Staying on top of the legal and policy developments in the climate change arena is no small task. As a special service to our 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:
- Finalization of ACE rule
- CEQ NEPA climate guidance
- State reaction to ACE
- Developments with NY legislation
- OR Republicans fleeing the state to avoid voting on climate legislation
- CA and Canada vehicle agreement
- Decision by federal court in Baltimore sending suit against oil companies back to state court
- Decision by federal court in Oregon that Forest Service took hard look at carbon impacts of foreign thinning project
- DC District Court decision dismissing suit about U.S. failure to submit UNFCCC reports
- New York state court decision dismissing Exxon's accusations of NY Attorney General's office misconduct
- Update on some recent news reports noting disclosure of financial impact on companies from climate
Speakers:
Vicki Arroyo, Executive Director, Climate Center, Georgetown University
Sally Fisk, Assistant General Counsel, Pfizer
Michael B. Gerrard, Professor, Columbia Law School; Director, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
Robert Sussman, Principal, Sussman & Associates
Materials:
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