Denis Hayes, Organizer of the First Earth Day, to Receive Prestigious Environmental Achievement Award
July 2020

(Washington, D.C.): The Environmental Law Institute (ELI) is pleased to announce that it will present its 2020 Environmental Achievement Award to Denis Hayes, the organizer of the first Earth Day and current president of the Bullitt Foundation, in recognition of his visionary leadership and outstanding environmental stewardship over a most distinguished career.

A Message From ELI President Scott Fulton on Earth Day
April 2018

(Washington, DC): On behalf of the Environmental Law Institute, I would like to wish a happy Earth Day to one and all.  ELI was not even a year old when the first Earth Day was celebrated back in 1970. And the landscape in which we live has certainly changed. But we remain just as committed today as we did then to achieving our vision of a healthy environment, prosperous economies, and vibrant communities founded on the rule of law.

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