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(Washington) The Environmental Law Institute has announced that Doug Norris, Wetland Program Coordinator for Minnesota’s Department of Natural Resources, has received the 2013 National Wetlands Award for State, Tribal, and Local Program…

Baltimore, MD — The University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law’s nationally ranked Environmental Law Program and the Environmental Law Institute (ELI), the nation’s premier environmental research and education center, are pleased to…

(Washington, DC) — The Environmental Law Institute announced today the recipients of the prestigious National Wetland Awards—individual stewards from across the country who have been recognized for their exceptional and innovative contributions…

Kenneth Rivlin is the newest member of ELI’s Leadership Council. Mr. Rivlin is a partner with Allen & Overy LLP in New York City, where he is head of their Global Environmental Law Group, U.S. Environmental and Regulatory Law Group and U.S…
ELI has released a guide to the key issues local elected officials will face when deciding where to site large wind energy facilities. The nation’s local governments will be dealing with the more than 100 new commercial scale wind farms that will…
Join ELI and the Advertising Self-Regulating Council (ASRC) in June for a must-attend Summit on Private Environmental Governance to learn how corporations managing environmental issues are creating environmental benefits in the face of increasing…
On the assumption that a carbon trading system can constitute a performance standard for GHGs under the CAA, the question arises whether offsets should be creditable for compliance. In the March issue of ELR News & Analysis, Richard B. Herzog…
On March 19, UCLA Political Science Prof. Michael L. Ross delivered the inaugural Al Moumin Distinguished Lecture on Environmental Peacebuilding, which was hosted by the Environmental Law Institute (ELI), American University’s School of…

On March 19, 2013, Michael L. Ross delivered the inaugural Al Moumin Distinguished Lecture on Environmental Peacebuilding, which was hosted by the Environmental Law Institute (ELI), American University’s School of International Service, and the…

Compensatory mitigation is required under the Clean Water Act to offset unavoidable impacts to wetland habitat. Central to achieving these offsets is the use of mitigation banks that must sell credits tied to wetland restoration, which is…