Organizations and Programs
Environmental Law Project - an organization of UNC-Chapel Hill law students who share an interest in the legal and political aspects of national, state, and local environmental issues. The primary goal of ELP is to expand the opportunities available to law students in the area of environmental law.
UNC Institute for the Environment - joins together individual campus departments and centers in interdisciplinary research, education and engagement, and creates new areas of study in response to some of our most pressing environmental challenges.
The Center for Environment, Energy and Natural Resources at the University of Houston - links energy issues with impacts on environment and natural resources, and provides a forum for education and discussion of the most important issues of the day, such as climate change, air pollution, clean coal and renewable energy.
The Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University is a non-partisan research institute focused on providing policy makers with comprehensive information on the environmental and economic impacts of potential legislation and regulations.
The Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University Law School examines legal facets of climate change law and policy, and has links tracing the advancement of climate change law.
The Georgetown Climate Centerat Georgetown Law School has a special focus on the efforts of local, state, and regional governmens to address climate change.
The Emmett Center for climate change at UCLA law school has been a leading scholar of California's climate change efforts.
Seattle University's Summer in Alaska Program is a program out of Seattle University School of Law that includes 8 weeks in Anchorage, where students take the class Alaska Natives and Environmental Law for Credit, and can also work in supervised legal placements. This is the only law school course taught in Alaska. It addresses the interaction between the environment, energy, and Alaska Native's legal status, and is co-taught by professor Victor B. Flatt, the Tom & Elizabeth Distinguished Professor of Environmental Law and Director of the Center for Law, Environment, Adaptation, and Resources (CLEAR) at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.
Agencies
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Adaptation
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - Coastal Climate Adaptation
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)
Periodicals and Other Resources
Flatt Out Environmental - Victor Flatt, director of CLEAR, blogs regularly on climate change, environment, and energy for the Houston Chronicle.
Center for Progressive Reform - Blogs on environment, safety and regulation, including posts by Victor Flatt.