News and Press Releases
The Environmental Law Institute is widely respected as “a nonpartisan organization specializing in legal analysis and not known for taking sides in political fights,” as the New York Times has noted. When members of the media, private bar, government, business, and public interest organizations seek expert information on environmental law and policy, they turn to ELI.(Washington, DC) — The Environmental Law Institute (ELI) is releasing a concise overview of the November 15 criminal plea agreement between the U.S. Department of Justice and BP, which resolved criminal charges related to the Deepwater Horizon…
(Washington, DC and Geneva) — A flagship book that documents and analyzes the devastating impact of war on the environment in 23 conflict-affected countries and territories across the globe was released today by the United Nations Environment…
Often overlooked in the coverage of the 2012 elections are the environmental and energy issues that could be among those most affected by the elections’ results. On September 11, 2012, ELI co-sponsored a panel at the New York City Bar Association…
Mayor Bloomberg Will Accept Award at DC Ceremony on November 8
(Washington, DC) — The Environmental Law Institute (ELI) is pleased to announce that it will recognize the City of New York’s outstanding leadership in creating and…
(Washington, DC) — The Environmental Law Institute today released a study clarifying that international fisheries and aquaculture ecolabelling codes of conduct and guidelines cannot be used as seafood certification standards. The United Nations…
(Washington, DC) — A report issued today by the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) re commends that large-scale commodity crop operations that opt to receive any form of federal…
(Washington, DC) — Environmental Law Institute (ELI) staff today published a study in Marine Policy providing quantitative evidence that the…
(Washington, DC) — In a year marking the 40th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, federal courts across the country continue to struggle in determining jurisdiction and applying the fractured Supreme Court’s 2006 ruling in Rapanos v. United…
(Washington, DC) — Melissa Waver, a second-year student at Suffolk University Law School, has been named winner of the seventh annual ELI-ABA-NAELS Constitutional Environmental Law Student Writing Competition.…
(NEW YORK) — On April 24, 70 ambassadors, international experts and researchers met to examine recent lessons from more than 60 countries in managing natural resources to support peacebuilding and conflict management. In opening the event,…