For decades, Georgia environmental and conservation groups have prodded polluters to obey the law while also demanding that the state enforce the law more effectively. However, the protection of our resources often depends on the interpretation and implementation of complex environmental laws and regulations. Industrial polluters pay large corporate firms with fleets of lawyers and aides to protect their interests. The government is well prepared to defend its inadequate enforcement of the law with the assistance of attorneys who are funded by taxpayer monies.

In 1992, a small group of dedicated lawyers launched GreenLaw (formerly the Georgia Center for Law in the Public Interest). Inspired by the essential need for a powerful public interest legal group to challenge industry and government actions that have degraded Georgia's environment, GreenLaw has worked closely with concerned citizens and environmental organizations.

GreenLaw’s legal expertise has been an essential component in the battle to compel unresponsive government agencies to enforce the law and to force industries to remedy serious water and air pollution violations across the state. Already, our actions have brought about the installation of tens of millions of dollars worth of new pollution controls in our state that protect our human health and Georgia's natural beauty both now and for the future. While much progress has been made in our short history, much remains to be done. GreenLaw stands ready to meet these challenges.