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Staying on top of the legal and policy developments in the climate change arena is no small task. As a special service to our institutional members, the Environmental Law Institute provides a series of monthly conference calls with national experts on climate law and policy to keep you up to date and to answer your questions.
Topics addressed in this month's call:
- NJ court decision striking down the way Gov. Christie withdrew NJ from RGGI
- New PSD decisions
- Murray Energy's new suit claiming EPA violated the CAA in not assessing the effect of GHG regulation on the industry
- Energy-related issues in the April 3 Finance Committee markup of the extenders bill (including action on the wind PTC announcement)
- Climate-specific portions of the just-released Ryan budget
- Methane strategy announcement (see Van Ness Feldman's alert on the subject)
Speakers:
Kyle W. Danish, Partner, Van Ness Feldman, LLP
Michael B. Gerrard, Professor, Columbia Law School ; Director, Center for Climate Change Law
Manik Roy, Vice President, Strategic Outreach, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES)
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