U.S. Environmental Law
A basic guide to U.S. environmental law research.
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Legal Databases
- VitalLaw: Energy & Environment
- Lexis: Environmental Law
- PLI PlusPractising Law Institute’s research database which provides online access to the full collection of PLI Press publications, including treatises, course handbooks, and journals.
- Westlaw: Energy & Environment
Interdisciplinary Databases
GW Gelman Library provides access to numerous subject databases that can be used to locate articles on environmental law, policy, science, technology, engineering, and related topics.
Recommended Starting Points:
- Academic Search CompleteProvides citations, with some full text, to scholarly, multi-disciplinary journal articles.
- ProQuest Research Library PlusCovers a wide range of subject matter in both popular and scholarly periodicals.
Other Subject Databases:
- ABI/Inform Complete PlusCovers business and industry-specific topics. Includes articles from magazines, trade publications, and scholarly journals.
- Business Source UltimateProvides citations with selected full text to articles from scholarly business journals.
- EconLitCovers the economic literature in scholarly journals (including book reviews), books, dissertations, and working papers. Published by the American Economic Association.
- FactivaProvides access to articles from newspapers and other business, financial and company publications.
- GreenFILEIncludes scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports, on the environment and related disciplines. Some full text included.
- GEOBASE (Engineering Village)Indexes the research literature on the earth sciences, including environmental sciences.
- Military & Government CollectionProvides current news pertaining to all branches of the military.
- ProQuest Natural Sciences DatabaseProvides access to a suite of ProQuest environmental databases.
- Web of Science (WOS)Includes several citation indices covering research journals in the sciences and social sciences. Permits cited reference searching (searching for articles that cite a particular author or work).
Websites
U.S. Government Agencies:
- Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA): Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE)
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- National Park Service (NPS)
- Permitting CouncilEstablished in 2015 by Title 41 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST-41), the Permitting Council is charged with improving the transparency, predictability, and outcomes of the Federal environmental review and authorization process for certain large-scale critical infrastructure projects.
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
- U.S. Department of Energy. Energy Information Administration (EIA): EnvironmentProvides energy-related emissions data & environmental analyses.
- U.S. Department of Justice. Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD)
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS)
- U.S. Forest Service
- U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
- U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP)
- U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Organizations | Trade Associations | Nonprofits:
- American Bar Association. Section on Environment, Energy and Resources (SEER)
- Association of Clean Water Administrators (ACWA)
- Center for Biological Diversity (CBD)
- Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES)
- Earth Law Center
- Environmental Council of the States (ECOS)
- Environmental Law Institute (ELI)
- Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law (FNREL)
- GW Climate and Health Institute
- National Academies Press: Environment and Environmental Studies
- National Agricultural Law Center
- National Association of Clean Air Agencies (NACAA)
- National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL): Environment and Natural Resources
- Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
- Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI)
- Resources for the Future (RFF)
- Tribal Climate Change Guide: Tribal Adaption Plans(University of Oregon)
- Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)