your Community's Health and Finding Ways to Improve It (2000)
- Safe Drinking Water Workshop for Consumers (1997)
- Radon Guide for Tenants (1997)
- Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs): A Guide for Community Residents and Environmental Justice Advocates (1997)
- Working With Lawyers: A Guide for Community Residents and Environmental Justice Advocates (English Edition) (Spanish Version) (1996)
Factsheets
- ELI has produced a series of factsheets on specific federal environmental laws, key concepts in environmental regulation, and research tools.
- ELI has produced a series of factsheets for communities affected by the Gulf oil spill. Available in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese.
Video
- Communities and Environmental Laws (20 minutes)
- Comunidades y Leyes Ambientales (20 minutes)
Workbook
Other Resources
- Databases
- Regional and national environmental justice organizations
- Community-based research
- Grants
- Environmental Justice for All: A Fifty State Survey of Legislation, Policies and Cases (2007, 3rd ed.). UC Hastings and the ABA publish this guide to state law. (PDF)
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Factsheets
Responding to Environmental Impacts on Communities
- Using environmental laws and ADR to achieve environmental justice (PDF)
- Risk assessment (PDF)
- Cumulative risks (PDF)
- Community-Based Participatory Research (PDF)
- Alternative Dispute Resolution (PDF)
Legal Tools for Collecting Information
- Environmental authorities to produce information that addresses EJ (PDF)
- Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (PDF)
- Freedom of Information Act (PDF)
Environmental Law: General Principles
- Pollution prevention (PDF)
- Intro to environmental laws (PDF)
- Standard Setting—EJ hooks (PDF)
- General permitting process (PDF)
- Permitting—EJ hooks (PDF)
- Permitting (PDF)
- Siting (PDF)
- Supplemental Environmental Projects (PDF)
- Delegation hooks (PDF)
- Delegation (PDF)
Federal Environmental Laws
- Federal laws (PDF)
- Clean Air Act—EJ hooks(PDF)
- Clean Air Act (PDF)
- Resource Conservation and Recovery Act—EJ hooks (PDF)
- Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (PDF)
- Brownfields hooks (PDF)
- Clean Water Act—EJ hooks (PDF)
- Clean Water Act (PDF)
- Safe Drinking Water Act—EJ hooks (PDF)
- Safe Drinking Water Act (PDF)
- Infrastructure hooks (PDF)
Reference
For more information about this website, please email nichols@eli.org.
Materiales para Comunidades
Publicaciones
- La Aplicación y el Cumplimiento de la Legislación Ambiental en la Región Fronteriza Estados Unidos-México: Una Guía Comunitaria sobre la Aplicación y el Cumplimiento en Texas y Chihuahua (2007)
- Trabajando con Abogados: Una guía para residentes de comunidades y activistas de justicia ambiental (1996)
Video
- Comunidades y Leyes Ambientales (20 minutos)
Folletos
- Cómo participar en La Evaluación de Daños a Los Recursos Naturales y La Reparacón (PDF)
- NRDA en Acción: Cómo el público ha ayudado a darle forma a la Resauración de los Recursos Naturales (PDF)
- Cómo recibir compensación por el derrame de petróleo de la BP (PDF)
- Esfuerzos de restauración y compensación del Golfo en Luisiana (PDF)
- Esfuerzos de restauración y compensación del Golfo en Alabama (PDF)
- Esfuerzos de restauración y compensación del Golfo en Mississippi (PDF)