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Public Interest Law Reporter (PILR):
Healthy Forests or Invitation to Log?  Forest Practices Under the Bush Administration
by Jan Chatten-Brown & Amy Minteer

California Land Use Reporter:
A River Tale - The Cornfield to Taylor Yard
by Jan Chatten-Brown

Environmental Law News:
Planning or Precommitment? Assuring a Good Faith Consideration of the EIR's CEQA Mandate
by Jan Chatten-Brown & Douglas Carstens

Environmental Law Reporter:
Urban River Restorations & Watershed Management
by Jan Chatten-Brown

Environmental Law Reporter:
The Evolution of Environmental Prosecutions and the Role of the Private Practitioner
by Jan Chatten-Brown

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Environmental Law
Pace Virtual Environmental Law Library:
http://www.pace.edu/lawschool/env/vell6.html

American Society for Testing and Materials:
http://www.astm.org/consultants

City of Los Angeles CEQA Guidelines:
http://www.lacity.org/PLN/EIR/CEQA_Guidelines/City_CEQA_Guidelines.pdf

NRDC's legal summaries:
http://www.nrdc.org/reference/laws.asp

CERES Environmental Law Library:
http://ceres.ca.gov/theme/env_law/index.html

CERES California Environmental Quality Act Web:
http://ceres.ca.gov/ceqa/

CERES Land Use Planning Information Network (LUPIN):
http://ceres.ca.gov/planning/index.html

CERES Environmental Law Bookmarks:
http://ceres.ca.gov/env_law/rb/index.html

Environmental Law Net:
http://www.environmentallawnet.com/index.html

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Federal Government

CERES:
http://www.ceres.org
(CERES is a coalition of environmental, investor, and advocacy groups working together for a sustainable future by encouraging corporations to adopt the CERES principles of environmental conduct. Their webpage provides useful environmental information and many helpful links.)

USEPA:
http://www.epa.gov

Fedworld:
http://www.fedworld.gov
(A website designed to help visitors locate government information.)

Department of Justice, Environmental and Natural Resources Division:
http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/

Forest Service:
http://www.fs.fed.us

NRDC's links to Federal Agencies:
http://www.nrdc.org/reference/government.asp

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California Government

CA Agency list:
http://www.ganymede.org/ca.gov/
(Lists all California agency sites with a domain ending in "gov".)

California Air Resources Board:
http://www.arb.ca.gov

California Energy Commission:
http://www.energy.ca.gov

California Public Utilities Commission:
http://www.cpuc.ca.gov

California State Bar, Environmental Section:
http://www.calbar.org/enviro/index.htm

Community Land Use Project:
http://www.ilsg.org/doc.asp?intparentid=9

California Senate Website:
http://www.sen.ca.gov

State Water Resources Control Board:
http://www.swrcb.ca.gov

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Los Angeles County

Los Angeles County website:
http://lacounty.info/

Los Angeles Superior Court:
http://www.lasuperiorcourt.org

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Los Angeles City

City of Los Angeles website:
http://www.ci.la.ca.us/

City of Los Angeles CEQA Guidelines:
http://www.lacity.org/PLN/EIR/CEQA_Guidelines/City_CEQA_Guidelines.pdf

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Access Public Records

The CAL-FOI Archive:
http://www.journalism.berkeley.edu/Resources/FOI/default.html

Searchable Systems:
http://www.searchsystems.net/
(search for public records)

Department of Justice FOIA guide:
http://www.usdoj.gov/oip/foi-act.htm

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Environmental Groups

Communities for a Better Environment:
http://www.cbecal.org

Earthjustice:
http://www.earthjustice.org

Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide:
http://www.elaw.org

Environmental Defense:
http://www.environmentaldefense.org

Greenbelt Alliance:
http://www.greenbelt.org
(Focused on the bay area)

National Audubon Society:
http://www.audubon.org

National Wildlife Federation:
http://www.nwf.org

Natural Heritage Institute:
http://www.n-h-i.org

Natural Resources Defense Council:
http://www.nrdc.org

The Nature Conservancy:
http://www.tnc.org

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility:
http://www.peer.org

Public Interest Research Group:
http://www.pirg.org

Sierra Club:
http://www.sierraclub.org

World Wildlife Fund:
http://www.wwf.org

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