Center for State, Local and Regional Environmental Programs
Program on the Constitution, Courts, and Legislation
Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review
Industrial Agriculture Law and Policy Center
General
Center for State, Local and Regional Environmental Programs
- Database of State Indoor Air Quality Laws: Complete Database UPDATED (2017)
- Database of State Indoor Air Quality Laws: Excerpt IAQ in Schools UPDATED (2017)
- Database of State Indoor Air Quality Laws: Database Excerpt: Mold Laws UPDATED (2017)
- Database of State Indoor Air Quality Laws: Database Excerpt: Radon Laws UPDATED (2017)
- A Handbook for Prioritizing Wetland and Stream Restoration and Protection Using Landscape Analysis Tools (2013)
- Catalyzing Redevelopment: Innovative Approaches and Emerging Best Practices in State Petroleum Brownfield Initiatives (2013)
- State Constraints: State-Imposed Limitations on the Authority of Agencies to Regulate Waters Beyond the Scope of the Federal Clean Water Act (2013)
- A Guide to State Management of Offshore Wind Energy in the Mid-Atlantic Region (2013)
- Siting Wind Energy Facilities - What Do Local Elected Officials Need to Know? (2013)
- Wetlands, Wildlife Habitat, and Flood Hazards in the Cedar River Basin, Iowa (2013)
- At the Confluence of the Clean Water Act and Prior Appropriation: The Challenge and Ways Forward (2013)
- Radon in Homes: Strengthening State Policy to Reduce Risk and Save Lives (2012)
- Gulf of Mexico Habitat Conservation & Restoration: A Look at the Five U.S. Gulf States' Legal and Institutional Frameworks (2011)
- Delaware Offshore Alternative Energy Framework Review & Recommendations (2011)
- Tracking Implementation of the Special Need Request Process Under the Plant Protection Act (2011)
- State Enabling Legislation for Commercial-Scale Wind Power Siting and the Local Government Role (2011)
- Siting Wind Facilities on State-Owned Lands and Waters (2011)
- Status and Trends in State Invasive Species Policy: 2002-2009
(State Appendix) (2010) - Analysis of the Numeric Water Quality Criteria Adopted by the Ten States That Border Directly on the Mississippi River (2009)
- The Next Generation of Mitigation: Linking Current and Future Mitigation Programs with State Wildlife Action Plans and Other State and Regional Plans (2009)
- Cooperative Prevention of Invasive Wildlife Introduction in Florida (2008)
- Maryland Farmland Conservation: Supporting Sustainable Use of Land through Tax Policy (2008)
- Planner's Guide to Wetland Buffers for Local Governments (2008)
- Regional and Collaborative Approaches to Water, Sewer, and Stormwater Management in Pennsylvania (2008)
- State Wetland Permitting Programs: Avoidance and Minimization Requirements (2008)
- State Wetland Protection: Status, Trends & Model Approaches (2008)
- The Role of Aquatic Invasive Species in State Listing of Impaired Waters and the TMDL Program: Seven Case Studies (2008)
- Conservation Thresholds for Land Use Planners: Top Implementation Strategies (2007)
- Environmental Compliance Consortium: A Memo on Measurement for Environmental Managers (2007)
- Halting the Invasion in the Chesapeake Bay: Preventing Aquatic Invasive Species Introduction through Regional Cooperation (2007)
- State Wetland Program Evaluation: Phase III (2007)
- State Wetland Program Evaluation: Phase IV (2007)
- State Wildlife Action Plans and Utilities: New Conservation Opportunities for America's Wildlife (2007)
- Strategies for Effective State Early Detection/Rapid Response Programs for Plant Pests and Pathogens (2007)
- Workshop to Explore Opportunities to Integrate the State Wildlife Action Plans into Improved Wetland Conservation and Restoration: Conference Summary Report (2007)
- Report for Great Lakes Protection Fund: Potential Federal Preemption of Laws in the Great Lakes States (2007)
- State Wetland Program Evaluation: Phase II (2007)
- State Wetland Program Evaluation: Phase I (2005)
- Beyond Enforcement: Enforcement, Compliance Assistance, and Corporate Leadership Program in Five Midwest States (2003)
- An Analysis of State Superfund Programs: 50-State Study, 2001 Update (2002)
- Role of Local Governments in Long Term Stewardship at DOE Facilities (2001)
- Putting the Pieces Together: State Nonpoint Source Enforceable Mechanisms in Context (2000)
- Locating Livestock: How Water Pollution Control Efforts Can Use Information from State Regulatory Programs (1999)
- Almanac of Enforceable State Laws to Control Nonpoint Source Water Pollution (1998)
- An Analysis of State Superfund Programs: 50-State Study, 1998 Update (1998)
- Enforceable State Mechanisms for the Control of Nonpoint Source Water (1997)
- Fresh Air: Innovative State and Local Programs for Improving Air Quality (1997)
- An Independent Review of the State-Federal Environmental Partnership Agreements for 1996 (1997)
- Comparison of Federal-State Allocation of Responsibility in Five Environmental Statutes (1996)
- Federal Regulations and State Flexibility in Environmental Standard Setting (1996)
- An Analysis of State Superfund Programs: 50-State Study, 1995 Update (1996)
- An Analysis of State Superfund Programs: 50-State Study, 1993 Update (1994)
- EPA’s Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Regulation: Impact of the New Standards in Indian Country (1994)
- ELI Research Brief #2 – Reauthorizing Superfund: Lessons from the States (1993)
- New State and Local Approaches to Environmental Protection (1993)
- State Radon Legislation – Issues and Options (1993)
- The Tools of Prevention: Opportunities for Promoting Pollution Prevention Under Federal Regulations (1991)
- The New Air Permitting Program: The Role of the States (1992)
- An Analysis of State Superfund Programs: 50-State Study, 1991 Update (1991)
- Environmental Gatekeeping in State Laws (1991)
- Survey and Analysis of State Groundwater Classification Systems and Program Options (1990)
- An Analysis of State Superfund Programs: 50-State Study, 1990 Update (1990)
- An Analysis of State Superfund Programs: 50-State Study (1989)
Program on the Constitution, Courts, and Legislation
- "The Environmental Relevance of the Equal Access to Justice Act," American Constitution Society Blog Guest Post (July 2013)
- Shifting the Debate: In Defense of the Equal Access to Justice Act, Brian Korpics, Jay Austin, and Bruce Myers (ELI, June 2013)
- State Constraints: State-Imposed Limitations on the Authority of Agencies to Regulate Waters Beyond the Scope of the Federal Clean Water Act, a 50-state study (ELI, May 2013)
- The Clean Water Act Jurisdictional Handbook, Second Edition (ELI, May 2012)
- The Commerce Clause: Foundation for U.S. Environmental Law in Principles of Constitutional Environmental Law, Principles of Constitutional Environmental Law (Chapter), Jay E. Austin and D. Bruce Myers Jr. (ABA and ELI, August 2011)
- "Goliath Gulps in GMO Litigation," American Constitution Society Blog Guest Post (May 2010)
- "Wetlands, Streams, and... Civil Commitment of 'Sexually Dangerous Persons'?!" National Wetlands Newsletter (November/December 2009)
- "Florida Giveth but Does It Taketh Away?" American Constitution Society Guest Post (November 2009)
- "Judges Shouldn't Have to Pretend Their Process is Mechanical," The Los Angeles Daily Journal (August 2009) (PDF of the op-ed; second headline from the top)
- "ELI Staffer Letter to Washington Post Regarding Judge Sotomayor Nomination," The Washington Post (May 2009)
- "How green is your presidential candidate?" The Christian Science Monitor (April 2008) (PDF of the op-ed)
- Anchoring the Clean Water Act: Congress's Constitutional Sources of Power To Protect the Nation's Waters, Jay E. Austin and D. Bruce Myers Jr. (ELI, September 2007) (republished as Issue Brief of the American Constitution Society, September 2007)
- "Standing Up for State Standing, but Waiting for the Other Shoe," The Environmental Forum (May/June 2007)
- "Opening Argument: A Close Call for the Clean Water Act," The Environmental Forum (September/October 2006)
- "Dismissing States' Briefs in a Footnote," The Environmental Forum (September/October 2006)
- Legal Briefing on Supreme Court Decision in Rapanos v. United States, presented by ELI President Leslie Carothers to House Legislative Staff (June 2006)
- "Opening Argument: Deference to Congress, Agencies Real Issues In Water Act Cases," The Environmental Forum (March/April 2006)
- Rapanos v. United States and Carabell v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Brief of ELI as Amicus Curiae Supporting Respondents (February 2006)
- Considering NEPA: Comments to the National Environmental Policy Act Task Force (ELI, February 2006)
- "Opening Argument: A Chief Justice Already Testing Environmental Law's Pillar," The Environmental Forum (September/October 2005)
- A Brief Guide to the "Written Determination" and Private Property "Aid" Provisions of H.R. 3824 (The Threatened and Endangered Species Reform Act), Jim McElfish (September 2005)
- "Environmental Law Update 2004: The Practical Impacts of This Year's Legal Struggles," The Environmental Law Reporter (December 2004)
- Judging NEPA: A "Hard Look" at Judicial Decision Making Under the National Environmental Policy Act (ELI, October 2004)
- "The Rise (And Fall?) Of Fundamentalist Federalism," The Environmental Forum (September/October 2004)
- "Endangered Laws: Panels Clash on Constitutional Issues, Implementation," The Environmental Forum (May/June 2004)
- Redefining Federalism: Listening to the States in Shaping "Our Federalism," Edited by Doug Kendall (2004).
- "No Need for EPA to Act After Court's Ruling," The Environmental Forum (May/June 2003)
- "ELI's Endangered Environmental Laws Program Looks at the Courts," The Environmental Forum (May/June 2003)
- "What Are 'Waters of the United States'?" The Environmental Forum (May/June 2003)
- Memorandum Regarding Jurisdiction of D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals over Environmental Laws (ELI, 2003)
- Endangered Environmental Laws Background Paper (ELI, 2003)
- "Who's In Charge?" The Environmental Forum (July/August 2002)
- "Now On Endangered List: Environmental Law Itself," The Environmental Forum (March/April 2002)
Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review
- Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review (2016)
- Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review (2015)
- Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review (2014)
- Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review (2013)
- Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review (2012)
- Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review (2011)
- Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review (2010)
- Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review (2009)
Judicial Education Program
- John Pendergrass, Educating Judges about Environmental Law, Journal of Court Innovation, Volume 3, Issue 1 (2010)
- Environmental Law Resource Handbook (University of New Mexico Institute of Public Law and ELI, 1993)
Nanotechnology Program
- Read Porter, Linda Breggin, Robert Falkner, John Pendergrass, and Nico Jaspers, “Regulatory Responses to Nanotechnology Uncertainties,” The Nanotechnology Challenge Creating Legal Institutions for Uncertain Risks, ed. David Dana (2012)
- Linda Breggin, Robert Falkner, John Pendergrass, Read Porter, and Nico Jaspers, "Chapter 8 – Addressing the Risks of Nanomaterials under United States and European Union Regulatory Frameworks for Chemicals," in Assessing Nanoparticle Risks to Human Health, (ed. G. Ramachandran) (Elsevier 2011)
- Linda Breggin and John Pendergrass, Regulation of Nanoscale Materials Under Media-Specific Environmental Laws, International Handbook on Regulating Nanotechnologies, eds. Hodge, Bowman and Maynard (2010)
- Robert Falkner, Linda Breggin, Nico Jaspers, John Pendergrass and Read Porter, International Coordination and Cooperation: The Next Agenda in Nanomaterials Regulation, International Handbook on Regulating Nanotechnologies, eds. Hodge, Bowman and Maynard (2010)
- Linda Breggin, Robert Falkner, Nico Jaspers, John Pendergrass and Read Porter, Securing the Promise of Nanotechnologies: Towards Transatlantic Regulatory Cooperation (2009).
- Robert Falkner, Linda Breggin, Nico Jaspers, John Pendergrass and Read Porter, Consumer Labelling of Nanomaterials: Convergence or Divergence? (2009)
- Robert Falkner, Linda Breggin, Nico Jaspers, John Pendergrass and Read Porter, Regulating Nanomaterials: A Transatlantic Agenda (2009)
- Linda K. Breggin and Read D. Porter, Application of the Toxics Release Inventory to Nanomaterials (2008)
- Leslie Carothers & Dave Rejeski, Op-Ed, A Bottom-Up Approach to Nanotechnology Safety, The Cambridge Chronicle (Jan. 15, 2008)
- Addressing Nanotechnology Waste and Product Disposal: Can the Superfund Safety Net Catch Tiny Particles? Oxford Journal of Environmental Law, 2007 19: 323-345
- Bergeson, Lynn, and Tracy Hester, The ELI Nanotechnology Deskbook. Washington, DC: ELI Press, 2007.
- “Where Does the Nano Go? End-of-Life Regulation of Nanotechnologies?”
- Linda Breggin, Harmonization of Environmental, Health, and Safety Governance Approaches for Nanotechnology: An Overview of Key Themes, Environmental Law Reporter, Volume 36, Issue 12, Page 10909 (2006)
- Linda Breggin & Leslie Carothers, Governing Uncertainty: The Nanotechnology Environmental, Health, and Safety Challenge, Volume 31, Issue 2, Columbia Journal of Environmental Law (2006)
- Kenneth W. Abbott, Gary E. Marchant, and Douglas J. Sylvester, A Framework Convention for Nanotechnology?, Environmental Law Reporter, Volume 36, Issue 12, Page 10931 (2006)
- Geert van Calster, Governance Structures for Nanotechnology Regulation in the European Union, Environmental Law Reporter, Volume 36, Issue 12, Page 10953 (2006)
- Jennifer Kuzma, Nanotechnology Oversight and Regulation--Just Do It, Environmental Law Reporter, Volume 36, Issue 12, Page 10913 (2006)
- Jonathan M. Gilligan, Flexibility, Clarity, and Legitimacy: Considerations for Managing Nanotechnology Risks, Environmental Law Reporter, Volume 36, Issue 12, Page 10924 (2006)
- Lee Paddock, Keeping Pace With Nanotechnology: A Proposal for a New Approach to Environmental Accountability, Environmental Law Reporter, Volume 36, Issue 12, Page 10943 (2006)
- Environmental Law Institute Summary of Participant Discussions, Symposium on Nanotechnology Governance: Environmental Management from an International Perspective (2006)
- Comments of the Environmental Law Institute on EPA’s Nanotechnology White Paper External Review Draft
- Securing the Promise of Nanotechnology: Is U.S. Environmental Law Up To the Job? A Dialogue (2005)
- Environmental Law Institute Issue Paper