2008 Environmental Law Institute —
Miriam Hamilton Keare Policy Forum

The Election and the Future of Environmental Protection

What will be the shape of the incoming McCain or Obama administration’s environmental policy? Who are the early picks to head the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of the Interior, the Agriculture Department, and the Department of Commerce? What changes are in store in the new Congress? Who will chair the key committees? What bills are likely to be introduced during the honeymoon period? Are there any chances for viable climate change legislation? Will our elected leaders tackle biodiversity loss and other global challenges? Will the Congress and Executive break an 18-year fast and reauthorize any of the prominent environmental statutes?

Please join us the day after the fall election for our quadrennial high-level advance review of the incoming administration and the new Congress. The ELI-Miriam Hamilton Keare Policy Forum—ELI’s premier policy event of the year—will be held November 5, from 4:00 to 5:30 pm, at the Omni Shoreham Hotel.

Moderated by David Sandalow, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and a former Assistant Secretary of State and Senior Director of the National Security Council Staff, the panel includes:

Kevin Fay, President, Alcalde & Fay

Mark Helmke, Senior Advisor to Senator Richard Lugar

Peter Lehner, Executive Director, Natural Resources Defense Council

Bettina Poirier, Staff Director, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works

Darren Samuelsohn, Environmental Correspondent, EENews/Greenwire