I just came across a site by the American Bar Association's Division for Public Education with teaching materials on the history of environmental law.
It's an eclectic group of resources. For instance the PowerPoint presentation entitled "Environmentalism Then and Now: Is Going Green New? You Be the Judge..." includes slides on a 1681 regulation by William Penn requiring Pennsylvanians to conserve one tree for every five cut down, and a 1739 petition by Benjamin Franklin to the Pennsylvania Assembly to stop waste dumping in Philadelphia harbor.
There's also a unit on the Exxon Valdez spill and ensuing litigation, including Supreme Court briefs.
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