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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:
- Important new decision from California about CEQR, GHGs and transportation planning
- Cert grant in the Mercury MACT rule case
- What the new Congress might do to the Obama climate agenda
- UN climate meetings underway in Peru (for reference, see Robert Stavens' blog HERE on "What to Expect at COP-20 in Lima")
- Administration supposed to decide this month how it is going to address methane emissions from the oil and gas sector–voluntary, regulatory, or other
- Highlights from state comments on the Clean Power Plan (comments due Dec. 1)
- President's Climate Task Force report urges White House to embed climate resiliency in federal programs
- CARB Chair Nicholas says California on track to meet 2020 carbon reduction target, but meeting 2050 target will require focus on transportation-sector emissions
- Pacific Coast Collaborative report highlights progress of regional initiative; governors of west coast states and premier of British Columbia affirm comitment to GHG emission reduction policies
Speakers:
Michael B. Gerrard, Professor, Columbia Law School; Director, Center for Climate Change Law
Gabe Pacyniak, Associate, Climate Center, Georgetown University
Manik Roy, Director of Political Assessment, ClimateWorks Foundation
Materials:
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