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Contents below:
· Environmental law information & research guides
· Code of Laws of the USA ("US Code")
· US Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
· Constitutional issues
· National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
· Holland v. Missouri information
· NGOs & nonprofit networks focused on environmental law
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US environmental law information & research guides
Berkeley Law Basic Environmental Law Resources
· A compilation of "the most-cited analysis of environmental, sustainability, natural resources, energy,
toxic tort, and land use law and policy." The website aims to be a useful legal research tool for
environmental issues.
Environmental Law videos @ LawShelf
Georgetown Law Library Environmental Law Research Guide [USA]
Land Air Water Environmental Law Society
Public Interest Environmental Law Conference (PIELC)
· "..a collaboration between faculty at UC Berkeley School of Law and UCLA School of Law, provides
insight and analysis on energy and environmental law and policy."
What is Environmental Law? @ Legal Career Path
United States Environmental Law Bibliography
· A collection of sources on the history of Environmental Law in the United States
Code of Laws of the United States of America (US Code)
· The US Code (USC) is a compilation of US law at the federal level, consisting of 54 broad "Titles." While
almost all of them will in some way contain sustainability/environment/conservation implications, key
environmental titles include:
~ Title 7: Agriculture
~ Title 15: Commerce & trade
~ Title 16: Conservation
~ Title 21: Food & drugs
~ Title 30: Mineral lands & mining
~ Title 42: Public health & welfare
~ Title 43: Public lands
~ Tiflte 54: National Park Service & related programs
· There are multiple guides-to and versions-of the USC:
· US House of Representatives site
~ Federal statues: A beginner's gude: US Code
US Code of Federal Regulations (USCFR)
· The US Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) "is the official legal print publication containing the codification
of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the departments and agencies of
the Federal Government.”* As with the US Code (see above), it is divided into Titles (50 of them), but while
there is some overlap in terms of subject matter, they do NOT fully correspond with the US Code.
· Key CFR titles include:
~ Title 7: Agriculture
~ Title 10: Energy
~ Title 15: Commerce & foreign trade
~ Title 18: Conservation of power and water resources
~ Title 21: Food & drugs
~ Title 30: Mineral resources
~ Title 36: Parks, forests, and public property
~ Title 40: Protection of environment
~ Title 42: Public health
~ Title 43: Public lands
~ Tiflte 50: Wildlife and fisheries
· There are multiple guides-to and versions-of the USC.
Constitutional issues
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
Holland v. Missouri information
Center for the Study of Federalism overview
Government oversight
The Constitution and Environmental Law @ Constitutional Accountability Center
• Formerly the Community Rights Counsel
Energy & Natural Resources @ Project on Government Oversight
• Carries on work of OMBWatch & Center for Effective Government
Regulation tracking
Regulatory Tracker @ Harvard Law School Environmental & Energy Law Program
Tracking deregulation in the Biden era @ Brookings
NGOs & nonprofit networks with an environmental law focus