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(Washington, DC) — Last spring, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued revised regulations governing compensatory mitigation for authorized impacts to wetlands, streams, and other waters of the United…
(Washington, DC) — Florida governor Charlie Crist signed into law last week a pathbreaking bill that will transform the redevelopment of former toxic waste sites, or “brownfields.” Through a package of tax credits, House Bill 527 pushes forward…
(Washington, DC) — Invasive species damage the environment, public health, and the economy. Harmful exotic species such as the zebra mussel, emerald ash borer, viral hemorrhagic septicemia, and hemlock wooly adelgid cause billions of dollars of…
(Washington, DC) — Invasive species are a major source of impairment to many of America’s waters, but states are not addressing this problem in consistent ways under the federal Clean Water Act, according to a report by the Environmental Law…
(Washington, DC) — The Environmental Law Institute® has issued a report providing a detailed review of selected municipal green building policies that address private-sector development. Covering all regions of the United States,…
(Washington, DC) — The aquaculture industry is growing and now produces approximately 40 percent of the seafood consumed around the world each year. This “Blue Revolution” has increased seafood availability, but has also caused serious…
(Washington, DC) — Jeremy Lawrence, a rising third-year student at the University of Southern California Law School, was named the winner of the third annual ELI-ABA-NAELS “Endangered Environmental Laws” Student…
(Washington, DC) — Iraq’s Mesopotamian marshes, often referred to as the original Garden of Eden, were once the largest wetlands in southwest Asia, covering an area nearly twice the size of the original Everglades. However, by the year 2000 less…
(Washington, DC) — The Environmental Law Institute® (ELI) announces the release of Cooperative Prevention of Invasive Wildlife Introduction in Florida. The report recommends ways…