Environmental Law Resources

Animal Welfare and Animal Rights

• Americans for Medical Progress Education Foundation (information on lab animal issues)
• Animal Legal Defense Fund
• Animal Rights Law Project (Rutgers University School of Law)
• Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Animal Welfare page (hosted by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture)
• Animal Welfare Information Center (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture)
  • Animal Legislation and Policies Home Page
• Animal Welfare Policy Statements of the American Veterinary Medical Association
• Animal Welfare vs. Animal Rights: What's the Difference? (Summary by the Fur Commission)
• Fur Commission
• Humane Society of the United States
• Lab Animal Magazine: Information, Ideas, Methods & Materials for the Animal Research Professional
• National Association for Biomedical Research
• Marine Mammal Protection Act
• National Institutes of Health Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare
• People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)

Chesapeake Bay/Maryland Resources

• Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
• Chesapeake Bay Commission - A Tri-State Advisory Commission Serving Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia
• Chesapeake Bay Foundation -- Save the Bay
• Chesapeake Bay Program
• The Chesapeake Bay Trust
• Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
• "Keeping Pace: Maryland's Most Important Environmental Problems and What We Can Do to Solve Them," Prepared for Senator Brian Frosh by the Environmental Law Clinic at the University of Maryland School of Law (PDF)
• "Keeping Pace II: Cleaning Up Maryland’s Air," Prepared for Senator Brian Frosh by the Environmental Law Clinic at the University of Maryland School of Law (PDF)
• Maryland Department of the Environment
• Maryland Department of Natural Resources
• Maryland's Environmental Resources and Land Information Network (MERLIN)
• Maryland Sea Grant

Clean Water

• Clean Water Act
• Clean Water Network
• Federal Executive Orders
• Federal Regulations
• National Wetlands Inventory (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)
  • Wetlands Mapper
• Policy and Technical Guidance Documents from the EPA Office of Water
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Westlands Research Technology Center (note: site may not be current)
• Wetlands Status and Trends (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service) (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)

Endangered Species

• Animal Legal Defense Fund
• Clearing-House Mechanism, CHM, Convention on Biological Diversity
• Defenders of Wildlife
• Endangered Species Act
• The Endangered Species Act: A Primer
• Endangered Species (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)
• Endangered Species Page (EE-Link)
• LLRX.com's Pathfinder [Research Guide] to Information on the Endangered Species Act of 1973
• National Wildlife Federation
• NatureServe (formerly the Association for Biodiversity Information)
• World Wildlife Fund

Environmental Data

• Environmental Defense Fund Scorecard
• EPA Envirofacts Data Warehouse (provides access to several EPA databases that contain information about environmental activities that may affect air, water, and land anywhere in the United States)
  • EPA Toxics Release Inventory
• Maryland's Environmental Resources and Land Information Network (MERLIN)
• National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS)
• The National Council for Science and the Environment
• Right to Know Network (Provides free access to numerous databases, text files, and conferences on the environment, housing, and sustainable development. Allows identification of specific factories and their environmental effects; analysis of reinvestment by banks in their communities; and assessment of people and communities affected.)
• U.S. Global Change Data and Information System (GCDIS)

Environmental Journals

(All journals are full text unless otherwise indicated.)

• BNA Environment Reporter
• BNA Toxics Law Reporter
• Centre for Energy, Petroleum, and Mineral Law and Policy Journal
• Coastal Management
• Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum
• Electronic Green Journal
• Environmental Justice Quarterly (EPA - archive, no longer updated)
• Journal of Land Use & Environmental Law
• NYU Environmental Law Journal
• Oil & Gas Journal
• Planning Perspectives
• Vermont's Journal of the Environment

Environmental Justice

• Environmental Justice Database (archive, no longer updated)
• Environmental Justice Resource Center
• EPA Environmental Justice Bibliography (3,000+ references and growing - archive, not updated since 2007)
• EPA Environmental Justice: Policies and Guidance (Includes links to counsel memos, guidance documents, and executive orders)
• National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (EPA)
• Native Americans and the Environment (archive - no longer updated)

Federal and State Agencies

• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) - U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
• Department of Justice: Environment and Natural Resources Division
• Directory of State Environmental Agencies (via Capitol Reports Environmental News Link)
• Maryland Department of the Environment
• Maryland Department of Natural Resources
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• United States Army Corps of Engineers
  • Baltimore District
• United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service
• United States Department of Energy
• United States Department of Transportation's Office of Hazardous Materials Safety
• United States Environmental Protection Agency
  • Region III
• United States Fish & Wildlife Service
• United States Geological Survey Environmental Affairs Home Page
• United States Global Change Research Program

Federal Environmental Administrative Decisions

• Environmental Appeals Board Decisions (since 1992)
• Office of Administrative Law Judges - Decisions (since 10/31/1996)
• Office of Administrative Law Judges - Rules of Practice and Procedure
• EPA Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center (ECDIC)

Federal Environmental Statutes and Regulations

• Animal Welfare Act, Regulations, and Standards (hosted by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture)
• Clean Air Act
• Clean Water Act
• Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (Superfund)
• Endangered Species Act
• Environmental Protection Agency Regulations (Title 40 of the CFR)
• FIFRA - Pesticide Control
• Marine Mammal Protection Act
• National Environmental Policy Act
  • EPA National Environmental Policy Act: Policies and Guidance
• RCRA - Solid Waste Disposal and Treatment

Hazardous Materials & Hazardous Waste

• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry - HazDat Database (a database of information on the release of hazardous substances from Superfund sites or from emergency events)
• Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (Superfund)
• EPA Cleanup Enforcement: Policies and Guidance
• FIFRA - Pesticide Control
• National Library of Medicine's TOXNET (Toxicology Data Network - A cluster of databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas.)
• NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards
• N.J. Department of Health and Senior Services Right to Know Hazardous Substance Fact Sheets (descriptions, exposure limits, and other information on numerous hazardous chemicals)
• Pesticide Action Network Pesticide Database
• RCRA - Solid Waste Disposal and Treatment
• Right to Know Network (Provides free access to numerous databases, text files, and conferences on the environment, housing, and sustainable development. Allows identification of specific factories and their environmental effects; analysis of reinvestment by banks in their communities; and assessment of people and communities affected.)
• Where to Find Materials Safety Datasheets on the Internet

International & Foreign Environmental Law

• American Society of International Law Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law
• Center for International Environmental Law
• Clearing-House Mechanism, CHM, Convention on Biological Diversity
• Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators Service
• European Center for Nature Conservation
• The European Commission - Environment Directorate-General
• The European Environment Agency
• Globelaw International Environmental Law and Multilateral Conventions
• International Court of Environmental Arbitration and Conciliation: Home Page
• IUCN: The World Conservation Union
• Natural Resources WebLinks: Countries (University of Denver) (links to the environmental laws of many countries)
• North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (a NAFTA commission)
• United Nations Environment Programme
  • Global Programme of Action for Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-Based Activities
• United Nations Food and Agriculture Program
• United States Department of State's Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs

Land Use Issues

• Brookings Institute Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy Home Page
• Cyburbia: the Urban Planning Portal
• Local Government Environmental Assistance Network
• Smart Growth Online
• Sprawl Guide
• Urban Land Institute
• U.S. EPA - OSPS Brownfields Homepage

Organizations

• ABA Standing Committee on Environmental Law
• Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise
• Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund
• Environmental Defense Fund
• Environmental Law Institute
• Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide
• Greenpeace
• League of Conservation Voters
• National Council for Science and the Environment
• National Wildlife Federation
• Natural Resources Defense Council
• PERC: Property & Environment Research Center
• PEER: Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility
• Resources for the Future
• Sierra Club
• World Resources Institute
• World Wildlife Fund