Environmental Law

The area of environmental law is an ever-increasing area of litigation. As scientific knowledge increases, we find that things done in the past have produced problems in our present and for our future. Some of the law is still being formed through cases which are currently being heard in the courts. So, how does one find the information to prepare a case? Following are some web sites which will give much needed information for developing an environmental law case.

www.uchastings.edu//library/libinstruct/web.htm

This web site is a compilation of 19 pages of recommended web sites for land use and environmental law. It has a Table of Contents with seventeen topical subdivisions listed alphabetically to provide easy access. The sources of information range from statutes to periodicals. It contains state/regional and federal regulatory web sites. It covers both government and business/private sites.

www.nocall.org/environment.htm

The Northern California Association of Law Libraries web site lists links to other sites which are California specific as well as federal and international sites. The official California EPA, California Department of Toxic Substance Control, and the California Department of Water Resources and be accessed through this site.

www.cedlink.org/links.htm

The California Environmental Dialogue - Links of interest web site has topics divided into Federal/nationwide links, California state links, Sustainable Business web sites, Miscellaneous links, and Member Organizations. The California Environmental Dialogue is a membership group, but you do not have to be a member to access the links.

http://ceres.ca.gov

CERES is the California Environmental Resources Evaluation System. It lists Environmental Organization links by organization, geographic area, theme, and data type. There are CERES specific webs as well as CERES Services.

www.epa.gov/epahome/lawintro.htm

The United States Environmental Protection Agency web site gives good general information about creating environmental law and the application of such laws. It lists laws enacted by Congress from 1938 through 1990.

http://envinfo.com/insslead.html

The Information Network for Superfund Settlements. This web site gives you links to access information concerning Superfund Settlements (INSS). To obtain copies of any documents that are listed, you can obtain INSS Request Forms by clicking on a link. You can perform a full text search of all INSS files obtained on this web site.