Washington State Law Library’s Environmental Law Collection
Now an annual event celebrated worldwide, Earth Day (April 22) was first recognized in 1970 and remains an important day for environmental activism and protection around the globe. A number of notable announcements and events have occurred on Earth Day in its nearly 50 year history. The landmark Paris Agreement was signed* on Earth Day 2016, and the first March for Science took place on Earth Day 2017.
In honor of the upcoming Earth Day, the Washington State Law Library is highlighting our extensive collection of online and print materials on environmental law. For an overview of the type of environmental law materials we have, see our research guide on environmental law. Library staff created this guide to assist researchers of all types, and it links to key treatises, codes, and other materials in our collection.
Here are some of our most popular environmental law titles:
- The Clean Air Act Handbook (American Bar Association, 2016)
- Environmental Administrative Decisions: Decisions of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (United States Government Printing Office, 1995- )
- Environmental Law (Thomson Reuters, 2016)
- Environmental Law and Practice (Washington Practice Series, Thomson Reuters, 2007)
- Environment Reporter (Bureau of National Affairs, 1970- )
- State Environmental Policy: SEPA Handbook (Washington State Department of Ecology, 1998)
- Washington Environmental Law Handbook (Bernan Press, 2015)
You can search the law library’s collection online, or contact us directly for environmental law research requests at Library.Requests@courts.wa.gov.
*On June 1, 2017, United States President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. would cease its participation in the Paris Agreement.
