Environmental law is a body of law, which is a system of complex and interlocking statutes, common law, treaties, conventions, regulations and policies which seeks to protect the natural environment which may be affected, impacted or endangered by human activities. Some environmental laws regulate the quantity and nature of impacts of human activities: for example, setting allowable levels of pollution. Other environmental laws are preventive in nature and seek to assess the possible impacts before the human activities can occur. This area of law is sometimes known as environmental impact assessment. Environmental law is practiced in the public interest, by groups and individuals seeking environmental protections for general public benefit, but it is mostly practiced in the private interest, by groups and individuals that undertake polluting or environmentally destructive activities, and who seek to avoid violating environmental laws in the process.
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Land Use Section - Florida Bar - Offering articles on the subjects of environmental law and land use areas, links, and information on section projects and events.
Basel Convention on Hazardous Wastes - International treaty addressing cleaner production, hazardous waste minimization and controls on the movement of these wastes. Text of the treaty, status of ratifications, and documents related to its implementation.
Center for International Environmental Law - Nonprofit organization that provides environmental legal services in international and comparative environmental law. Information and case studies related to several environmental issues, laws and international treaties. Also organization activities, employment, and related topics.
Environmental Law - Statutes, Regulations, and Help - WildLaw's compilation of information and advice on U.S. environmental law, written primarily for citizens who want to challenge government actions.
Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (E-LAW) - Network of public interest attorneys, scientists, and other advocates around the world. Site includes interesting environmental cases from several countries.
Meta Description: [ Protecting the Environment Through Law Across Borders: The Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW) is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping public interest environmental
lawyers around the world protect the environment through law and science. ]
Environmental Law Net - Resource for U.S. corporate counsel and environmental compliance managers, maintained by a private attorney. Includes some international environmental law materials, as well as materials from some other specific countries.
Meta Description: [ Environmental Law Net, by environmental lawyer David Blackmar, is a comprehensive environmental law resource for corporate environmental law counsel and environmental law compliance managers. ]
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Environmental Law Overview - Overview of the topic, with emphasis on U.S. federal and state jurisdictions, plus internet links to key primary and secondary sources.
Environmental Treaties - Searchable database of international environmental treaties from the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN).
EPA - Oil Program - Information about programs for preventing, preparing for, and responding to oil spills that occur in and around inland waters of the United States, with governing legislation.
Meta Description: [ Welcome to the homepage of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Oil Program Center. ]
European Environmental Law - Full text cases, legislation and other materials, including articles, reviews, conferences and special dossiers.
FindLaw: Environmental Law - U.S. environmental statutes, summaries of U.S. law on selected environmental topics, online forum, and extensive links to other related information.
Meta Description: [ FindLaw for Legal Professionals is a free resource for attorneys that includes online case law, free state codes, free federal codes, free legal forms, and a directory of products and services for lawyers. This online legal Web site also includes a legal career center. ]
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Green Law Project - Information on European environmental law and issues.
IISD Linkages - News, information, and analysis from ongoing international negotiations on environment and development policy, including treaties and conventions on sustainable development, endangered species, wetlands, climate change, and other topics.
Meta Description: [ IISD Reporting Services (IISD RS) - Linkages - A Multimedia Resource for Environment and Development Negotiations ]
International Environmental Law and Policy - Research materials on international environmental law, including current developments, teaching materials and treaties.
Meta Description: [ casebook supplement providing full text to legal documents, articles, links, and background information on environmental law and policy ]
International Water Law Project - Information on multilateral treaties/conventions and international case law on water resources, including transboundary waters and watercourses. Includes a conference calendar and e-mail listserv.
Meta Description: [ IWLP acts a clearinghouse for international water law rights, watercourse law, transboundary water resources, watercourse convention,issues, and news as well as links to related sites... IWLP is dedicated to providing the most up-to-date resources for the water law community. ]
Land Use Controls - Provides information about land use controls under US law, as applicable to brownfields reuse and similar matters. Includes electronic library, news, calendar of events and associated links.
Natural Resources Weblinks - University of Denver College of Law directory of internet sources on a variety of natural resources and environmental law topics. National and international information is organized both by country and by topic.
Meta Description: [ Natural Resources and Environmental WebLinks compiled by the
University of Denver's Natural Resource Programs ]
NetRegs - Government pilot project aiming to provide practical compliance assistance to small or medium sized businesses in England and Wales.
Meta Description: [ NetRegs provides free environmental guidance for small businesses (SMEs). We tell you what you need to do to comply with environmental regulations. We also provide good practice information which could help improve your environmental performance and save you money. ]
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Pesticide.net - News and regulatory information on conventional, antimicrobial, and bio-pesticides, from the Law Firm of Wright and Sielaty and ChemReg International.
Risk Management Information Service - Subscriber-only access to environmental laws, rules, regulations and articles for the states.
Meta Description: [ Risk Management, Safety, Health, Regulations, Medicine and Insurance Resource Library ]
Roger Beers Environmental Litigation Files - Attorney provides articles and other information about U.S. and California statutes and case law.
Summary of Environmental Law in North America - Information, organized by topic, on environmental law in Canada, the United States, and Mexico.
Meta Description: [ The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) is an international organization created by Canada, Mexico and the United States under the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC). The CEC was established to address regional environmental concerns, help prevent potential t... ]
WWW Virtual Law Library: Environmental Law Links - Searchable database of links on environmental law topics.
Meta Description: [ Indiana University School of Law--Bloomington welcomes you to the Virtual Library for Law. Search the library, or browse by content type or source ]
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