Author: William R. Blackbur
Publisher: Environmental Law Institute
Keywords: environmental, economic, responsibility, law, institute, social, achieving, handbook, complete, management, guide, sustainability
Number of Pages: 787
Published: 2007-02-13
List price: $69.95
ISBN-10: 1585761028
ISBN-13: 9781585761029

The pursuit of sustainability can be complex, challenging, and ultimately beneficial when practiced by corporate, academic, government and non-profit organizations. The Sustainability Handbook provides a blueprint on how organizations of all sizes can reach or exceed economic, social and environmental excellence. The handbook offers a wide variety of practical approaches and tools, including a model sustainability policy for organizations, summaries and tips on selecting sustainability codes, an extensive collection of sample metrics, and much more.

Author: James M. McElfish Jr.
Publisher: Environmental Law Institute
Keywords: environmental, protection, approaches, state, rock, mining, hard
Number of Pages: 358
Published: 1996-01-01
List price: $69.95
ISBN-10: 0911937641
ISBN-13: 9780911937640

Mining is a critically important economic activity in the United States. But despite its importance, the legal framework within which mining occurs is unfamiliar to most environmental lawyers, citizens, and policymakers. In large part, this is because regulation of hard rock mining is driven by state--rather than federal--laws. Hard Rock Mining: State Approaches to Environmental Protection examines environmental regulation of hard rock (metallic and industrial mineral) mining in seven, key western states. This "case-study" approach provides the reader with a clear picture of the state of the a

Authors:Marc L. Miller, Robert N. Fabia,
Publisher: Environmental Law Institute
Keywords: responses, legal, species, invasive, harmful
Number of Pages: 236
Published: 2004-01-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1585760730
ISBN-13: 9781585760732

Harmful Invasive Species: Legal Responses describes the law and policy regarding harmful non-indigenous species in six countries: New Zealand, Germany, South Africa, Argentina, Poland, and the U.S. It addresses three international and cross-cutting dimensions of harmful non-indigenous species policy: quarantine systems, trade issues, and the special concerns raised by genetically modified organisms. It is a "must-read" for concerned scientists, lawyers, policy-makers, and citizens, in the U.S. and abroad.

Author: Paul F. Scodari
Publisher: Environmental Law Institute
Keywords: programs, wetland, federal, benefits, measuring
Number of Pages: 103
Published: 1997-01-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0911937714
ISBN-13: 9780911937718

A steadily increasing appreciation of the value of wetlands and recognition of the factors leading to their loss have spurred the federal government to introduce a series of programs to regulate and manage wetlands. The benefits of these wetland protection programs accrue to the general public, while the largest share of protection costs are borne by private landowners. Measuring the Benefits of Federal Wetland Programs describes the goals and mechanisms of federal wetland regulation and management efforts and outlines a framework for measuring the benefits of wetland protection. Scodari explo

Author: John C. Dernbach
Publisher: Environmental Law Institute
Keywords: sustainability, stumbling
Number of Pages: 1004
Published: 2002-07-01
List price: $69.95
ISBN-10: 1585760366
ISBN-13: 9781585760367

In 1992, at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, the nations of the world agreed to implement an ambitious plan for ecologically sustainable human development. This book is a comprehensive review of U.S. efforts to achieve such development since Rio. The U.S. has unquestionably begun to take steps toward sustainable development. Yet the nation is now far from being a sustainable society, and in many respects is farther away than it was in 1992. Nevertheless, legal and policy tools are available to put the U.S. on a direct path to sustainability. This

Author: John F. Cooney
Publisher: Environmental Law Institute
Keywords: deskbook, eli, crimes, environmental
Number of Pages: 260
Published: 1996-08-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0911937633
ISBN-13: 9780911937633

Criminal enforcement of environmental law has exploded since the Justice Department formed its Environmental Crimes Section in the early 1980s. In just a dozen years, federal and state prosecutors have obtained more than a thousand pleas and convictions, hundreds of millions in fines, and significant prison terms. The Environmental Crimes Deskbook will help environmental professionals understand this rapidly growing and complex area and avoid the fields abundant traps for the unwary. The Deskbook provides verbatim text of the criminal provisions of the major federal environmental statutes and

Author: Arnold W. Reitze Jr.
Publisher: Environmental Law Institute
Keywords: compliance, enforcement, law, control, pollution, air
Number of Pages: 840
Published: 2001-09-01
List price: $139.95
ISBN-10: 1585760277
ISBN-13: 9781585760275

The most comprehensive, up-to-date guide to and analysis of the Clean Air Act (CAA) is now available from the Environmental Law Institute. Authored by George Washington University Law School Prof. Arnold W. Reitze, Jr., one of the most noted authorities on the Act, Air Pollution Control Law: Compliance and Enforcement explains the legislative provisions, regulatory requirements, and court decisions that comprise the body of air pollution control law. In 20 detailed chapters, with over 20,000 useful references, Professor Reitze provides a thorough, understandable guide to the legal, technical,