Environmental Law Resources

Statutes, Codes, Regulations, Laws and Cases

Federal

• United States Code
• Code of Federal Regulations
• Federal Register
• Library of Congress – Thomas (full-text bills and Congressional Record)
• FedWorld
• FedStats
• Electronic Public Access to the Courts (PACER)
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Supreme Court (Cornell Law School)
• U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Illinois

• Illinois General Assembly, 415 ILCS Environmental Protection
• Illinois Pollution Control Board COOL Website
• Illinois Pollution Control Board Regs

Third-Party Resources

• FedLaw
• FindLaw – Law Crawler
• LawGuru Legal Research
• Internet Legal Resources Guide
• Yahoo! – Government Law

Federal Agencies

• Environmental Protection Agency
• Environmental Appeals Board
• Council on Environmental Quality
• Army Corps of Engineers
• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
• Department of Agriculture
• Department of the Interior
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
• Fish and Wildlife Service
• Forest Service
• General Accounting Office
• Geological Survey

Illinois Agencies

• State of Illinois
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Pollution Control Board
• Attorney General
• Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, The Bureau of Energy and Recycling
• Department of Natural Resources
• Office of the State Fire Marshal

Midwest / Great Lakes Resources

• Great Lakes Regional Pollution Prevention Roundtable
• Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance

Other Sites of Interest

General

• National Conference of State Legislatures
• American Bar Association
• Environmental Law Institute
• Chicago Bar Association

Special Interest

• Chemical Industry Council of Illinois
• Superfund 365
• Environmental Defense Fund’s Chemical Scorecard

Climate Change / Alternative Energy

• Pew Center on Global Climate Change
• U.S. Green Building Council
• Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance